# self-directed (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover self-directed. Page: Feed: --- ## [Three Questions for the Future of Education](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/three-questions-for-the-future-of) _2026-07-31 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Public education is at a real crossroads. Three hard questions will decide whether a flourishing vision reshapes it or stays on the margins. ## [The Things Only a Mortal Can Say](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/the-things-only-a-mortal-can-say) _2026-07-24 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ A chat with Fable on life, meaning, and purpose in the age of AI ## [Redefining Self-Directed Learning](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/redefining-self-directed-learning) _2026-07-16 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ This is the fifth in a six-part series on what education would look like if it were designed for human flourishing. ## [On Death](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/on-death) _2026-07-09 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ A Week in Oaxaca ## [Design Principles for Flourishing Schools](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/design-principles-for-flourishing) _2026-06-29 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ This is the fourth in a six-part series on what education would look like if it were designed for human flourishing. ## [Widow’s Bay and the Two Angles on the Same Wound](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/widows-bay-and-the-two-angles-on) _2026-06-22 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ The best show of 2026 is a horror-comedy about a dying town. ## [SDL Roundup](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/sdl-roundup) _2026-06-18 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ I’m going to take a brief pause from my series on education for human flourishing (part four will release in the next week or so) and share a couple of articles published in other outlets. ## [We Stopped Cultivating Wisdom](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/we-stopped-cultivating-wisdom) _2026-06-11 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ This is the third in a six-part series on what education would look like if it were designed for human flourishing. ## [The Crack in the World](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/the-crack-in-the-world) _2026-05-31 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ On Outer Dark and Song of Solomon ## [What If Schools Were Built for Flourishing?](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/what-if-schools-were-built-for-flourishing) _2026-05-26 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Dr. Caleb Collier is the Director of the Institute for Self-Directed Learning and Ambassador for the National Hybrid Schools Project at Kennesaw State University. ## [Finnish Seedboxes — Up to 20Gbps (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/TmdngHllG4SC) _2026-05-26 · **Sponsored**_ Private Finnish seedboxes with 1–20Gbps speeds, RAID storage and 14‑day refund ## [The View from 250 Miles Up](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/the-view-from-250-miles-up) _2026-05-17 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ A review of Orbital by Samantha Harvey ## [Schools Aren't Failing. That's the Problem.](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/schools-arent-failing-thats-the-problem) _2026-05-12 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ This is the first in a six-part series on what education would look like if it were designed for human flourishing. ## [Introducing THE GAP](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/introducing-the-gap) _2026-05-08 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ A Newsletter ## [So Where Are We Now? Malcolm Knowles, the Field of SDL, and the Conversation We Still Need to Have](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/so-where-are-we-now-malcolm-knowles) _2026-04-29 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part Nine of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [Throwing Away School: Ivan Illich, John Holt, and the Case Against Compulsory Education](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/throwing-away-school-ivan-illich) _2026-04-20 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part Eight of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [The Schools That Said No: Summerhill, Sudbury Valley, and the Freedom Schools That Changed America](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/the-schools-that-said-no-summerhill) _2026-04-15 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part Seven of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [Learning by Doing: John Dewey, Maria Montessori, and the Progressive Education Revolution](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/learning-by-doing-john-dewey-maria) _2026-04-08 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part 6 of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [Three Ways Americans Learned on Their Own Terms: Horace Mann, the Chautauqua Movement, and W.E.B. Du Bois](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/three-ways-americans-learned-on-their) _2026-03-31 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part 5 of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [What If We Trusted Children? Rousseau, Pestalozzi, and Froebel on Nature, Play, and the Radical Act of Getting Out of the Way](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/what-if-we-trusted-children-rousseau) _2026-03-24 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part 4 of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning" ## [One platform, from silicon to agent (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/bGrWvcflk3yE) _2026-03-24 · **Sponsored**_ Serverless inference plus Inference Router to optimize cost and latency at scale. ## [Before Schools: What Artisans and Apprentices Can Teach Us About Learning](https://calebpattoncollier.substack.com/p/before-schools-what-artisans-and) _2026-03-16 · Caleb Patton Collier · Caleb Patton Collier_ Part 3 of "A Brief History of Self-Directed Learning"