Learn The Terms
Self-Directed Education
Self-directed education is education that derives from the self-chosen activities and life experiences of the person becoming educated, whether or not those activities were chosen deliberately for the purpose of education.
Self-directed education can include organized classes or lessons, if freely chosen by the learner; but most self-directed education does not occur that way. Most self-directed education comes from everyday life, as people pursue their own interests and learn along the way. The motivating forces include curiosity, playfulness, and sociability—which promote all sorts of endeavors from which people learn. Self-directed education necessarily leads different individuals along different paths, though the paths may often overlap, as each person’s interests and goals in life are in some ways unique and in some ways shared by others.
Democratic Governance
Democratic Governance is the process of building open, responsive, and accountable institutions and processes that serve the needs and preferences of the public.
LearnMV is a democratically governed organization. Decisions about resources, database maintenance and outreach are made by the community, for the community.
To learn more or get involved in our process of oversight and community outreach, contact us.
Free Learner
Free Learner(FL) is a new designation that applies to students who wish to take responsibility for their time and learning path.
The Education System is slowly accepting that all students require their own pathways in order for them to function in the school environment and learn effectively. Various labels get applied to sets of characteristics to describe students who then require specific accommodations in class and school. The FL label is self-assigned by students and their families, rather than by experts, to announce that they require and deserve approaches to learning that work best for them.
The FL label indicates to the school that the child will operate under an alternate set of parameters, expectations, and responsibilities and, as such, require accommodation in the class and school. The FL designation is declared by the students themselves and, in the case of younger children, with the support of their parents. Independent of parental involvement, anyone who is mature enough to read the definition and complete the paperwork to communicate their FL needs is de facto granted the right to be designated FL.
- UnschoolingSchool.com