Unschooling vs Structured Learning

This week I have been trying to prepare a comparison of Structured vs. Unschooled Learning.  This has been a very challenging thing to write!  What I have found is that "Structured" learning is difficult to define, because it can happen in a very co-erced way, or it can happen in a very cooperative way.  When parent and an older student work together to set goals, and the parent sets the structure with the child's needs in mind, that structured learning can look a lot more positive!  Likewise, Unschooling can be difficult to define, because it can happen in a very unstructured way (child is given complete freedom), or it can happen in a very cooperative way (parent having some defined goals in mind and gently steering the child in that direction, or the child being open to the parent's leading in some subject areas).  In both Structured learning and Unschooling, there can be a good deal of give-and-take, honest and loving assessment from the parent, and direction from both parent and child.  So, I came up with this chart as a compare/contrast between Unschooling, Goal Set Learning (Structured), and Traditional School Learning (Structured).