This was a paper presented the FamilyPlace Education Forum held on July 29, 2000 by Dr Latif Kamaluddin (Reported by Lydia Teh) *We hope you find this useful and insightful coming from a parent and educationist. KVWL I don’t have any solutions or recipes for you. But what might help is to look at two things. [...]
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Homeschooling, to us, is a way of life centered on spiritual practice. At the core of it is MEDITATION – which is, the observation and contemplation of life with its ups and downs, fears and worries, ignorance and delusions. True education needs to deal with the MIND and HEART. Intellect alone is gravely insufficient although [...]
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We have been invited to give a talk and a workshop in Penang on Homeschooling and Creativity. We look forward to meet with homeschooling friends up north. Block your calendar: October 31, 2010. (1 – 5pm) Details as posted by the organizers as follows.
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We remember when we first started giving talks on homeschooling – sharing our experiences and encouraging those intending to start, we addressed audiences of (almost exclusively) women. Now, things are changing.
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We had a good session at out BREAK OUT OF YOUR MIND talk and workshop on Aug 28, 2010. Though short, we hope the session provided an opportunity for parents to understand some of the approaches to homeschooling. Our aim is that homes become a platform where creativity and innovation can be nurtured. It is [...]
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Here’s the video of KV at the dialog.
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It has been almost 3 weeks since the Forum, “Found in Conversation” Organized by the Nut Graph. Overall, it was a good discussion – unfortunately the downside was – too much criticizing of the education system. Coming from Datin Marion, some were legitimate. Of course, K V had to add is 2-sen as well. We would [...]
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Had an interesting session last night at THE NUT GRAPH‘s Found in Conversation entitled “Creativity & Innovation in Education”. More details HERE (Source of pictures: The Nut Graph). More thoughts and report to follow.
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With the CLI on the way, we now have a physical location. Check out our coming activities for May – June 2010 Click on the “Activities” link above or http://learningbeyondschooling.org/learning-beyond-activities/
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Dear Friends, Thank you very much for showing great interest in this initiative. We believe that that for homeschooling to truly succeed, the community needs to be involved – we all need to be involved in one way or another through the sharing of knowledge and resources. This must be done in a manner which [...]
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