Difference Between World Schooling and Unschooling
                     DIFFERENCE BETWEEN 
WORLD SCHOOLING 
AND UNSCHOOLING
Introduction
• Unschooling is a type of homeschooling that 
lets the child take control of their own 
education, allowing them to pursue their 
passions and interests in the form of projects or 
field trips instead of following a traditional 
curriculum.
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World schooling
• World schooling simply takes this concept to 
the next level, by adding travel into the mix 
and letting destinations and experiences guide 
the child’s learning, ultimately turning the 
whole world into a classroom.
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Holistic approach to 
learning
• They believe in a holistic approach to learning 
that incorporates different aspects of life, 
nature, culture, history and science, instead of 
separating education into different subjects
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Learning and Education 
are not the same
• They acknowledge that ‘learning’ and 
‘education’ are not the same and that children 
learn better when they are actively engaged in 
a topic rather than forced to follow a set 
format.
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Why Is World schooling 
Gaining Popularity?
• Alternative forms of education have long been 
on the rise, spreading beyond the narrow 
constraints of traditional education systems. 
• As such, world schooling is a natural 
progression of the location independent 
lifestyle.
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What We Can Learn 
From World schooling?
• While a nomadic lifestyle might sound like 
dream for most people, it’s not achievable or 
even desirable for every family. 
• Yet, there are still concepts that we can learn 
from world schooling that can be applied to 
traditional education systems or regular 
homeschooling.
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Unschooling
• Unschooling involves a complete rejection of 
the school system and trust in the children to 
learn through their own interests and curiosity 
at whatever pace they prefer.
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Radical Unschooling
• Radical Unschooling takes the unschooling 
philosophy even further to include all aspects 
of life. 
• Sandra Dodd came up with this term and it 
totally rejects any distinction between 
educational and non-educational activities.
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Methods and 
philosophy behind 
Unschooling
• Natural learning: A fundamental premise of 
unschooling is that learning is a natural process 
constantly taking place and that curiosity is 
innate and children want to learn.
• Learning styles: Psychologists have 
documented many differences between 
children in the way they learn and assert that 
unschooling is better equipped to adapt to 
these differences.
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Methods and 
philosophy behind 
Unschooling cont.
• Developmental differences: Developmental 
psychologists note that just as children reach 
growth milestones at different ages from each 
other, children are also prepared to learn 
different things at different ages.
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