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Homeschooling/ Unschooling Presented by Patrick Farenga, www.johnholtgws.com

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This is the PowerPoint presentation that supported Pat Farenga's speech, Homeschooling and Unschooling, at the Alternatives to Compulsory Education Conference at Harvard University, April 27, 2013. This slideshow only makes sense if you watch the accompanying video of my talk. You can watch them in synchronization here: http://www.zentation.com/viewer/index.php?passcode=UbspGt5PAe You can also view my speech (but you can't see the slides) on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ttTEM7Y3fw

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Homeschooling/Unschooling

Presented by Patrick Farenga, www.johnholtgws.com

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Damanhur:Temples of Humankind

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Damanhurhttp://www.thetemples.org/en

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The Door to the Temples

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Damanhur

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John Holt

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Source: For estimates until 2007, the National Center for Education Statistics. 2012 is Pat Farenga’s guess.

The Growth of Homeschooling in America

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Dr. Sugata MitraSugata Mitra's "Hole in the Wall" experiments have shown that, in the absence of supervision or formal teaching, children can teach themselves and each other, if they're motivated by curiosity and peer interest.

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_shows_how_kids_teach_themselves.html

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

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