Playing Summerhill - clip 2

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Often referred to as "homeschooling", "unschooling" is an alternative education practice that rejects the rigid institutional demands of a traditional educational environments.

What is "unschooling"? Does our new generation benefit from this form of learning? Is it a more natural learning process? What do the students have to say about learning this way?

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Summerhill - clip 2

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Contributed by Citizen Shift

Length: 1 min 26 sec

License: Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives (by-nc-nd)

Year of Production: 1966

Director:

Dennis Miller

Producer:

Cecily Burwash

A visit to a school without fixed rules, where students study as they wish, and are their own masters. A co-educational English boarding school, Summerhill was founded by Alexander Neill a half-century ago. In the film he explains his objectives, and from the activities of the children at work and play can be seen how his methods work. School, he says, should put preparation for life ahead of learning.

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Comments

home school

by Jacob Bos

Sun, 08/10/2008 - 03:11

Summerhill I would send my son there, ther is a school I attended in New Mexico that was different, they allowed you to focus on who you are. It was named "Down to Earth" in a city called Silver City, They called me Canada and after I graduated I went on to University to study psychology and nursing. They gave me a part time position teaching pysical eduction to the youngster class. That was one of the best times in my life. The school was in a hundred year old house.