Editing Unschooling (section)

==Compared with other homeschooling models==

Unschooling is a form of [[homeschooling]],<ref name="beginners-guide-to-unschooling" /><ref name="what-is-unschooling">{{Cite web |title=What Is Unschooling? A Parents Guide to Child-Led Home Education |url=https://www.parents.com/kids/education/home-schooling/what-is-unschooling-all-about-child-led-home-education/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603204359/https://www.parents.com/kids/education/home-schooling/what-is-unschooling-all-about-child-led-home-education/ |archive-date=2023-06-03 |access-date=2020-07-13 |website=Parents |language=EN}}</ref> which is the education of children at home or places other than in a school. Unschooling teaches children based on their interests rather than according to a set [[curriculum]].<ref name="unschooling-2020">{{Cite web |title=Unschooling – letting children grow up without school or teachers |url=https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/unschooling-letting-children-grow-without-school-teachers-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A161024-99-923474 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129061217/https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/unschooling-letting-children-grow-without-school-teachers-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A161024-99-923474 |archive-date=2022-01-29 |access-date=2020-12-02 |website=dpa International |language=en}}</ref><ref name="what-is-unschooling" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Unschooling – letting children grow up without school or teachers |url=https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/unschooling-letting-children-grow-without-school-teachers-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A161024-99-923474 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220129061217/https://www.dpa-international.com/topic/unschooling-letting-children-grow-without-school-teachers-urn%3Anewsml%3Adpa.com%3A20090101%3A161024-99-923474 |archive-date=2022-01-29 |access-date=2020-12-15 |website=dpa International |language=en}}</ref>

Unschooling contrasts with other forms of homeschooling in that the student's education is not directed by a [[teacher]] and curriculum.<ref name="unschooling-2020" /> Unschooling is a real-world implementation of the [[open classroom]] methods promoted in the late 1960s and early 1970s, without the school, classrooms, or grades.{{Citation needed|date=September 2022}} Parents who unschool their children act as facilitators, providing a range of resources, helping their children access, navigate, and make sense of the world; they aid their children in making and implementing goals and plans for both the distant and immediate future. Unschooling expands from children's natural [[curiosity]] as an extension of their interests, concerns, needs, and goals.{{citation needed|date=September 2023}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brosbe |first=Ruben |date=December 28, 2022 |title=What to Know About Unschooling |url=https://www.usnews.com/education/k12/articles/what-to-know-about-unschooling |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=usnews}}</ref>

Unschooling differs from [[discovery learning]], [[minimally invasive education]], [[purpose-guided education]], [[academic advising]], [[phenomenon-based learning]], and [[thematic learning]].{{how|date=April 2023}}{{citation needed|date=July 2021}}