Unschoolers at Brisbane Homeschool Conference
arun on May 12 2007 at 7:03 am | Filed under: looking out | Click here to go HOME | or find out about SUBSCRIBING TO THE PIT |
Like many Australian homeschoolers we are excited at the first Homeschool Conferences here. We are attending the Brisbane one and cant wait to see John Taylor Gatto et al.
The conferences are very broad reflecting all sorts and styles. However we were disappointed to see no workshop reflection of natural learning let alone broader unschooling.
So we have gotten together with a bunch of Brisbane based unschoolers (about 5 families and counting) to present a workshop there entitled “Unschooling Voices”. Keep an eye out for us if you attend 
Small start but its something… tempted to work towards a five year plan to see an Australian Unschoolers Conference. Lets see
If you build it we will come! Maybe….
starting with a workshop anyway… might be easier just to get to the US unschooling conferences like you are planning
A Natural Learners, Unschoolers conference would be great here in Australia, Arun. Why don’t you guys come down and talk at the Sydney Conference too. (OK, I know the timing and expense are a problem). There are lots of Nat-Unschooling groups in Sydney and seems to be growing quickly.
Like your site. Just one thing I differ in…. Having read 5 Love languages by Gary Chapman, I now understand my partner’s side of the family. They need “Words of affirmation”. My relationship with both my partner and in-laws improved enormously in months once I started verbally rewarding them. Some of us just don’t need it but now I realise that for some it is as important as food and water.
Cheers,
Gerardine
Arun,
Your workshop was really well received at the Brisbane conference. The feedback I heard (as a volunteer at the registration and bookshop desks) was all positive.
I believe there was a good balance of unschooling discussion and homeschooling information (mainly the trade fair). How did it look to you?
Bel