Episode Details

In Episode 31, My guest Clare Caro and I get to explore if the ‘recipe of school’ is synonymous with education. Clare works as a co-director of the social enterprise Root-and-Branch Out, and with the local home-educating community. 

We dive into:

• What is home education and Unschooling (coined by John Holt)?·        
• Is it legal to home school, ‘educating otherwise’ in the United Kingdom?·        
• Is the ‘school recipe’ synonymous with education?
• How we adults also need to ‘de-school’ ourselves.·        
• What are our values and what about going to university?
• The use of manipulation techniques like punishment, rewards & growling!·        
• The hidden curriculum – how adults treat children.·        
• Growing Divergent thinkers & convergent thinkers with useful examples ·        
• The impact of language on your survival brain
• Our unconscious manipulation and support of ecocide·        
• If we want to teach eco-literacy, we need to stop teaching ecocide e.g extreme use of plastic in schools.·        
• An insight into Clare’s outdoors ‘Partnership model’.

Show Notes:

https://theoutdoorteacher.com/podcasts/episode-31-exploring-education-and-unschooling/

Music by Geoff Robb: www.geoffrobb.com

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The Green Health Virtual Gathering 2026

Embedding Nature in Practice - From Vision to Delivery This gathering brings together psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists, GPs, allied health professionals and NHS leaders exploring how nature-informed approaches can be implemented safely and credibly within real-world healthcare settings. https://circleofliferediscovery.com/gathering