Archive for June, 2007
Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Volunteer as a Coordinator or a Contact Person
Coordinators and Contact persons play a very important role toward connecting Natural Learners, Unschoolers and others seeking learning freedom, throughout the world. communication and sharing information are what makes such a network function well.
The Purpose:
As well as supporting each other on this path of living and learning, the intent is to expand the [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Teenage Liberation Handbook (International)
Young people in schools in many countries feel trapped and powerless, forced to attend schools. ost of them seem to be unaware that learning without school is a possibility. Though hating school, they believe what they have been told, that their lives will be worthless without school, and a diploma. this fear based belief comes [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
MIT’s OpenCourseWare:
a free and open educational resource (OER) for educators, students, and self-learners around the world.
We invite you to view all the MIT courses available at this time.
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
How Not to Get Into College
The Preoccupation with Preparation
By Alfie Kohn
In 1981, while I was teaching at an independent school, this journal published my very first article about education. It was an ironic commentary, perhaps a tad short on subtlety, entitled “How to Make the Least of Your College Years,” and it consisted of ten rules that had already “helped [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
High School and Beyond
NHEN
NHEN’s New Homeschooler’s area
This is a “mini-website” designed to include material for new homeschoolers of all ages. Included are such topics as: reasons to homeschool, how to get started, deschooling, scheduling, dealing with criticism, learning about learning, homeschooling methods, legal information, socialization, support, conferences, resources, financial considerations, and looking beyond homeschooling.
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Autonomous Child
Jan Fortune-Wood the purpose of this site. You can read an introductory article and several other articles on the articles link. You will also find summaries of my books on children’s autonomy and parenting and links to getting advice. click ‘Related Link’
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Unschoolers Unlimited
We are an informal network of people who are learning to trust our own and our children’s ability to choose the best ways to learn and grow. Ned and I are parents of a 21 year old son. When Cassidy was a baby, we were inspired by John Holt, who said “Children do not need [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Learn in Freedom!
This site is about learning in freedom, taking responsibility for your own learning. It shows you how to use your own initiative in learning, so you can use schools and teachers just when they are helpful to you, and voluntarily chosen by you. There’s a specific page on this site to show you how to [...]
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
Home Education Magazine
More than just a magazine
This website presents homeschooling information, support and encouragement, resources and reviews, free newsletters, networking and discussion lists, and - best of all - the online archives of Home Education Magazine, offering 10 years of articles, interviews, columns, resources, reviews and more which you can read online, anytime
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Saturday, June 30th, 2007
The Natural Child Project
Our vision is a world in which all children are treated with dignity, respect, understanding, and compassion. In such a world, every child can grow into adulthood with a generous capacity for love and trust. Our society has no more urgent task.
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