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Another set back for German homeschoolers

November 16, 2007 – 5:30 pm

Update 1: (11/18/07) A postcard action has been requested in response to the Neubronners case.
Background: (11/17/07) The case of the “Paderborner Baptists” has quite a bit of history which is relevant to this case and the perception of homeschooling in Germany. It made international attention back in 2004 and was the first [...]

By Dana Hanley | Posted in Germany, Uncategorized, homeschooling | Comments (13)

Learning how to learn, the goal of self-teaching

November 16, 2007 – 3:52 pm

He is educated who knows how to find out what he doesn’t know. –George Simmel, German pholosopher
Lauren Calderwood, a 17 year old homeschooled girl, just finished up her mother’s three part series on the Self-Teaching Method in Home School Enrichment magazine. She had an interesting comment on views of this method.

This approach to [...]