Claire Honeycutt: From Academia to Homeschooling

Claire Honeycutt is a former academic spending 20 years working inside of academia. She was a professor at Arizona St. University from 2015-2024 when she resigned to become a full time homeschooling mom.

Expect to learn about Claire's insights on how we learn and why she became so interested in intrinsic motivation and self-directed learning. She'll discuss taking a mastery-based learning approach in classrooms of 50–100 students, why many kids in her classes struggled to love learning, and why she feels strongly about fostering a love of learning in her own children. Claire bridges the philosophies of classical education and unschooling to create a coaching-centric approach to learning and education.

Chapters:

0:00 - Intro

3:07 - Claire's History in Academia

5:45 - Developing a Love for Teaching

9:42 - Making Education Entertaining

11:01 - Intrinsic Motivation and Mental Health of University of Students

21:03 - Trying Things Before Committing to a Degree

28:24 - Claire's Journey to Becoming a Homeschooling Mom 

34:35 - Developing a Love of Learning

39:34 - The Relationship Between Classical Education and Unschooling

42:39 - What is the Objective of Claire's Homeschooling Style

54:49 - Prioritizing a Love of Learning 

1:00:44 - Self Paced and Mastery Based Learning

1:06:51 - Quitting Academia to Start Homeschooling

1:13:43 - Advice for Homeschooling Parents

1:17:34 - Working While Homeschooling

1:21:33 - Resources for Parents in Alternative Education

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