alternatives to compulsory education: homeschooling and unschooling
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This is the PowerPoint presentation that supported Pat Farenga's speech, Homeschooling and Unschooling, at the Alternatives to Compulsory Education Conference at Harvard University, April 27, 2013. This slideshow only makes sense if you watch the accompanying video of my talk. You can watch them in synchronization here: http://www.zentation.com/viewer/index.php?passcode=UbspGt5PAe You can also view my speech (but you can't see the slides) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ttTEM7Y3fwTRANSCRIPT
Homeschooling/Unschooling
Presented by Patrick Farenga, www.johnholtgws.com
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Damanhurhttp://www.thetemples.org/en
The Door to the Temples
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Damanhur
John Holt
Source: For estimates until 2007, the National Center for Education Statistics. 2012 is Pat Farenga’s guess.
The Growth of Homeschooling in America
Dr. Sugata MitraSugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html