HomeSchooler.org.uk

HEdNI is for families in Northern Ireland who are home-educating or who want to find out about home-education. More NI families than ever are choosing to educate their children outside school. Join us to find out more :-)

"The Association of Directors of Children's Services today welcomed the recommendations of the Badman review into Home Education..."...download full pdf...

This web site is about our research into how children learn. Our interest in how children learn is different to most research about learning because it is concerned with how children learn at home rather than how children learn in school or in other situations which adults have set up for child learning. How children learn at home is different to how children learn in school because at home they are free to learn in ways which are not possible or permitted in school. Our research explores these ways and seeks to understand what it is that children do that enables them to learn rather than what it is that adults can do to help children learn. Those of us who are parents or who have had close contact with children know that children are very good learners. How children learn includes techniques such as watching and imitating other people as well as working things out for themselves by wondering and experimenting. Consolidating and exploring ideas through play is another example of how children learn. At home, before entering formal education this is how children learn. Our work is concerned with how children learn in this way after the age of five and how children learn the school subjects (such as reading and writing) in this manner and without formal teaching. Click the following link to find out more about how children learn at home.

"UN Treaty Jeopardizes Homeschool Freedom in Britain

June 16, 2009
Ever since the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly and opened to nations across the world for ratification in 1989, HSLDA has been deeply concerned about the implications of this treaty for U.S. homeschoolers, if the U.S. were to ratify the treaty.

We have consistently warned that this treaty could be the vehicle opponents of home education could use to effectively ban or severely regulate homeschooling."...more...

Given the number of C of E schools...

Contact Details:

Liz Carter
National School Support Officer
Education Division and the National
Society
Tel 020 7898 1515 Fax 020 7898 1520
liz.carter@c-of-e.org.uk

"Welcome to the AHEd wiki! This is a public wiki for sharing information, opinions, support and work promoting the rights and freedoms of families electing to educate their children outside the schooling system. AHEd works in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The content of this site depends on contributors. You do not have to be a member of AHEd to take part. Make your own pages! Click on Edit tab to add to pages! Please let us know if you have ideas or want to contribute. (Contact details below.) Click on 'sidebar' to see some page links or use the search facility..."