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deschooling

deschooling noun: the process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system.

Noun

deschooling (uncountable)

  1. The process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system.
  2. The concept, or belief that a formal education system is counter-productive to the education of young people.
    • The events continue this weekend: the squat's website, temporaryschool.org, says there will be a session on "labyrinth building with Steph" tomorrow, followed by "deschooling society".2009 January 9, Helen Pidd, “Posh-squat artists take Mayfair mews”, in The Guardian

Questions about deschooling

What does deschooling mean?
Deschooling means the process of adjusting to the non-school environment of everyday life after leaving the education system.
What part of speech is deschooling?
Deschooling is a noun.

Words near deschooling in the dictionary

  1. descheduling
  2. deschool
  3. deschooled
  4. deschooler
  5. deschoolers
  6. deschooling
  7. deschools
  8. Deschutes
  9. Deschutes County
  10. desciclovir
  11. desciption

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