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Tuesday, 07 February 2012 20:49 |
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This article briefly outlines the concepts of unschooling to those who may be interested in giving it a go. It's good to help with deschooling, and it can can also be used as an informative article for critical but uninformed relatives. Whilst acknowledging that unschooling is controversial, this article debunks some of the myths perpetuated by our school orientated society.
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The Propaganda of Schooling |
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Monday, 16 January 2012 21:06 |
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Many people ask unschoolers or homeschoolers about what they would do if their child asked to go to school. It's like they somehow feel that by homeschooling, children are being deprived of some crucial rite of passage. Here is one mother's take on how she would handle it.
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Sunday, 08 January 2012 22:47 |
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This article discusses some of the myths about home schooling and unschooling. From socialisation to ensuring that all children learn the same stuff, this article is a debunker. Anyone interested in educating without a school will find something here.
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School Made Me Feel Dumb... |
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Wednesday, 01 June 2011 13:53 |
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Schools glorify certain subjects (maths and english) but completely devalue others like art, drama, and music. My friends were all smart kids but they preferred, and even excelled at humanities. However the institution simply loses those children between the cracks. How sad.
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Diff'rent folks, same strokes |
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Thursday, 10 February 2011 22:03 |
As I process and displace my long held attachment to the institutionalised education, I think of more and more questions about the lifetime of beliefs that I have accrued on what constitutes "a good education". The schooling system is the unquestioned expert in the field of teaching and learning,and yet there are so many complaints about how it operates, from funding, to discipline, to what children should be taught and by whom. There is more and more emphasis on "learning" and the age of children who are supposed to BE learning is shrinking every day. It can't really shrink further than in the womb can it, and there are products available that are designed to help babies in the womb learn!
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