Updated 2025-02-03
Yarden Home Self-Directed Learning Community
We are a Chinese self-directed learning community where children are able to enjoy self-directed natural living as well as self-directed creative activities.
Alex Lan founder
City: Dali
Province: Yunnan
Country: China
Province: Yunnan
Country: China
Description
Yarden Home Self-Directed Learning Community was founded in 2023 and is now accessible to minors with basic independent skills. There are no traditional classes or teachers in the community. Each member initiates activities and organizes his/her own schedule according to his/her own needs and interests; each member enjoys the right to have a voice and vote in community decisions. There is no testing or grading, and each member is free to explore at his or her own pace.
Feel free to contact via the Facebook website linked above, through WeChat: witness365, or on RedNote: 大理冶园 (Chinese name).
SDE Optimizing Conditions
ASDE surveys all SDE communities/programs about how they provide, enhance,
or align with each of the Six Optimizing Conditions
for young people to succeed in SDE. Survey answers:
- Responsibility – Children's daily activities are based on their needs and interests.
- Youth Autonomy – Autonomous at all times except for weekly community meetings.
- Access to Tools and Technology – All members have access to tools they can already use safely and proficiently.
- Adult Allies – Adults are on an equal footing and give members help only when needed.
- Free Age Mixing – Classes are not differentiated by age and all members are free to mix and match.
- Community – Everyone has a voice and a vote.
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