http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dk60sYrU2RU
A most facinating video which comes to similar conclusions to John Holt's work.
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This is very optimistic... I wonder how much of it could translate into real workable skills.
I thought so too. However since the children themselves directed the studies essentially by themselves and in a lot of instances the ends were proscribed by them it requires far more independent thought than most school work which is at least a step in the right direction.
Hmm... well a lot of the tasks they are assigned is basically to googol the task and regurgitate the answer. That is still learning skill, and magnificent if someone can master that. I see no reason why they can't go through education packets that promote higher learning.
$180bn only... 600 bucks per american on time payment.
See unschooling? This particular method of 1 computer per group may be somewhat new, but the idea of letting children learn for themselves through the internet or just plain books isn't. And more importantly, the idea that no curriculum or questions need to be raised, which isn't discussed in the video, insofar they were testing the method in the scope of shooling.