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unschool en · VERB

Etymology

From un- + school.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To educate (a child) in an alternative to the regular school method, focused on the learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning.
   • He cooks his own food, lends a hand to neighboring farmers in exchange for portions of their crops, and unschools his 11-year-old daughter, Seraya. 2014, Blake Boles, The Art of Self-Directed Learning, →ISBN, page 172:
   • Nathan and Lisa Freeman, an Acapulco-curious couple who are unschooling their kids, join the cast of characters when they show up to the 2015 event and realize that the constantly inebriated Berwick could use some organizational help. 2022 July 8, Judy Berman, “The Anarchists Is a Messy, Gripping Anarcho-Capitalist Saga”, in Time, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2022:

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