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Carolyn Fox is an educator, librarian, historian, and an un/homeschooling mother. She lives in Massachusetts with her UK husband and son.
Carolyn Fox
Carolyn Fox is an educator, librarian, historian, and an un/homeschooling mother. She lives in Massachusetts with her UK husband and son.
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Yes, I am familiar with Curriki. I found out about Meet Me at the Corner from Curriki, which is a great resource.
Curriki is more user-friendly than OER Commons, in my opinion. It's aimed at the K-12 market and at teachers (rather than parents and/or homeschoolers/unschoolers - or librarians/other educators). OER Commons, by comparison, does have higher education or even graduate school material, but the site is not as easy to navigate or has an effective search engine as Curriki at the moment.
Curriki and OER Commons offer a wealth of material for learners and will help change education as we have known it.
Unschooling is accepted in some parts of Europe, such as UK, Ireland, France, and Austria. It is not accepted in Germany or Sweden however.
From Sandra Dodd, unschooling around the world (though she doesn't include groups in Switzerland, for instance):
http://sandradodd.com/world
From Euronews (Mar 2012) including video:
http://www.euronews.com/2012/03/14/unschooling-the-new-class-of-learning/
A 2012 study/survey on the benefits of unschooling, which included families from Europe:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/freedom-learn/201202/the-benefits-unschooling-report-i-large-survey
Pat Farenga addresses some of the legal/restrictive problems facing homeschoolers/unschoolers in Sweden (and Germany) on his blog:
http://patfarenga.squarespace.com/pat-farengas-blog/tag/swedish-homeschooling
Here's an example of a radical unschooling network in France:
http://familyrun.ning.com/forum/topics/french-france-unschoolers
Here's a video on unschooling in Austria:
http://www.globalecovillages.org/video/unschooling-in-austria
HSLDA keeps tabs on homeschoolers (which often includes unschoolers) in the US and abroad; they assisted a German family who was trying to homeschool. Here's a link on France: http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/France/default.asp
Wikipedia has a link on the status of homeschooling internationally (which often includes unschoolers):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling_international_status_and_statistics