What is Self Directed Education?

The Beauty Of Truly Mixed Age Learning Communities

In Episode 2- The Beauty of Truly Mixed Age Learning Communities, Min Zaw and Nadia reflect on the beautiful aspects of experiencing a truly mixed-age learning community- from babies to old ladies. Through their reflection, they shine light on how truly mixed-age communities could remedy the conventional school issue that requires teachers of homogenous age groups of children to differentiate through multiple levels and entry points. And the ways in which children of all ages can get their needs met through the same experiences.

What is Self Directed Education?

Have you heard the term "self-directed education" before and wondered what it is? Or how it differs from other education terms like "student-centered"? In Episode One of Your Greatest Teacher- a podcast for educators on educating and relating differently to young people- you'll hear from hosts Nadia and Min Zaw who share firstly their educational journies and how it led them to Self Directed Education. Then their personal definitions of the nuanced terms unschooling and SDE. Min Zaw shares from his perspective as a parent and solely SDE facilitator, while Nadia shares from her perspective as a credentialed educator and current SDE facilitator - tying in educational research and educator lingo. Nadia and Min Zaw hope to create a bridge between conventional educational ideas and the liberating nature of self-directed education as a way to create multifaceted systems that contribute to the authentic well-being of young people, educators, and communities. Research and Mentions: Educational Psychologist and Researcher Naomi Fisher: https://twitter.com/naomicfisher [https://www.amazon.com/Summerhill-School-New-View-Childhood/dp/0312141378] Unschooling Parent & Support Lucy Atkinread: https://discolearning.com/ [https://discolearning.com/] SummerHill Book, reflections from A.S. Neill : https://www.amazon.com/Summerhill-School-New-View-Childhood/dp/0312141378 [https://www.amazon.com/Summerhill-School-New-View-Childhood/dp/0312141378] Ryan and Deci's research around Intrinsic Motivation