Alternative education

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educating students with special needs in a way that addresses their individual differences and needs

thumb|right|Allegory of Grammar and Logic/Dialectic. Perugia, Fontana Maggiore. thumb|Allegory of Grammar. Priscian on the left teaches Latin grammar to his students on the right. Relief by [[Luca della Robbia. Florence, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo.]]

work by Descartes

ongoing, voluntary, and self-motivated pursuit of knowledge for either personal or professional reasons

branch of pedagogy

thumb|An army trainer mentors new soldiers. Mentorship is the patronage, influence, guidance, or direction given by a mentor. A mentor is someone who teaches or gives help and advice to a less experienced and often younger person. In an organizational setting, a mentor influences the personal and professional growth of a mentee. Most traditional mentorships involve having senior employees mentor more junior employees, but mentors do not necessarily have to be more senior than the people they mentor. What matters is that mentors have experience that others can learn from.

Autodidacticism (also autodidactism) or self-education (also self-learning, self-study, and self-teaching) is the practice of education without the guidance of teachers. Autodidacts are self-taught people who learn a subject through self-study. Autodidacticism may involve, complement, or be an alternative to formal education. Formal education itself may have a hidden curriculum that requires self-study for the uninitiated.

pedagogical theory that suggests that learners do not passively acquire knowledge through direct instruction

thumb|Children investigating insect deposits in tree bark as part of an unschooling activity

M-learning, or mobile learning, is a form of distance education or technology enhanced active learning where learners use portable devices such as mobile phones to learn anywhere and anytime. Reviews of 97 studies published between 2014 and 2023 show that well-planned mobile learning can improve engagement, knowledge, and skills at different education levels. The portability that mobile devices provide allows for learning anywhere, hence the term "mobile" in "mobile learning." M-learning devices include computers, MP3 players, mobile phones, and tablets. M-learning can be an important part of

schooling run as direct democracies

form of non-mainstream education

pedagogical movement

teaching method developed by Helen Parkhurst

process of learning through experience, which is distinct from rote or didactic learning

academic discipline

education that can occur outside of a structured curriculum, including homeschooling, autodidacticism, etc.

taxpayer-funded payment for tuition at a private school

informal educational system used by Scouts

outdoor-based early learning approach

school that receives government funding but operates independently of the established local public school system, and is sometimes privately owned

anxiety or fear of school causing physical symptoms such as nausea and headaches

early childhood educational philosophy

park with recreational activities

method of teaching in which students teach the subject to each other

school that teaches students through Internet

broad term for special practices, procedures, and theories used in the education of children who have been identified as gifted or talented; the main approaches to gifted education are enrichment and acceleration

type of learning

type of school

thumb|A Service Learning Project at Butam organized by MaxPac Travel for Catholic Junior College students. January 15, 2009. Tay Yong Seng. Service-learning is an educational approach that uses community service to meet both classroom learning objectives and societal needs. It has been used with students of all grades and stages. Projects based in communities are designed to apply classroom learning to create positive change in the community and often involve community organisations.

alternative school applying democratic education

1940 book by Mortimer J. Adler

originated from the military as a series of challenging physical obstacles an individual or team must navigate for sport

education based on humanistic psychology

Deschooling is a term invented by Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich. The word is mainly used by homeschoolers, especially unschoolers, to refer to the transition process that children and parents go through when they leave the school system in order to start homeschooling. The process is a crucial basis for homeschooling to work. It involves children gradually transitioning away from their schoolday routine and institutional mentality, redeveloping the ability to learn via self-determination, and discovering what they want to learn in their first homeschool days.

classical field of activity of social work

school with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional

book by Ivan Illich

Type of doll used in Waldorf education

Russian educator (1878–1934)

form of business training and education

parenting movement and educational philosophy

process of developing and maintaining connections with people and information

outdoor approach to education

online offerings of a college or university where college work is completed either partially or wholly online

2012 film directed by German Doin

outdoor training activity

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thumb|Jim Groom as "poster boy" for edupunk Edupunk is a do it yourself (DIY) attitude to teaching and learning practices. Tom Kuntz described edupunk as "an approach to teaching that avoids mainstream tools like PowerPoint and Blackboard, and instead aims to bring the rebellious attitude and DIY ethos of ’70s bands like The Clash to the classroom." Many instructional applications can be described as DIY education or edupunk.

learning outside the classroom

pedagogical philosophy that advocates exposing students to historically important works

a philosophy of education

overview about anarchism and education

multiple positions critical of compulsory schooling laws, school as a learning institution, or schooling as such

social movement

educational qualification in China

term

small informal illegal schools