I invite you to watch this interesting video in which the principles of the non-directive education or alternative, which, in a summary and direct way, exposes the proposed model and the reasons why it can be very useful in this world that our children will face.
In the video there are many images related to the project of Mauricio and Rebeca Wild, the "Pesta", which worked in Ecuador for many years and now inspires many schools of this type. In fact, in the video, Leonardo Wild, his son, speaks and students appear in different situations.
The Wild's experience began when his eldest son was born and they discovered that they were completely lost in the way of focusing an education that respected the child's natural learning and maturation processes.
They studied Montessori pedagogy and from then on they continued to investigate and put into practice their ideas, which are based mainly on offering children materials and environments rich in possibilities but with poor structuring, to allow them to advance on their own and according to their interests , without directionism.
Respecting these processes and letting children experience experientially with natural materials, manipulating them, with freedom of movement and play, the time will come when the student himself will be prepared to enter mathematics, reading and other formal disciplines, motivated by Your own curiosity and maturation.
Adults are not teachers, but experienced figures who have to accompany, guide and guide in different ways, offering multiple resources and alternatives, and in no way become those who transmit concepts or knowledge vertically, but accompany the discovery and Child learning, which builds itself and takes responsibility for its desire to learn, which is natural as long as it is not deformed or forced.
The truth is that this type of teaching seems to me increasingly necessary in these moments in which education can be the key for children to grow as responsible citizens and loving knowledge. Even briefly this video about non-directive education I think it can be very useful as a first approach to the subject.
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