Parental Experiences of Unschooling: Navigating Curriculum as Learning-through-Living

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Khara Schonfeld-Karan (University of Maryland, USA)

Parental Experiences of Unschooling

Navigating Curriculum as Learning-through-Living

Khara Schonfeld-Karan (University of Maryland, USA)

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Routledge
27 May 2024

Organisation & management of education; Curriculum planning & development; Open learning, home learning, distance education

Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series

This volume explores unschooling as a growing phenomenon within the broader field of home education and considers the unique position of parents who engage in this self-directed form of education with their children.

Drawing on an in-depth hermeneutic phenomenological study, the volume investigates the double consciousness of parents as they balance the costs/benefits of unschooling and navigate the roles of leading/following and parenting/teaching in the education and upbringing of their children. The author conceptualizes unschooling in the context of curriculum theory and situates it within the larger home education movement. By highlighting the fluctuating, (un)divided position that parents assume, the volume examines how learning and living are rendered inseparable in unschooling, thereby revealing unschoolers’ experience of a curriculum of learning-through-living.

This book will be of great interest to researchers, scholars, and postgraduates working across the fields of curriculum studies, parenting and family studies, and the sociology of education.

By: Khara Schonfeld-Karan (University of Maryland USA)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm,
Weight: 470g
ISBN: 9781032076553
ISBN 10: 1032076550
Series: Studies in Curriculum Theory Series
Pages: 248
Publication Date: 27 May 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

Khara Schonfeld-Karan completed her PhD in Professional Development and Teacher Education at the University of Maryland, USA.