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The KEY: Educating for Autonomy
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EDUCATING for AUTONOMY
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Our CANDIDATE: the
Lead out method
The basic idea is
SIMPLE
How do we bring out the best
FROM EACH UNIQUE STUDENT
—
something we all want
—
even though there is
ONLY ONE ADULT IN THE CLASSROOM?
The SIMPLE idea:
Help students with TWO DRIVES.
#1 HELP students with their DRIVE for INDEPENDENCE:
Brings out the BEST from EACH INDIVIDUAL student.
#2 HELP students DIRECT their DRIVE for LEARNING.
Solves the ONE-AND-MANY problem in K-12 education.
#1 The DRIVE for INDEPENDENCE
ALL BY MYSELF, I want to:
Go around the living room.
Go up and down the front steps.
Bicycle around the block.
Drive to the park.
But READINESS for more INDEPENDENCE
is NOT GUARANTEED
Not all children grow up READY
• to lead their own life
• or their learning life.
SOME students grow up ready for more INDEPENDENCE.
But too many grow up UNREADY for more INDEPENDENCE.
THE KEY to a LIFE of
INDEPENDENCE and LEARNING?
EDUCATION as
ORIGINALLY UNDERSTOOD:
has NOTHING to do with learning;
is NOT EVEN learning how to learn;
comes from the
Latin word e•du•ce•re:
to lead out the student from with
,
hence the name, the
Lead out method
.
What EDUCATION REALLY MEANS:
the psychology of leading out
the independence already developing
.
Having their OWN fulfilling relationships.
Pursuing their OWN interests and dreams.
Making their OWN contributions to society.
And GUESS WHAT?
#1 EDUCATING for the INDEPENDENCE DRIVE
—
IS KEY TO
—
#2 The DRIVE to LEARN just right FOR EACH.
WHY?
Because EDUCATING for INDEPENDENCE
begins to solve the
one-and-many
problem in school.
CONSIDER:
Only with the AUTONOMY that comes
with being granted more INDEPENDENCE
can students choose
learning challenges
NOT TOO EASY
NOT TOO DIFFICULT
but JUST RIGHT, in the zone.
The
SIMPLE
BASIC IDEA
as an IF-THEN statement
IF we could (and we can)
educate students using psychology
to use independence more wisely and responsibly
THEN it becomes safe to grant
the freedom
students need
to help each other navigate
the learning just right for each.
RESULTS of this SIMPLE idea:
SOLVES the structural
ONE-AND-MANY
problem in schooling
Even though there is only
ONE
adult in the classroom
and
THE-MANY
students are ALL DIFFERENT
Students are using their INCREASING INDEPENDENCE
to navigate the learning JUST RIGHT FOR EACH.
It makes
LOGICAL
sense.
But HOW do you actually do this?
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