Home education is legal throughout Australia. Parents do not need to have teaching qualifications.
Home Education has always been legal in Victoria but the legal situation changed in 2007 when the The Education and Training Reform Act 2006 came into effect on 1st July.
Under its terms home educators are required to register with the Victorian Registration [...]
Archive for March, 2009
Home Education and the Law
Furniture etc
urniture etc for sale: Playstation 1 games $2.50 each, 68cm flat screen
Playstation 1 games $2.50 each, 68cm flat screen;
colour TV – last of the CRT – Sharp brand $70,
Timber Entertainment unit; – Tall with shelves, cupboard and moving TV shelf $80,
Timber bookcase with toy drawer $60, Timber and glass cabinet $200, Large corner computer desk [...]
Educating Children At Home
By Dr Alan Thomas, 1998
Reviewed by Susan Wight
Alan Thomas’ interest in individualised learning led him to examine home education in Australia and the U.K. He points out that although ‘catering for individual needs’ is touted as the ultimate pedagogy, it is actually impossible to achieve in a classroom. “In fact, in spite of nearly a [...]
The Why and How of Australian Home Education
By Dr John Barratt-Peacock, 1997
Available in the HEN shop as a downloadable PDF for $22
Reviewed by Susan Wight
John Barratt-Peacock’s PhD thesis was hailed as the most authoritative text on home education in Australia. The author approached his research with twenty-seven years experience in home education. He views education as essentially a process of acquisition of [...]
Why Bilingualism Makes a Difference
[ 18 March 2009; 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm. ] Why bilingualism makes a difference – public lecture.
Wednesday 18 March, 7:30pm
Monash University
H3 (Bld 11)
A special lecture by Professor Claudia Maria Riehl (University of Cologne, Germany), sponsored by The Language and Society Centre of the School of Languages, Cultures and Linguistics, Monash University.
Professor Riehl is currently visiting the Language and Society Centre as a visiting scholar. [...]
Holi – ‘Festival of Colours’
[ 15 March 2009; ] 15 March 2009
Sandown Entertainment Centre, Melbourne.
A full day’s programme has been scheduled, including food
and variety stalls, non-stop DJ entertainment, children’s rides
and of course playing with powder colours.
Entry $2, free for under 12s.
www.aiii.org.au
This is not a HEN event.
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