Home Education Symposium - “Feel at home with education”

Posted on March 29th, 2006 in Event Calendar
29 March 2006
2:00 pm

Come along and hear researchers, authors, teachers, home educators and students speak on all aspects of home education!

When: Wednesday 29th March

Where: The Camberwell Centre, 340 Camberwell Road, Camberwell

Time: 2.00 p.m - 5.00 p.m

Tickets: $15 per adult - includes tea, coffee and biscuits. Pay at the door from 1.30 onwards

Home Education Symposium flyer in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf, 450Kb)

Speakers will include:

Dr Alan Thomas
Alan taught developmental psychology at the Charles Darwin University in NT until 1997. He is now based at London University in the Institute of Education. He has a particular interest in informal and conversational learning and a great respect for the ability of each home educating family to find the right method of education for their own children. Alan is the author of Educating Children at Home

Dr John Peacock
Johns PhD thesis The How and Why of Home Education is considered the definitive study of Australian home education. John is a long term home educator himself with a particular interest in natural learning.

Glenda Jackson
Glenda will be familiar to many home educators attending. She is completing her PhD, The Home Educated: When and Why They Enter or Leave Formal Education. Glenda has home educated her own four children through primary school and 3 part-time through secondary school. She is also a senior secondary teacher specialising in Legal Studies.

Terry Harding
Terry is the principal of the Australian Christian Academy which facilitates formal home education and provides Distance Education support services to families. Terry has done extensive research on home education.

Presented by
The Home Education Network in conjunction with
Kingsley Education and Australian Christian Academy

Enquiries: Susan Wight 5439 5134 or
HEN website www.home-ed.vic.edu.au

Science at Monash: Crystal Chemistry - Young Children

Posted on March 28th, 2006 in Event Calendar
28 March 2006
11:00 am

Young Children: Crystal Chemistry with Amanda

Using crystals as a vehicle, students investigate the concepts of reversible and irreversible change and the processes of condensation and evaporation.

Tuesday 28th March - 11am

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

Stateline

Posted on March 25th, 2006 in Media

InĀ March 2006, home education was in the news in relation to the new Education and Training Reform Act before Parliament. Stateline looked at the issue on 24th March. The transcript is available here:

http://www.abc.net.au/stateline/vic/content/2006/s1600305.htm

Home Education Public Symposium - “Feel at home with education”

Posted on March 21st, 2006 in Events

Symposium DVD DVD Available Now - click here to Order


Come along and hear researchers, authors, teachers, home educators and students speak on all aspects of home education! Everyone welcome!
When: Wednesday 29th MarchWhere: The Camberwell Centre, 340 Camberwell Road, CamberwellTime: 2.00 p.m - 5.00 p.m

Tickets: $15 per adult - includes tea, coffee and biscuits. Pay at the door from 1.30 onwards

Home Education Symposium flyer in Adobe Acrobat format (pdf, 450Kb)

Speakers will include:

Dr Alan Thomas
Alan taught developmental psychology at the Charles Darwin University in NT until 1997. He is now based at London University in the Institute of Education. He has a particular interest in informal and conversational learning and a great respect for the ability of each home educating family to find the right method of education for their own children. Alan is the author of Educating Children at Home

Dr John Peacock
Johns PhD thesis The How and Why of Home Education is considered the definitive study of Australian home education. John is a long term home educator himself with a particular interest in natural learning.

Glenda Jackson
Glenda will be familiar to many home educators attending. She is completing her PhD, The Home Educated: When and Why They Enter or Leave Formal Education. Glenda has home educated her own four children through primary school and 3 part-time through secondary school. She is also a senior secondary teacher specialising in Legal Studies.

Terry Harding
Terry is the principal of the Australian Christian Academy which facilitates formal home education and provides Distance Education support services to families. Terry has done extensive research on home education.

Presented by
The Home Education Network in conjunction with
Kingsley Education and Australian Christian Academy

Enquiries: Susan Wight 5439 5134 or
HEN website www.home-ed.vic.edu.au

Meet Dr Chan, high achiever with a PhD at 21

Posted on March 9th, 2006 in Science, Teenagers

There was an article in The Age newspaper yesterday (8th March 2006) about Dr Chan.  He has just graduated from a PhD in Mathmatics at the age of 21 - the youngest ever from University of Melbourne.  He was home educated in New Zealand.

The article can be accessed online on the Age website: http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/03/07/1141701510832.html

Science at Monash: Gases - Junior

Posted on March 7th, 2006 in Event Calendar
7 March 2006
11:00 am

Junior: Gases that cause explosions - Kitchen Explosions

Tuesday 7th March - 11am

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

Science at Monash: Ralph Revisited - Exploring Light and Colour - Senior

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Event Calendar
30 May 2006
1:00 pm

Senior: Ralph Revisited - Exploring Light and Colour

Find out what light is, how to split it into different colours and how blowing bubbles can help us understand more about the world around us.

Tuesday 30th May - 1pm

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

Science at Monash: Solids - Senior

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Event Calendar
4 April 2006
1:00 pm

Senior: Solids - Look at conversion of solids into gases - Gases as propellents

Tuesday 4th April - 1pm

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

Science at Monash: Carnivorous Plants - Young Children

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Event Calendar
2 May 2006
11:00 am

Young Children: Carnivorous Plants with Amanda

Come and be amazed by the workings of unusual and exotic plants. Watch your fingers as you tickle a Venus Flytrap!

Tuesday 2nd May - 11am

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

Science at Monash: Gases - Senior

Posted on March 2nd, 2006 in Event Calendar
7 March 2006
1:00 pm

Senior: Gases that cause explosions - Preparation and testing of various gases

Tuesday 7th March - 1pm

See the Science at Monash category for more information about booking.

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