John Holt and Growing Without Schooling
Posted 2009-09-16 08:34 by manarafo
Homeschooling is illegal in Germany, yet it and other educational alernatives are now gaining reconsideration, as this publication attests. For information about Teach Your Own in German visit Genius Verlag.
Welcome to OrganicLearning.org
Posted 2009-09-16 08:35 by manarafo
Organic learning is another way of describing what educational reformer John Holt termed "unschooling"—learning in the world instead of in school. However, organic learning is so much more than that! It's about living joyfully with children in trust and freedom as they explore their lives and the world around them.
Sandra Dodd Site Index
Posted 2009-09-16 08:36 by manarafo
Learning for fun is the most fun way to learn, and to live. I have gathered much and written some to inspire you to revel in your own learning, in your children's learning, and in your friends' curiosity and happiness in the face of a world of information!
How Public Schools Conflict with Parents
Posted 2009-09-16 08:37 by manarafo
“The mass dumbness which justifies official schooling first
had to be dreamed of; it isn’t real.”
– John Taylor Gatto, former NY state teacher of the year
While some citizens take the public schools for granted, trust their motives, and never question their actions, many do not. Most citizens, especially parents concerned for their children’s future, have conflicts with the schools in many areas.
Unschooling
Posted 2009-09-16 08:39 by manarafo
Come explore unschooling.com, where parents and children have learned to trust themselves and each other!
"I am beginning to suspect all elaborate and special systems of education. They seem to me to be built upon the supposition that every child is a kind of idiot who must be taught to think. Whereas, if the child is left to himself, he will think more and better, if less showily. Let him go and come freely, let him touch real things and combine his impressions for himself, instead of sitting indoors at a little round table, while a sweet-voiced teacher suggests that he build a stone wall with his wooden blocks, or make a rainbow out of strips of coloured paper, or plant straw trees in bead flower-pots. Such teaching fills the mind with artificial associations that must be got rid of, before the child can develop independent ideas out of actual experience." -- Anne Sullivan
