From YouTube: Raised by independent-thinking bohemian parents, Taylor was unschooled until age 13. Join the filmmaker as she shares her personal experiences of growing up home-schooled without a curriculum or schedule, and how it has shaped her educational philosophy and development as an artist.
Thursday, December 3, 2009
Astra Taylor on the Unschooled Life
Monday, October 19, 2009
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Home education on the news
"What is it like going back to school if you don´t actually go to school? Our reporter meets 2 families who homeschool..."
Listen here (fast forward to 2h52mns - last 5 mns of the programme)
Thursday, October 23, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
The spirituality of education
Parker Palmer: "A spirituality of ends wants to dictate the desirable outcomes of education in the life of the student. It uses the spiritual tradition as a template against which the ideas, beliefs, and behaviours of the student are to be measured. The goal is to shape the student to the template by the time his of her formal education concludes.
But that sort of education never gets started; it is no education at all. Authentic spirituality wants to open us to truth - whatever truth may be, wherever truth may take us. Such a spirituality does not dictate where we must go, but trusts that any path walked with integrity will take us to a place of knowledge. Such a spirituality encourages us to welcome diversity and conflict, to tolerate ambiguity, and to embrace paradox. By this understanding, the spirituality of education is not about dictating ends. It is about examining and clarifying the inner sources of teaching and learning, ridding us of the toxins that poison our hearts and minds."
Listen online: Parker Palmer Podcasts
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Homeschooling in Germany
"It is estimated that more than 50,000 children in the UK are educated at home. Homeschooling is allowed in most of Europe although it is considered socially unacceptable, and therefore, is not practised in many countries. In Germany home education is not tolerated and many authorities have introduced stringent measures to force parents to send their children to mainstream schools. Recently a couple was given a three month prison sentence for teaching their five children at home.
Andrew Littlejohn met the Skeets and the Landahls who moved to the Isle of Wight from Germany to escape the pressures against homeschooling their children."
To listen click here [BBC Radio 4 - The Learning Curve - 7 July 2008]
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Dalai Lama on Education
The Dalai Lama talks about the purpose of education. Check out: The Human Brain and Intelligence; Global Responsibility and The Practice of Compassion. To listen click here.
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