Episode Synopsis "Holding Unfolding - episode 5 with Amber Sawyer"

Episode 5 of the Holding Unfolding podcast is an interview with Amber Sawyer of Rivers and Roads ALC in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (US). Transcript at: https://abbyoulton.wordpress.com/2021/05/09/holding-unfolding-episode-5-with-amber-sawyer-transcript/ --- Cover illustration by www.instagram.com/pharaohartwork/ Music by www.bandlab.com/notdummroll Learn more about Rivers and Roads at http://riversandroadsok.com/ and on their Instagram at @riversandroadsok They also had a cool reflective contribution to the ALC Network annual report for 2020, at https://app.gitbook.com/@nycagile/s/network2020report/~/drafts/-MOqnXiXD0umpq80-N3N/facilitators-say...#rivers-and-roads-oklahoma-city-oklahoma-usa Follow up on the shout out of Akilah's work at https://raisingfreepeople.com/podcast/ We allude to how self-directed education is often cast as a new invention by some US white men lone geniuses; check out this piece about whose traditions we're actually building on with this practice: https://www.self-directed.org/tp/ours-first/ One resource for learning more about whose lands each ALC we're calling into these interviews from is on is https://native-land.ca/ Finally, those new to comparing education philosophies who want to learn more about those mentioned in this episode can look up John Dewey and the laboratory school as a start on the progressive education movement, Maria Montessori on Montessori schools, "The Hundred Languages of Children" on Reggio Emilia, Summerhill as an entry point for Democratic Free Schools, and the Alliance for Self-Directed Education for content on self-directed education...although there are many other starting points to explore each philosophy from.

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• Starter Kit: Principles Update
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• Section 7: Tools and Practices
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• Section 5: Whole Human Development
• Section 4: The Science of Learning
• Section 3: Self-Directed Education
• Section 2: Alternative Education Landscape
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