The Art of Education

by Linda Dobson

Examines where the government school "system" has led us as human beings, and shows how your family can exchange conformity and dependency for personal fulfillment through the natural union of learning and living. A homeschooling mother's impassioned analysis of schooling with many different solutions to help parents personalize their children's educations.

Genres: Education, Parenting

256 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

Reviews

[Molly · Rating 5 out of 5]

A little dated as it was published in '97, but still phenomenally eye-opening and encouraging.

[Emily Mellow · Rating 2 out of 5]

The whole point of this book seems to be one long argument to convince the reader to unschool. While I often like to read things that I agree with, this book was really preaching to the choir. I skimmed around, looking for something that might be new information, but it's all old news, and not just because I've read so many books on homeschooling. It was preachy rather than helpful. Maybe I just don't like the overall tone of the book. It might really speak to others, and I don't want to discourage anyone from checking it out, because you never know what's going to do it for people. For me, it wasn't appealing.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. A little bit out- dated. But her message still applies. It's just now our national education system is even more a disaster.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Interesting, a little long but had some great insight and info.