Youth Conference, Do-Nothing Parenting, and Teach Your Own News
There are some new events I want to make you aware of, and to let you know that I re-recorded and posted my speech about the new edition of Teach Your Own at the Alliance for Self-Directed Education that I presented on Sept. 28 (see below for link).
AEROx YOUTH CONFERENCE: Nov. 6 & 7. A two-day, virtual AEROx conference that is a youth-led and facilitated event where people of all ages from around the globe will connect to uplift youth voices and work together to address the major issues of our generation. 21 & under come free, there's a pay what you can option and full adult registration option. REGISTER: www.aeroconference.org
DO-NOTHING PARENTING: Jinan Kodapully is offering a unique workshop, Do-Nothing Parenting. It is aimed at parents and grandparents of children below 7 years, and would-be parents. Jinan writes, "Parenting, as a deliberate and stressful activity, is what prompted the term ‘do-nothing parenting’ the way ‘do-nothing farming’ was in response to the toxic farming that we established in the 20th century. My main inputs come from years of being with indigenous communities where neither 'parenting' nor teaching happens. But learning does happen choicelessly as learning is the nature of life." For more information: http://ekfoundation.in/do-nothing-parenting/
UNSCHOOL ADVENTURES: Blake Boles has announced some new homestay and exchange opportunities for self-directed teenagers who are ready to travel across the world on their own. https://www.unschooladventures.com/exchange/?fbclid=IwAR2r8WIfzrjnefKWmDrNQ5i8AsI42mD4FZudjodbRM9XdiA5IeJlpH8Gt7M
Teach Your Own is available for sale and can be found or ordered in local bookstores or online. When we started the online session for Teach Your Own we were so surprised by the large turnout and old friends who appeared that we forgot to record the session and just started talking. You can listen and watch my post-event recording of my speech on YouTube:
During the question and answer session, I was asked about homeschooling in Mexico and South America and I couldn't remember the names of the groups I wanted to mention. Here they are, as well as other resources on the topics of self-directed education outside of the USA.
The University de la Tierra https://unitierraoax.org/english/
Modelos De Auto-Organizacion Del Aprendizaje, Educacion Autodirigida, y Educaciones Sin Escuela started on September 13 and continues to November 10. This event is presented online. For more information: Programa de Extensión y Educación Continua Facultad de Ciencias Humanas | Sede Bogotá Universidad Nacional de Colombia 316 5000 Ext.16294
Escaping Education: Living as Learning within Grassroots Cultures, by Madhu Siri Prakash and Gustavo Esteva. This important book explores education through the lens of those who are the social majority on our planet: the uneducated, the undereducated, and the illiterate, challenging the idea that education is a universal good and human right.