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Examples Of Learning Programs
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Proposed Four Year Learning Program - Roger 1996-99
- Personal Computer Repairs (ICS certificate course)
- Basic First Aid, including CPR
- Nutrition
- what is a good diet for me?
- why do I eat the food I do?
- how healthy is "healthy" food?
- where does my food come from?
- additives to foods - how are foods processed?
- what's my opinion on genetic engineering and food?
- Getting Involved in Community Organisations
- Trees For Life
- Landcare
- Local Exchange Trading System
- Meals on Wheels (Senior Citizens)
- Sport and Recreation
- Wildlife/Conservation
- Overseas Aid/ Human Rights
- Health Promotion
- Youth Issues
- Arts
- Visit Local Council, Parliament
- understand meeting formats and processes, decision making, planning and development locally
- effectiveness, how and why of rules
- how does this all affect me?
- do kids have any power, rights, how do they assert them if they do?
- Understanding of different cultural practices in Australia
- especially related to current affairs
- ways in which different Australians practice and celebrate cultural heritage
- look into historical causes of wars, etc, around the world changing borders, politics, greed, religious, resources
- form some opinions based on fact about Australia's multicultural identity, population control, immigration policies
- Positive thinking practice
- Personal empowerment and assertiveness Regular exercise program, recreation/ sport
- Conflict resolution strategies
- Recognising and managing own stress levels and understanding causative factors
- Camping and survival skills - bushcraft
- Cooking for different occasions
- different groups of people
- balanced, appropriate menus
- preparation, clearing away
- budgeting and shopping
- Maintenance of clothes
- basic sewing skills, laundry, shoe care
- Telephone skills
- answering/making (all types of calls)
- emergency calls
- information accessing
- using the White and Yellow pages
- Staying safe in the community
- peer pressure to conform
- unwanted attention
- invasion of privacy
- safety in the home and environment
- Media awareness
- reading the "bottom line" - how what I am watching, reading, listening to how the media is trying to sell me an idea or message, the techniques used to "sell" ideas , opinions and products (mass manipulation and control through technology and images, small bites of information repeated, etc)
- what do I want, what do I need - really?
- Using multi-media effectively and the Internet
- Computer programming and game making
- Make a useful piece of furniture, a kid's toy, etc.
- using wood/metal/plastics/fibre
- safe use of tools
- care of tools, including power tools
- Experiment with clay - raku firing (figures, sculpture, wind chimes, wall plaques, plates, pots, tiles)
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- How has the environment I live in changed in recent past, 50 years, 150 years, 1000 years, 10,000 years, 500 million years?
- what do I think about this?
- how is this environment different from others I know (visit and compare)?
- what is it like in other countries
- how does landscape (and climate) affect how people use the land
- how are "borders" of countries determined
- is colonisation a good/bad thing - is it happening in the world now, where, who were the first colonisers
- what other species of life "colonise" and what effect does this have on the local flora and fauna
- Gardening
- use of plants (food, building, fibre, fuel, aesthetics, etc)
- wild foods, traditional uses across cultures (Aboriginal, herbal remedies)
- use of plants and indigenous plants in the area
- conservation (why, how, where, effectiveness, responsibility)
- grow own food, including harvest, care, composting, chemicals, treatment
- become a Trees For Life grower
- Start recycling and reduce consumption
- Do some simple science experiments in biology, physics, chemistry
- visit Investigator Science Centre, Museum, Natural History Centre
- start a natural history collection - identify and label, sort and classify
- Make something or things to sell at a LETS market stall
- organise your own stall at a market
- Become involved in writing for local publications
- newspapers, local newsletters, magazines, youth publications
- letters to the editor
- responses to articles
- what is good and bad in the area, how things could be better for kids
- creative writing - own poems, short stories, illustrations, puzzles, cartoons, etc
- Begin car maintenance, on own car
- wheel changing, oil and water, basic repairs, trouble shooting, pull bits of engine, car to pieces and rebuild, use of tools, including power tools, visit a mechanics shop, use of petrol/gas bowser, car cleaning and care
- Learn how to drive, and apply for learning permit.
- Open a bank account
- Organise home weekly budget for family or yearly one for self
- Write personal and business letters
- Filling our all sorts of forms
- Personal journal on a regular basis
- Keep own calendar
- Demonstrate (and practice) proficiency in basic maths functions (plus, minus, divide, multiply) to four digits, including decimals
- become familiar with databases and spreadsheet applications.
- times table, fractions and decimals
- using calculator
- be able to estimate with reasonable accuracy
- practice in real life mental calculations (shopping, cooking, making things)
- accurate conversion in measurements (weight, capacity, length - e.g. metres to kilometres)
- use spacial terms (geometric) to describe things (spherical, angle, parallel, etc)
- be able to draw to scale
- read charts, graphs (weather, statistics, in media)
- read and interpret timetables
- read maps, flow charts
- Devise ways to manage own time - stay on task, finish things, avoid distractions, making and meeting contracts and agreements to do things in a time frame (finding out what it is I really want to do)
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Excerpt from Getting Started with Homeschooling, Practical Considerations
© Beverley Paine, 1997
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