HOME EDUCATION COMES OF AGE IN AFRICA! DON’T MISS THIS CONFERENCE AND EXPO OPPORTUNITY!

AFRICAN HOME EDUCATION  INDABA  2019

1st AFRICAN CONFERENCE HOSTED IN PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ON 17 – 19 OCTOBER 2019

 

 

ABOUT THE AFRICAN HOME EDUCATION INDABA

 

Join home educators from across Africa and the globe for the first African Home Education Indaba – an opportunity to gather together and to celebrate liberty in learning.

This year the Indaba will be hosted in South Africa, from 17-19 October, 2019: three days of learning, sharing and fellowship with like-minded people. Become part of the global homeschooling family: Come and meet fellow homeschoolers from all the countries that will be represented: South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Namibia, the US, Canada and Russia. Come and encourage each other and be inspired by stories of hope and perseverance, of changed lives and restored families.

During the Global Home Education Conference 2018 in Russia, the African delegates formed an African subcommittee of the Global Home Education Exchange (ghex.world) and decided to organise an African Home Education Indaba. The purpose of the Indaba is to advance, connect, and equip the African home education community in exercising the right to home educate.

Come and experience South African hospitality, and use the opportunity to tour the beautiful country. Invite your friends who need information on home education. Themes that will be dealt with by experts from Africa, the US, Canada and Europe include legal and practical aspects, curriculum options, research and support in home education.

Delicious food and drink will be provided by homeschooling entrepreneurs, and there are rumours that homeschooling musicians will also display their talents during the Indaba.

Stand up for your child’s right to education! Home education is well-protected in international law. Parents have the right to direct the education of their children and each child has the right to receive an individualized education that best suits their needs and goals. This concept cuts across cultures, methods, and beliefs. While home educators in South Africa and across the continent are in a constant battle against government encroachment upon family and parental rights, home education is the fastest growing sector in education today – and is saving lives and families by the thousands.

Don’t miss this Indaba! Home Education has come of age in Africa – but the best is yet to come!

SPEAKERS

Canute Waswa

KENYA

Alexey Komov

RUSSIA

Martie du Plessis

SOUTH AFRICA

Renuka Ramroop

SOUTH AFRICA

Mike Donnelly

AMERICA

Bouwe van der Eems

SOUTH AFRICA

Sybil Msezane

SOUTH AFRICA

Brian Ray

UNITED STATES

Godfrey Kyazze

UGANDA

Karin van Oostrum

SOUTH AFRICA

Debra Bell

AMERICA

Peter Stock

CANADA

 

 

PROGRAMME

9h00

opening and welcome

9h00 - 10h00

MODERATOR: BOUWE VAN DER EEMS (PESTALOZZI TRUST): 

Opening: Scripture Reading and Prayer (Friedrich de Wet)

Welcoming: Bouwe van der Eems (Pestalozzi Trust)

In Memoriam: Leendert van Oostrum  (Cornelia Marais)

Canaute Waswa (Kenya): You CAN home educate, it’s your right and it works!

Overview of Homeschooling in the countries represented: SA, Namibia, Kenya, Uganda, USA, Canada, Russia

10h00

TEA AND NETWORKING

10h00 - 11h00

11h00

Home education regulation. What is in the best interest of the children?

11h00 - 13h00

MODERATOR: CHRISTOPHER CORDEIRO (LEARNFREE)

Brian Ray (NHERI): Does regulation make a difference to Educational outcomes? What does the research tell us?

Peter Stock (President: HSLDA, Canada): Home Education Regulation in Canada.

Bouwe van der Eems (Chairman: Pestalozzi Trust): Home Education Regulation. Intentions and actual results.

Waswa Canute (EACH): What regulation should look like in Africa: A Kenyan Perspective.

Q&A

Christopher Cordeiro (LearnFree): Wrap-up.

13h00

lunch

13h00 - 14h00

14h00

freedom in home education.

14h00 - 16h00

MODERATOR: CANUTE WASWA (East African Community of Homeschoolers – EACH)

Alexey Komov (Russia): Freedom in Education.

Debra Bell (USA): Raising an Independent Learner.

Martie du Plessis (Dynamis Institute): Why is the Uncapped Education design the solution?

Q&A

 

15h15

tea

15h15 - 15h30

17h30

film: SELF - TAUGHT (life stories from self-directed learners

17h30 - 18h00

MOVIE AND POPCORN !

SELF – TAUGHT  by Jeremy Stuart, director  of the homeschool movie, Class Dismissed.

Through the stories of six extraordinary individuals, Self-Taught explores what self-directed education means to them and the impact it has had on their lives, ambitions, work and beliefs.
Whether Artist, Scientist, or Entrepreneur, they all have one thing in common: their belief that a true education is the capacity to author your own life instead of merely accepting the one you’ve been handed.

8h30

The practice of home education. the nuts and bolts.

8h30 - 10h30

MODERATOR: TINA VAN DEVENTER (SA HOMESCHOOLING MOM)

Karin van Oostrum (Pestalozzi Trust): Foolproof Home Education. Starting and Sticking to your journey.

Godfrey Kyazze (Uganda): A Biblical Model of Home Education.

Debra Bell (USA): Developing Motivation and Interest in Kids of All Ages.

Q&A

10h15

potjiekos competition starts. tea time.

10h15 - 11h00

Bring your family and your pot(jie), and come and enjoy the day at the Indaba!

Brainline will provide the following: wood, an area for cooking, a table, two chairs, a gazebo, shaded areas.
The participants must provide the following: the pot, meat, all ingredients to be used in their potjie, side dishes, decor, extra chairs if necessary.

Any type of potjie may be entered, eg. red meat, chicken, seafood etc.

Entry form: https://pestalozzi.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Potjiekos-competition-entry-form-FINAL.pdf

ENTRY FEE: R200 per team

11h00

success in homeschooling.

11h00 - 13h00

MODERATOR: BOUWE VAN DER EEMS (PESTALOZZI TRUST)

Martie du Plessis (Dynamis Institute): Your kids will be change agents in 20 years time. Why?

Jaqueline Morkel (Dynamis Institute): Research confirms how to retrain the youth for a meaningful future.

Brian Ray (NHERI): Homeschooling: Does it work?

13h00

lunch

13h00 - 14h00

14h00

do all roads lead to rome? approaches to home schooling.

14h00 - 16h00

MODERATOR: GODFREY KYAZZE (EACH)

Annerine Wenhold (HS Mom):  The American way: towards a High School Diploma.

Shanelle da Costa (HS Mom): Cambridge on a Budget.

Alexey Komov (Russia): Classical Conversation.

Renuka Ramroop (Unschooling Mom, D Ed in Natural Learning): 

Langa Klaaste (HS Dad): Unschooling young children.

Marie Kuhlmann (Namibia): Unschooling with older children.

Q&A

15h15

tea

15h15 - 15h30

16h00

potjiekos competition

16h00 - 17h00

WIN A BURSARY WITH BRAINLINE!

Adjudication takes place throughout the day based on the following:
• Theme (decor, originality and atmosphere)• Appearance and tidiness of area
• Appearance of meal when served
• Originality and taste of meal
• Originality and taste of side dishes

Participants must provide the plates and cutlery for the adjudicator and their team members.

9h00

support structures in home education. join up!

9h00 - 10h00

MODERATOR: PETER REYNOLDS ( Media Liason: Gauteng Association for Homeschooling)

Panel: Peter Stock, Phillip Doubell, Sybil Msezane, Godfrey Kyazze.

HSLDA (Canada), East African Community of Homeschoolers (EACH), Eastern Cape Home School Association (ECHSA), Pan African Homeschoolers, Uganda HS Support.

Q&A

10h00

Home education is a human right.

10h00 - 11h00

MODERATOR: BOUWE VAN DER EEMS (PESTALOZZI TRUST)

Mike Donnelly: Home School Legal Defend Fund ( HSLDA, USA): Home Education is a Human Right.

Q&A

11h00

tea

11h00 - 11h30

Heidi Kluever (Muzikids, SA): The Kodaly approach to music education.

11h30

It takes a village...Home education and the community.

11h30 - 13h00

MODERATOR: CHRISTOPHER CORDEIRO (LEARNFREE)

Ponnie Wessels (Nkowa Education Centre). Solutions to 21 Century Education. How the community can prepare students now for jobs that don’t even exist yet.

Gunzel Guzel (Home School Support Centre, Moscow): The Home School Support Centre in Moscow.

Marlene van Rooyen (Cottage School Owner): Serving the Community. A Safe Harbour.

Ronell van Rooyen: Supporting Homeschoolers along the way.

13h15

lunch

13h15 - 14h00

British International Distance College

14h00

it's all in the family! Families share their homeschooling journeys.

14h00 - 16h00

Home Ed Documentary Teaser: Rushka and Breeze Johnson

MODERATOR: Joel Nyanda (East African Community of Homeschoolers)

Brian and Betsy Ray (USA): Home Schooling 8 Kids.

Jenny Steytler (M.Ed., Researcher, Durban): What’s happening at home?

Alexey and Michael Komov (Russia): Family first.

Canute and Beryl Waswa and kids (EACH, Kenya): No turning back!

Guzel and Vladimir Gurdus  (Russia): Homeschooling in Moscow.

Q&A

15h15

tea

15h15 - 15h30

16h00

closing the conference. ghec 2020

16h00 - 16h30