John Caldwell Holt, who lived from April 14, 1923 to September 14, 1985, was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling, specifically the unschooling approach, and a pioneer in youth rights theory. After six years teaching elementary school in the 1950s he wrote How Children Fail in 1964 and How Children Learn in 1967. The term unschooling was coined in the 1970s and used by Holt, who is widely regarded as the father of unschooling, and he started the newsletter Growing Without Schooling.
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John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923 – September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory.
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John Caldwell Holt (April 14, 1923, September 14, 1985) was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling (specifically the unschooling approach), and a pioneer in youth rights theory.
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The term unschooling was coined in the 1970s and used by educator John Holt, who is widely regarded as the father of unschooling.
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