This is Homeschooling: Stories of Unconventional Learning Practices On the Road and In Nature

by Katie Rybakova Mathews (Editor)

Overview

The number of homeschooling families has grown in recent years, along with the number of methods for learning at home. In this timely book, you'll meet diverse families that are engaging in the day-to-day work of a variety of approaches, including self-directed learning, unschooling, nature-based education, farmschooling, wildschooling, and worldschooling.

Chapters and interludes are written by scholars and families engaged in this work, who show how their approaches take a balanced, slower-paced, and nature-minded approach to learning, nourishing the child's heart and brain. They also address common critiques of homeschooling and show how it is something that can be normalized and encouraged as a positive educational tool, helping families bond and live life to the fullest. Each chapter includes practical applications you can use right away in your own journey.

Simultaneously inspirational and practical, this book will help guide and motivate those who are either considering or already homeschooling to see the possibilities of what learning and education can truly be.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781032201405
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	07/22/2022
Pages:	180
Sales rank:	1,103,601
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Katie Rybakova Mathews is a city-turned-country girl with a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Florida State University. She is an Associate Professor of Education at Thomas College and owns a homestead with her husband Eddie where they are raising two girls in the beautiful state of Maine along with Nigerian Dwarf goats and Salmon Faverolle chickens. Her expertise lies in literacy, technology, and young adult literature.

With contributors Nicolette Sowder, Hunter Clarke-Fields, Joel Salatin, Robert Kunzman, Ginny Yurich, Gina Riley, Ben Riley, Robyn Robledo, Monet Poe, George Kaponay, Michael R. Barnes, Nicki Farrell, Vicci Oliver, and Alyson Long.

Table of Contents

Editor ix

Contributors x

Acknowledgments xiv

Preface: A Battle Cry from the Homeschooling Community xv

List of Abbreviations xxi

1 From Structured to Stepping Back Ginny Yurich 1

2 The Greenhouse Effect Joel Salatin 10

3 A Unique Education: Unschooling to Adulthood Ben Riley Gina Riley 22

4 The Parent-Child Apprenticeship: Navigating Learning with Little to No Curriculum Katie Rybakova Mathews 34

5 Self-Directed Education: An Interview with Dr. Peter Gray Katie Rybakova Mathews 47

Interlude: The Science Behind Nature-based Learning Michael R. Barnes 57

6 Wildschooling Nicolette Sowder 61

7 The Journey of a Soulful Artist Monet Poe 72

8 Weaving Unschooling and Forest Schooling in Australia: How it Works for Our Families Nicki Farrell Vicci Oliver 84

9 A Balance of Screen Time and "Green Time": An Interview with Linda McGurk Katie Rybakova Mathews 101

Interlude: Shared Lessons for Democracy? Robert Kunzman 108

10 Trust in Your Journey: Lessons from a Worldschooling Family George Kaponay 112

11 The True Advantage of Worldschooling: Time Alyson Long 126

12 From Surfing to Schooling: There Is More to Homeschool Than Worksheets Robyn Robledo 139

Interlude: Mindfulness for Home Educators Hunter Clarke-Fields 150

I Am Isabelle Robledo 154

Conclusion Katie Rybakova Mathews 157