Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: David Albert's new book (was ] laziness WAS Am I thick?
Tim and Maureen
It's available on Amazon and on David's site www.skylarksings.com
His title says "Homeschooling: Voyage etc" but it COULD say "unschooling" - David if you are out there, perhaps your reasons for the title choice??
But I will say "Bloody good read, what!"
My (book) thots
Tim T
His title says "Homeschooling: Voyage etc" but it COULD say "unschooling" - David if you are out there, perhaps your reasons for the title choice??
But I will say "Bloody good read, what!"
My (book) thots
Tim T
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From: Gerard Westenberg
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Subject: [Unschooling-dotcom] Re: David Albert's new book (was ] laziness WAS Am I thick?
<<ABSOLUTELY no doubt in my mind what causes laziness - school, school, school - read David Albert's new book, Homeschooling: Voyage of Discovery.>>>
Could you give me some more info on this book - and where to get it? I am re-reading And The Skylark Sings With Me atm....Leonie
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--- In [email protected], Tim and Maureen
<tmthomas@s...> wrote:
for the title choice??
in what I write. John Holt used the terms "homeschooling"
and "unschooling" interchangeably, and I don't want to give up the
turf! Let the none "homeschoolers"(unschoolers) find another word.
(I'm not much fond of the term "homeschooling" either -- very little
of it happens at home, and it bears only the slightest relationship
to what goes on in school.)
In my house, where our practice differs from that of SOME unschoolers
is that we do a lot of goal setting. The education is still "child-
directed, family-centered", but I'm also a believer in the theory of
FLOW -- small goals set and small goals met lead to larger ones
later. We are little bound by the tyranny of subject matter, and we
put the kids' pursuit of their own passions first on our collective
family lists, but we do explicitly help them set goals for
themselves, and help them evaluate them along the way -- I want them
to become self-aware of the journey. The important terms in the
title are "Voyage of Self-Discovery".
The original title of the book is the current sub-title (A Journey of
Original Seeking) -- publisher wasn't buying it, although a big
publisher was interested in the book, provided I scrub all references
to homeschooling! But, as I write, I decided to stick to my knitting.
Hope that helps. (sample chapters can be found on my site.)
david
www.skylarksings.com
<tmthomas@s...> wrote:
> It's available on Amazon and on David's site www.skylarksings.comsay "unschooling" - David if you are out there, perhaps your reasons
>
> His title says "Homeschooling: Voyage etc" but it COULD
for the title choice??
>Glad you liked it. In fact, I almost never use the word "unschooling"
> But I will say "Bloody good read, what!"
>
> My (book) thots
> Tim T
in what I write. John Holt used the terms "homeschooling"
and "unschooling" interchangeably, and I don't want to give up the
turf! Let the none "homeschoolers"(unschoolers) find another word.
(I'm not much fond of the term "homeschooling" either -- very little
of it happens at home, and it bears only the slightest relationship
to what goes on in school.)
In my house, where our practice differs from that of SOME unschoolers
is that we do a lot of goal setting. The education is still "child-
directed, family-centered", but I'm also a believer in the theory of
FLOW -- small goals set and small goals met lead to larger ones
later. We are little bound by the tyranny of subject matter, and we
put the kids' pursuit of their own passions first on our collective
family lists, but we do explicitly help them set goals for
themselves, and help them evaluate them along the way -- I want them
to become self-aware of the journey. The important terms in the
title are "Voyage of Self-Discovery".
The original title of the book is the current sub-title (A Journey of
Original Seeking) -- publisher wasn't buying it, although a big
publisher was interested in the book, provided I scrub all references
to homeschooling! But, as I write, I decided to stick to my knitting.
Hope that helps. (sample chapters can be found on my site.)
david
www.skylarksings.com