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John Holt Speaks to Swedish Teachers About How Children Learn

Learning and Teaching, Sweden, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaMarch 30, 2011Homeschooling, How children learn, john holt lecture Comments

In Memory of Jean Liedloff and The Continuum Concept

Parenting, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaMarch 22, 2011Jean Liedloff, John Holt, The Continuum ConceptComment

The More Things Change the More They Stay the Same

Alternative schooling, Homeschooling, Learner-centered curricula, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaFebruary 15, 2011Homeschooling, Pat Farenga, television interview, unschooling Comment

New Events and Learning From Strandbeests

Homeschooling, Learning Resources, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaFebruary 11, 2011Strandbeest, anatomy, bird count, kinetic sculpture, unschoolingComment

More free online learning resources for adults and children

Alternative schooling, Learner-centered curricula, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJanuary 25, 2011Homeschooling, online learning, self-directed learning Comments

Free resources and events for homeschoolers and unschoolers

Homeschooling, John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJanuary 21, 2011John Holt, TED, homeschool, unschooling Comment

Wondering About Life and Learning

Homeschooling Current Issues, John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 22, 2010Homeschooling, School, Segregation, child abuseComment

Child-driven Education

Alternative schooling, Homeschooling Current Issues, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 16, 2010Sugata Mitra, child-driven education, self-directed learning, unschooling Comments

A Current Famous Unschooler

Famous Unschoolers, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 7, 2010Francis Collins, homeschool, science Comment

New Unschooling Documentary Preview

John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaSeptember 1, 2010Bob Kay, Dr. Robert Kay, Learning, TeachingComment

Taught Mother Tongue and the Rise of Compulsory Education

Homeschooling Current Issues, Sweden, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaAugust 31, 2010Compulsory Education, Illich, India, Nebrija, Right to Education ActComment

Valedictorian Video

Homeschooling Current Issues, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaAugust 16, 2010High School, homeschool, valedictorianComment

Anti-creativity Checklist

Homeschooling, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaAugust 2, 2010How children learn, creativity Comment

Innovative Instruments: The Vegetable Orchestra

Homeschooling, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJuly 22, 2010music, vegetable orchestra Comments

John Holt on Children as Scientists, Spelling, and Observing Learning

John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJune 22, 2010How children learn, John Holt videoComment

Homeschooling swap for books, music, video games and movies

Homeschooling, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJune 15, 2010barter, homeschool, swap, swaptree Comment

Helping older homeschoolers learn to read

Homeschooling, Learning Challenges, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJune 10, 2010ESL, Late reading, adult literacy Comment

Unschooling the University

College, Homeschooling Current Issues, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaJune 8, 2010DIY U, Kamenetz, college, university, unschooling Comments

The Learning Revolution is already happening Sir Ken!

Alternative schooling, Homeschooling, John Holt, UnschoolingPatrick FarengaMay 26, 2010Sir Ken Robinson, homeschool, learning revolution Comments

Make Math Illegal

Learning Challenges, Unschooling, Unschooling MathPatrick FarengaMay 3, 2010Benezet, Peter Gray, math, prezi, unschooling Comments