I think I experience a lot of feelings Mike has, relating to de-schooling. Even in my early stage of education, I often wondered what formal education could offer and what I could learn through formal schooling. I often started to think that authentic education and learning starts when one has finished the formal education.
That is my concept of self-directed learning, when one has to explore the outer world, with a mindset similar to a baby, where imagination and creativity will build up the richness of learning.
Would human be limited only by his or her capacity to imagine, create such learning ecology – the PLN? Self directed learning – what does it mean to our younger ones? I don’t think any qualification, assessment or even formal curriculum would limit one’s learning.
Aren’t we all born free in learning?
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