Unschooling

In this form of education, learners choose activities as their medium for learning. It is not as known as traditional homeschooling, but is becoming more known.

Many persons decide to do unschooling because it makes it possible to learn through natural life experiences, or they do not like the concept of schooling and think that they can learn better by doing other activities.

There are different branches of unschooling. Here are some examples:

• Worldschooling: Learners travel around the world and learn through experiencing other places, people, cultures, and typical activities of these locations.
• Project-based unschooling: Learners choose a project that interests them and do it in their own time and learn things about it and related topics.
• Gameschooling: Learners play varios games like board and card games with and against others. Learners can develop social skills such as interpersonal communication, negotiation, persuasion, diplomacy, and moral character.

Critics of unschooling think that children will lack the social skills, structure, and motivation of their schooled peers, while other think that the opposite is true.

• Deschooling