GrowingMinds

TRUE: Towards Radical Social Change. 2 – 6 December 2020

by GrowingMinds | Oct 30, 2020 | Events

2 minute readAkilah S. Richards, Kelly Limes Taylor and I (Zakiyya Ismail) are currently planning an Earthwide gathering for those involved in unschooling, self-directed education and parallel education communities whose practice is oriented towards radical social...

How unschooling helped me travel the world

by GrowingMinds | Oct 16, 2019 | Living Unschooling

3 minute readHello, my name is Luthando and I will be telling you about my unschooling journey. It all began in 2017 when I decided to stop schooling. The reason I left school is because I didn’t feel different from the other kids. We all had to wear the same...

Decolonise! UnConference

by GrowingMinds | Sep 19, 2019 | Events

2 minute read DECOLONISE! UNCONFERENCE 16-17 NOVEMBER ENOS MAFOKATE EQUESTRIAN CLUB 1679 Cnr Vundla and Lefatola Street, Moroka, Soweto Register A space, an idea, a feeling and a time to connect, share, learn and grow together towards other ways of being, living,...

The Contradictions of our Existence

by GrowingMinds | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Writing

4 minute readBy Bayo Akomolafe poet | philosopher | psychologist | professor | passionate about the preposterous One of the most powerful aspects of our modern conditioning is the predisposition to describe, predict and control our experiences. This explains our...

The Child as an Insult

by GrowingMinds | Jun 24, 2019 | Articles, Writing

2 minute readBy Toby Rollo of Lakehead University, Political Science Department, Faculty Member. Posted on Facebook in June 2017. Reposting here with permission. There was once a time in the media when it was deemed acceptable to insult or degrade a political opponent...

Learning Reimagined: Online Guided Exploration

by GrowingMinds | May 22, 2019 | Events

6 minute read 11 June – 20 August, 2019 LEARNING REIMAGINED GUIDED EXPLORATION Online Registration Closed 11 June – 20 August, 2019 LEARNING REIMAGINED GUIDED EXPLORATION Online Register IS THIS FOR YOU Are you a parent, teacher, caregiver, community based...

I WATCHED MY MOM EAT A BUG – UNSCHOOLING THE WORLD

by GrowingMinds | Jan 29, 2019 | Living Unschooling

Alexander shares his journey into unschooling and then into unschooling the world.

Learning Reimagined Conference 2018

by GrowingMinds | Nov 6, 2018 | Events, Learning Reimagined 2018

12 minute read 20/21 October, 2018 LEARNING REIMAGINED UNSCHOOLING AS DECOLONISATION African Leadership Academy, Johannesburg, South Africa Register 20/21 October, 2018 LEARNING REIMAGINED UNSCHOOLING AS DECOLONISATION African Leadership Academy, Honeydew, South...