I often catch up rather late in the day – have just watched the documentary,´We Don´t Go to School´on Teachers.tv
Of course I have known for a long time about the large community of Home Educators in the UK, the USA and elsewhere but this documentary is special because it captures so much of the spirit of this way of providing education for children.
It would be so easy to attach this community – middle-class, well educated, the children only have jolly nice peers to be with, etc but it throws in to relief the reality, even hellish reality, that the mainstream system creates for so many children.
There were so many touching moments but especially eloquent was the father-educator who spoke of the need to be fully present for children.
http://www.teachers.tv/video/22401
Much more information can be found here,
http://www.education-otherwise.org/
http://www.hse.org.uk/http://www.teachers.tv/video/21042/resources
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Author: Roger - Dr Roger Prentice
Now I write, teach and coach mainly self-understanding. At advanced levels About 21stC 'interfaith as inter-spirituality' - and how we can grow closer to our True Self.
In the past I :
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1) I ran courses and give talks at conferences and in universities and colleges in the UK, China, USA, Canada, Scandinavia etc.
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2) I provided materials, outlines and lessons for Schools.
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3) My range of interests include personal development, learning and teaching, photography and film, the arts generally, spirituality and educational practice and theory.
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4) At the same time I continue developing the human-centred studies SunWALK PDS (People Development System) - a whole-person, high-achievement model for individuals, and for use in, NGOs, schools and other organizations.
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5) The key question that continues to animate me and my work remains, "What is it to be fully and positively human?"
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Contact me via onesummit AT gmail DOT com (replace At with@ etc.).
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All good wishes
Roger (Dr Roger Prentice)
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For those interested;
My first degree is in English and Education.
My masters is in Adult and Community Education.
My doctorate presented a new holistic meta-model of education called SunWALK.
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http://www.teachers.tv/video/22401
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