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Ricci, Karina

Growing Up & Facts of Life

Ricci Publishing

How do we learn best? The willed curriculum is not an unusual event but is something that we experience on a daily basis. It is not a deviation from many everyday routines but, in fact, it is a process that happens many, many times a day, day in and day out, to all of us. It is not something unusual or strange, but if we pay attention to how we live our lives we will quickly realize that we are making use of the willed curriculum already, and often with powerful and dramatic learning results. In this sense, the willed curriculum is not a call for something new but a call to be more mindful and make more use of something we are already using. We know that interest and internal motivation are critical for deep learning. Loving what we are learning, interest, and internal motivation are at the very core of the willed curriculum.

The Willed Curriculum, Unschooling, and Self-Direction: What Do Love, Trust, Respect, Care, and Compassion Have To Do With Learning?

Education & Teaching

Ricci, Carlo

Schools & Teaching

Madeline and Ted Save the Talking Animals

Ricci, Annabel

Action & Adventure

<p>Part 1 of the book focuses on individuals who have been part of the self-determined learning movement. Some are homeschooling, unschooling, or worldschooling parents, others have created their own self-directed learning centers or environments. Part 1 includes essays from unschooling greats such as Akilah Richard and Dr. Rebecca English. Robin Alpern’s essay “The School of Benign Neglect” is particularly facetious, as Robin is obviously a caring, thoughtful mother who paid particular attention not only to her children, but to the homeschooling group she co-founded, making sure all children had the opportunity to deeply learn through a myriad of activities.<br />
Part 1 also includes essays by Project World School founder Lainie Liberti, and worldschooler Dr. Kate Green. Incredible narratives of self-determined learning also came from the Directors and Facilitators of Self-Directed Learning Centers across the United States and Canada. Writers of these narratives include Ken Danford of North Star, Katy Burke of Princeton Learning Cooperative, Carol Nash of Alpha II, Maysaa Bazna of Pono in New York City, and Hope Wilder of Pathfinder Learning Center in North Carolina.<br />
Part 2 is focused on those who have been exposed to self-directed learning throughout their lives. Writer and blogger Idzie Desmaris starts off the section with a brilliant piece about growing up unschooled. Sulaf Hatab enthusiastically shares what it is like to learn within the self-directed center her mother, Maysaa Banza, founded. Miro Siegal writes beautifully about growing up worldschooled. Jasmine Higgins, A.S. Neill’s great granddaughter, gives a fantastic account of her experience at Summerhill.</p>

Joys of Self-Determined Learning: A Collection of Essays

Ricci, Dr. Carlo

Riley, Dr. Gina

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