Sandra Dodd
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Sandra Dodd is an unschooling
advocate. Her articles have been published in homeschooling journals (particularly, Home Education Magazine), in her self-published book "Moving a Puddle", and are available on her personal website. Articles she has written have been translated into several languages, and her "Public School On Your Own Terms" was featured in "The Homeschooling Book of Answers". She is frequently invited to speak at homeschooling and unschooling conferences.
Dodd grew up in Española, New Mexico
and attended the University of New Mexico
beginning in the fall of 1970 at age 17. She graduated at 20 with a major in English and ended up with minors in psychology and anthropology.
Dodd was always interested in education and learning. She learned about the open classroom philosophy, free schools such as Summerhill School
, and read the writings of John Caldwell Holt
. As a junior high school English teacher, Dodd became very aware of the perceived negatives of conventional educational systems. None of her own three children have ever been to school and all three have been radically unschooled.
Dodd has been an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism
for most of the time since joining in the 1970s.
On her website, Dodd says:
Unschooling
Unschooling is a range of educational philosophies and practices centered on allowing children to learn through their natural life experiences, including play, game play, household responsibilities, work experience, and social interaction, rather than through a more traditional school curriculum....
advocate. Her articles have been published in homeschooling journals (particularly, Home Education Magazine), in her self-published book "Moving a Puddle", and are available on her personal website. Articles she has written have been translated into several languages, and her "Public School On Your Own Terms" was featured in "The Homeschooling Book of Answers". She is frequently invited to speak at homeschooling and unschooling conferences.
Dodd grew up in Española, New Mexico
Española, New Mexico
Española also known as Espanola , is a city primarily in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico, in the United States. A portion of the central and eastern section of the city is in Santa Fe County. Española was founded in 1880 as a railroad village, incorporated as a city in 1925. The city is situated in...
and attended the University of New Mexico
University of New Mexico
The University of New Mexico at Albuquerque is a public research university located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in the United States. It is the state's flagship research institution...
beginning in the fall of 1970 at age 17. She graduated at 20 with a major in English and ended up with minors in psychology and anthropology.
Dodd was always interested in education and learning. She learned about the open classroom philosophy, free schools such as Summerhill School
Summerhill School
Summerhill School is an independent British boarding school that was founded in 1921 by Alexander Sutherland Neill with the belief that the school should be made to fit the child, rather than the other way around...
, and read the writings of John Caldwell Holt
John Caldwell Holt
John Caldwell Holt was an American author and educator, a proponent of homeschooling, and a pioneer in youth rights theory.-Biography:...
. As a junior high school English teacher, Dodd became very aware of the perceived negatives of conventional educational systems. None of her own three children have ever been to school and all three have been radically unschooled.
Dodd has been an active member of the Society for Creative Anachronism
Society for Creative Anachronism
The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international living history group with the aim of studying and recreating mainly Medieval European cultures and their histories before the 17th century...
for most of the time since joining in the 1970s.
On her website, Dodd says:
External links and reference
- Sandra Dodd official website with biography and speaking schedule
- Interview With Sandra Dodd Home Education Magazine
- Improving Unschooling Radio Free School interview with Sandra Dodd
- Living Unschooling With Sandra Dodd (pdf) Life Learning Magazine
- message board where Sandra is a regular contributor
- Sandra Dodd Describes Unschooling Successful Homeschooling