How To Deschool(Your Testing Career)

by Rosie Sherry

This Is My Life

I have a problem with boxes. Life is full of them!We are obsessed with putting people in boxes.

what do you want to be when you grow up?

what do you do?

what qualifications do you have?

oh, he’s the quiet/loud/smart/ stupid/lazy one…

oh, he’s great at xxx

she’s a mother…

Once you are in a box people make it incredibly hard for you to get out.

“We ask children to do for most of a day what few adults are able to do for even

an hour. How many of us, attending say, a lecture that doesn’t interest us, can keep our minds from wandering?

Hardly any.” - John Holt

How do you really know that you are asking your team to

do is the right thing?

To Understand Deschooling,You Need To Understand Unschooling

UnSchoolSchoolNo set subjectsSelf guided goalsEmpowermentAnything goes!Changes like the windThink for themselvesLearn at own paceLearning all the time

SubjectsGoals Set By OthersHanded Down KnowledgeSet BooksStructuredFollow InstructionsLearn at pace set by others‘Learning’ happens at school

Deschooling is what happens on the journey

of transitioning to an unschooling life style.

[In other words, deschooling messes with your mind]

“In a practical context, it refers to the mental process a person goes through after being removed from a formal schooling environment, when the "school

mindset" is eroded over time. Deschooling may refer to the time period it takes for children removed from

school to adjust to learning in an unstructured environment.” - Wikipedia.

Surely it’s a piece of cake?(hint: change is hard)

UnTestingTestingCollaboration!Self ManagementBe agile!EmpowermentIt’s all about the contextBe creativeBe ExploratoryReal Learning and ValueAbility to say ‘I don’t know’

Job RolesGoals Set By OthersDocumentationHanded Down KnowledgeSet StandardsStructuredFollow InstructionsPleasing the bossesPretend to know it all

UnTestingUnSchoolTestCasesCertificationJob TitlesMetricsRulesBe ExploratoryGrow in your own directionLearning does not stop, ever.

WorksheetsCurriculum/TestsLabels (age, ability, years)GradesControlFollow InstructionsLearn at pace set by others‘Learning’ happens at school

The Things We Probably Get Rid Of

UnSchool + UnTestingTrust

UnderstandingFreedom

ExcitementPassionChoicesRespect

Real work

The Things We Probably Introduce

Stephen Mounsey, he’s deschooling!

The Modern World Is Not Built For This

Want to learn more?

Or follow what I get up to…www.rosiesherry.com / www.unschool.me www.ministryoftesting.com / www.softwaretestingclub.com

Stephen Mounsey’s talk amongst other great talks and content are available -https://dojo.ministryoftesting.com