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Is 'unstructured' a euphemism? If the children are expected to 'behave predictably' and 'forced to interact with other children', doesn't that imply some struct
by dalke 11y ago
Is 'unstructured' a euphemism? If the children are expected to 'behave predictably' and 'forced to interact with other children', doesn't that imply some structure? (I assume 'predictably' means something more specific than, say 'not try to set the school on fire.')
This article uses the terms 'spontaneous and free form' and 'guided and pedagogical'. It doesn't sound like the former requires children to interact with others, though I can't tell from the article. Certainly the latter isn't unstructured.
- tootie 11y agoThey're not forced by the structure, they're forced by the other kids. If she wants to sit and read and keeps getting hit in the head with paper airplanes, she gets annoyed. When do they have some of organized chaos, like all the kids in the playground playing the same game, she's pretty happy with that.
- dalke 11y agoThank you for clearing that up. I totally misunderstood.