Frankly speaking, I was neither surprised nor shocked at the recent announcement by our education minister about reversing the teaching of Math & Science back into BM. For don’t we all know by now that decisions on educational policies have never been people-centered but ALWAYS politically motivated? The more the minister says it isn’t, the [...]
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One of things we constantly think about what’s the future of work. In other words, what will our children be? Will they even get a job if they are homeschooled? What will work be like in the future? As our world evolves, many ways of thinking will change as well. Predicting the future and helping [...]
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‘Children are not grass that they can be cut to the same height. Children are just like flowers, they are different from one another.’ Seto Mulyadi, Asah Pena
Check out homeschooling in Indonesia from the Jakarta Globe. Seems like it is a happening place.
What’s interesting is that:
Asah Pena was established in 2006 to help facilitate [...]
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The STAR Published yet another article on Homeschooling on April 19, 2009.
Check this article here.
The writer, ALYCIA LIM featured David Tan and Sook Ching (homeschoolhomefrontier.com) and Hafiza (Malaysia Homeschool Unite) and several other homeschoolers.
While I think it is always good to positively highlight homeschooling, I felt it lack the depth as to why people homeschool – the [...]
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Who Should Not Homeschool
By Brenda Hoffman
(Found this though a posting by Olive, thanks. Check out http://hubpages.com/hub/whoshouldnothomeschool for article and feedback)
There really are some people who should not homeschool
While I am a strong proponent for homeschooling, I still believe that there are some situations in which homeschooling should not be attempted. Here are some of the [...]
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In response to a homeschooling story that came out on Sunday Times (May 11,2008). The first piece by Nurin, Homeschool: In the comfort of their home, was okay about how we homeschool pretty positive. Then came the not so positive part, Homeschooling: More Patient and Less Competitive - the same old “socialization” issue! Blah [...]
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Some comments and clarification on “The Downside of Homeschooling” from the article “Homeschooling: Is it for you?” written by Elizabeth Brown in the Mother & Baby magazine (December 2002) issue.
We would like to commend the writer for her informative piece on homeschooling in Malaysia. However, we would like to present our views on some points [...]
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Our family appearing in May 11,2008’s NST (picture source NST) in the article on homeschooling.
(picture source by www.NST.com.my)
If you did not picked up today’s NST (May 11, 2008), there is feature on homeschooling.
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Homeschooling in the Chinese Media: Oriental Daily (Aug 5, 2009)
Of late, we have been getting a lot of interest on homeschooling in the Chinese media. We believe, parents are seriously rethinking Chinese schools. We think this is due to the fact that the Chinese medium schools in Malaysia are real pressure cooker which gives very little consideration to true bring out the true potential [...]
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