Changing Our Minds: How children can take control of their own learning

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From this platform Dr Fisher advances the meaning of self-directed education as a fulfilment not just of the individual but also of society and an answer to the question of who we want to be. In the process, Dr Fisher asks us to reconsider our fundamental assumptions and views about how learning takes place, advocating for a more student-centred and strengths-based approach to education. Dr Naomi Fisher's book Changing Our Minds eloquently and persuasively makes the case for the importance of choice, autonomy and self-direction in education.It's also shone a light on the fear and conditioning which keeps alternative education (with a small 'a') niche, and I sincerely hope that it fuels the current groundswell for change. It’s totally understandable - everyone is tired and stressed and an alternative just isn’t known about in the mainstream!

It includes interviews with influential thinkers in the field of self-directed education and examples from families alongside practical advice. It’s not uncommon for someone to choose a job where they have few choices and no control, in the belief that this will be less stressful. The _ga cookie, installed by Google Analytics, calculates visitor, session and campaign data and also keeps track of site usage for the site's analytics report. Sometimes I would start at nine, and he would send me on my break at ten, and then my lunch at twelve, leaving me working from 12.Whether you are an educator or a parent, this book highlights not only the damage we are doing to children in the name of educating them, but also how things can be done differently. It opens our eyes to the way in which the education system fights basic human nature and the psychology of learning, all too often manifesting in a level of anxiety which actively prevents attendance. I’ll then discuss several ways in which children struggle emotionally, with some ideas as to what to do to help. People who report high levels of wellbeing at work tend to be those – you’ve guessed it – with higher levels of autonomy over what they do.

We stop them from playing and actively exploring their interests, telling them it's more important to sit still and listen. It is going to be about the psychology of self-directed education, it couldn’t be much more niche than that.Payments made using National Book Tokens are processed by National Book Tokens Ltd, and you can read their Terms and Conditions here. I read all the books which argued for a tightly regimented, highly controlling approach to education, to see what their arguments were. I discovered that actually a rejection letter was a good outcome, because a lot of the time I got no response at all. Publication dates are subject to change (although this is an extremely uncommon occurrence overall). This was a great book to read if you are interested in children’s learning, the school system and thinking about alternatives to the usual path.