Biographical information for Pat Farenga

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CURRENT ENGAGEMENTS:

WHEN: June 6- 7, 2008

WHERE: 12th Annual BC Home School Convention in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada

CONTACT: Grace Jorgensen, admin@bchomeschool.org

TOPICS: Learning Without Curriculum; Living Better through Homeschooling; Schools are from Mars, Homeschoolers are from Venus; Teach Your Own: 31 Years Later

RECENT ENGAGEMENTS

WHEN: March 1, 2008

WHERE: Princeton, NJ Public Library

TOPIC: Beginning Unschooling

WHEN: Sept. 29, 2007

WHERE: Maryland Home Education Association Conference

TOPICS: Living Better through Homeschooling - Keynote

Workshop: Unschooled - a documentary by Jason Marsh

WHEN: March 15, 2007

WHERE: Thayer Public Library. Braintree, MA. Free public lecture

CONTACT: liamconlon@comcast.net

TOPIC: "…Or otherwise educated." How homeschooling helps families learn in their own ways

WHEN: September 8 - 10, 2006

WHERE: The Home Education Network of Ireland at the International Hostel in Glendalough, Ireland

CONTACT: pcronnelly@eircom.net

TOPICS: Teach Your Own

WHEN: July 1-2, 2006

WHERE: The Alternative Education Resource Organization (AERO), Russell Sage College, Troy, New York

Contact: isaacgraves@gmail.com

TOPIC: School, living room, library, or club?: Exploring social learning structures for the 21st century.

How to "be me and also us" is at the heart of most educational debates, with homeschoolers often considered to be only about "me." This stereotype of homeschoolers often shuts down exploration of a very real issue that homeschoolers have been grappling with for decades: kids are social learners who thrive in various mixtures of independent and group activities. By exploring actual examples of alternatives that people outside of school are creating for children, both for profit and non-profit, virtual and real, in homes and in communities, we can see ways of supporting learning and social interaction that are genuine alternatives to compulsory schooling.

The pros and cons of learning co-ops, learning resource centers, and other structures will be explored.

WHEN: June 8-11, 2006

WHERE: The LINK Conference, S. California

Contact: link.art@verizon.net for more information.

TOPICS: Teach Your Own Seminars: Beginner and Advanced

WHEN: March 10th and 11th, 2006

WHERE: InHome's Ninth Annual Conference, Sheraton Chicago Northwest in Arlington Heights, IL.

Contact: cdavison69@yahoo.com for more information.

TOPICS: Working with your child's strengths, Learning without a curriculum, John Holt, Schools are from Mars, Homeschoolers are from Earth

WHEN: April 22, 2006

WHERE: The Little e Festival, Quality Inn, Vernon, CT

Contact: http://www.nutmegscholars.org

TOPIC: The Priceless Learning in Everyday Life

Contact Information for Patrick Farenga

NEW! Visit www.patfarenga.com for the latest writing and information about Pat's work

Telephone: 781-395-8508

FAX: 781-874-1053

Postal address: PO Box 89, Wakefield, MA 01880-5501

Electronic mail: pfarenga@comcast.net