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Table of
Contents March/April 2005
The Editor's Journal - A Different View of the World by Wendy
Priesnitz - Many things look different once you realize that school is
not necessary for an education.
An Unschooling Landscape by Danielle Conger - Life learners' use
of space inside and outside our homes is different from that of homeschoolers.
September
Scholar by Chuck Oberst - How and why a formally educated engineer
became a "self-learner" in midlife, and why other adults should follow
that path.
Learning by Living
- Resources for reviving the "lost art of self-education, via
apprenticeship, entrepreneurship, community service, study circles and the
Internet.
Natural Fields of
Vision by Robbie Hanna Anderman - While reading is a worthwhile
endeavor, the attention we give to it needs to be balanced with an awareness of
what it actually takes away from us.
Nurturing Creativity
by Wendy Priesnitz - Creating the circumstances and nurturing the traits
that help develop develop creativity also helps develop a self-directed learner.
Some Educational
Superstitions of Our Time by Roland Meighan - Do children have to
learn Shakespeare, math and handwriting?
Who Should Clean Up
the Mess? by Naomi Aldort - Children can't feel motivated to do
anything that isn't in their own interests. So unless you coerce and manipulate
them, they will not clean up their messes.
The Right to be Odd by
Jan Fortune-Wood - Those who don't conform to the classroom environment and
expectations should not be thought "odd" or diagnosed with a
"disease".
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