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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The idea of having a camping event was mooted many months ago when we were in Ipoh giving a talk on homeschooling, hosted by husband and wife team Intan and Harith When they revealed that they could also get Dato Lat to give an informal session on cartooning to the kids, we were naturally excited! [...]
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After conducting a series of home education talks and dialogues, we felt that it was important for parents understand and to appreciate their child first. Parents need to take the time and opportunity to look at aspects of learning that can to help our children succeed, rather than just jumping into homeschooling (a decision which [...]
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We were asked this question during our interview on BFM last week and our response was “no”. At this point in time, it takes a lot to have different mind-set on learning and education. Homeschooling not so much as to bring in the school into the home but more about taking the school out of [...]
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Written by Sloane Mak. On Dec. 8th FamilyPlace organized a talk by Professor Emeritus Gary Confessore, (Ed.D) of the Higher Education Administration of George Washington University who was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to lead a discussion on “Self-Directed Learning”. The talk [...]
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Registration CLOSED! =========================================== HOMESCHOOLERS DINNER GET-TOGETHER January 10, 2009 is the day you won’t want to miss. The time has come for homeschoolers around the country to reaffirm homeschooling as a legitimate lifestyle choice for living and learning. Let’s come together to celebrate freedom, individuality, and learning diversity. Let’s come together to affirm family and [...]
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