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Life Learning is a positive forum for trustworthy, inspiring information and intelligent discussion about progressive, self-directed, life-based, and community-based learning. Readers of and contributors to Life Learning work together to: *
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how people of all ages learn - what helps and what hinders We are especially looking for real-life personal experiences of people of all ages who have learned on their own (written by the learner or a parent/observer); articles about how we have been limited by a society that believes in compulsory schooling and how we can transcend those limits; stories about how adults have "deschooled" themselves in order to help their children and themselves learn; and profiles (autobiographical or otherwise) of teens and adults who were unschooled. But please do not let these suggestions limit you; if you have an article idea, please discuss it with us! In order to provide prospective contributors with inspiration, here are some other suggested article ideas gleaned from our communication with readers. Life Learning articles dig deep and challenge the assumptions related to "experts," to learning as a result of being taught, and to the trappings of school, such as grading, testing, curriculum, and hierarchy. Our readers understand (and live) the basic principles of unschooling: that children do not need to be taught in order to learn; that trust, respect, and dignity are cornerstones of non-coercive living and learning; and that learning is fun and comes naturally when the learner is ready and motivated by personal interest. They look to us for reminders, reassurance, and concrete examples of those principles. We are not necessarily looking for professional writers; Life Learning is mostly written by its readers, whose contributions reflect their personal experiences with life learning and non-coercive parenting. We do not publish "advertorials." Here is more information on our company's ethics policy. We use gender-neutral language and appreciate our writers structuring their work to avoid referring to all people as "he" (accepted articles will be edited to reflect this policy if necessary). Because Life Learning is about non-institutionalized learning, we are not interested in the academic credentials of our writers; in fact, we do not, by policy, include degrees or other credentials in writers' bylines. (They are acceptable in your bio, which will appear at the end of the published article.) Our readers are located in the U.S.A., Canada, the U.K., Continental Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and many other English-speaking countries around the world. Therefore, articles should not focus on any one country or on political issues relevant to just one country or area. We appreciate tight writing that is well-organized and doesn't ramble, but article length is flexible - from 800 words to 2,000. (Since this is a digital journal, longer articles should be broken up with subheadings, sidebars, etc.; we can look after that for you if preferred.) We are not an academic journal and our presentation reflects that. Your article will be edited for spelling, punctuation, grammar, clarity, space, and consistency in tune with our editorial style. If major renovations are required, your article will be returned to you with suggestions for reworking it. Please query first by email with an outline of your proposed article and a bit of background about you and your experience with the topic and with writing. We need to know if your article has been published elsewhere - either in print or on the web, or if you have submitted it elsewhere, or plan to do so. Since our subscribers pay for Life Learning Magazine, we prefer not to publish blog posts, but they can be a good basis from which to develop a magazine article. We are unable to pay contributors but like to barter. All contributors will receive, at minimum, a one-year subscription. If you send us a photo of yourself, we will add it and your bio (including a link to your website or blog) to our contributors' page. By submitting an article to us, you are giving us your permission to publish and archive the article in the digital magazine, which is in PDF format and available to paid subscribers, and in html format on this website for a limited period of time. Writers retain all other rights to their work, and are therefore free to contribute their articles to other magazines or websites without our permission. However, as a courtesy, we ask that you not publish the article anywhere else while it is featured in the current issue or on the homepage of the website. And if your article was written specifically for Life Learning Magazine, please ask future publishers to give credit to Life Learning with, where appropriate, a link to www.LifeLearningMagazine.com.Please submit your article as an attached Microsoft Word document file, removing any special formatting. If that is not possible, cut and paste it into the body of an email message. If you wish to submit photographs to accompany your article, they should be high quality electronic files in JPG format. Please include photo credit information and suggest captions (although we may not caption the photos). If the photographs have been taken by someone other than the writer, we require a release signed by the photographer. If you are submitting photos that include recognizable individuals, you must also have a release form on file signed by those recognizable individuals or a parent/legal guardian. We reserve the right not to include your photos if they don't fit with our layout or are not of sufficient quality. Issues are published for January, March, May, July, September and November. Deadlines are the first of the previous months. I look forward to helping you share your thoughts and words with our readers! |
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The term "life learning" refers to a form of homeschooling that is focused on the child and avoids the trappings of school. It is sometimes called "unschooling," "radical unschooling," or "natural learning." Life learning children live and learn naturally, with the support of their families, based on their own interests and their own timetables, and without curriculum, tests, or grades. Go here, here and here for a more comprehensive explanation.
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