Free Range Learning (Paperback)

Laura Grace Weldon

ISBN 10: 193538709X / ISBN 13: 9781935387091

Editore: Hohm Press,U.S., Prescot, 2010

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Paperback. This book presents eye-opening data about the meaning and importance of natural learning. This data -- from neurologists, child development specialists, anthropologists, educators, historians and business innovators-turns many current assumptions about school-based education upside down. The book's factual approach is balanced by quotes and stories from over 100 home-schoolers from the U.S., Canada, Germany, Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, Mexico, India and Singapore. These parents and children are the true authorities on alternative learning. Written for interested parents and educators, this book will also encourage and excite those who want their children to have the benefits, but who are timid to approach home-schooling. This is the only book anyone needs to make the choice and start the process of home-schooling children, and is applicable for young people from pre-school through high school.Studies indicate that adults who were home-schooled are: More likely to vote, volunteer and be involved in their communities than graduates of conventional schools; Read more books than average; More likely to have taken college level courses than the population as a whole; Tend to be independent and self-reliant. The book presents the simple choice to home-school as something much more significant than a homespun method of education. Weldon asks us to consider this choice as participation in a cultural shift toward redefining success; and as a form of collective intelligence with major implications for the future of education. Children are naturally "free range" learners, she says. They build knowledge and skills naturally, within the full spectrum of their daily lives, while observing, exploring and pursuing their interests. This book guides any parent or educator in assisting that process.The book demonstrates: That children and teens can best be nurtured outside of restrictive educational systems; That we can restore what is heart-centred and meaningful back to a central place in education; How networking with others enriches the learning experience for our children; How home-schooling has become a force of positive social change-making the community a better place for everyone. Presents eye-opening data about the meaning and importance of natural learning. This title presents the simple choice to home-school as something much more significant than a homespun method of education. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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• Titolo: Free Range Learning (Paperback)
• Editore: Hohm Press,U.S., Prescot
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 193538709X
• ISBN 13: 9781935387091
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: new

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"Free Range Learning should be read by every parent, teacher, and school administrator as the beginning of education reform that includes respect for the learning process of every child. About much more than homeschooling, it incorporates beautiful philosophies such as slowing down, kindness, empathy, cooperation, the dangers of materialism, creating a heart-centered lifestyle. A beautiful read."---Jane Nelsen, co-author of Positive Discipline in the Classroom and Raising Self-Reliant Children in a Self-Indulgent World.

"If we want to live in a more peaceful, democratic and humane world we need to re-think our child rearing practices---this book provides the groundwork and inspiration for this type of revolution. If you love children and humanity this book is a must read."---Carlo Ricci, Ph.D., editor, The Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, Professor of Education, Graduate Studies, Nipissing University.

"Laura Weldon's writing is crystal clear and engaging, with impeccable research. The emerging new paradigm in child development confirms it: organic experience and children themselves are their own best teachers."---Chris Mercogliano, author of In Defense of Childhood: Protecting Kids' Inner Wildness and Teaching the Restless: One School's Remarkable No-Ritalin Approach to Helping Children Learn and Succeed.

"A wonderfully affirming book! Laura Weldon appreciates an elementary wisdom which our society forgot somewhere along the way: Children can be trusted to learn. In this book, she joyfully shares that wisdom."---Helen Hegener, publisher, Home Education Magazine.

`Free Range Learning will encourage anyone considering homeschooling, and will explain to anyone else why so many families are making this choice."---Ron Miller, Ph.D., Editor, Education Revolution Magazine.

"A wide-reaching resource for any parent who cares about augmenting their child's learning---whether homeschooling or not."---Homa Sabet Tavangar, author of Growing Up Global.

"A book of many voices. A swelling chorus of the real life experiences of parents and children, buttressed with science, that powers a fresh, but ancient, way of looking at how children learn."---Robert Wolff, author of Original Wisdom: Stories of an Ancient Way of Knowing.

Informazioni sull'autore

Laura Grace Weldon writes for national publications about learning, sustainability and spirituality. She lives on a small farm with her husband and their four homeschooled children.