News from Mireja

Homeschooling – the theme for Mireja breakfast meeting June 18, 2010
This is a hot topic in Sweden today. Homeschooling will in effect be forbidden if the new school law is passed in our Parliament on June 21-22.

Research on homeschooling shows without a doubt that the academic and social results are excellent and often surpass what is possible in a school setting. But how is this possible for parents lacking a teachers training?

The mechanism behind the success of homeschooling will be explained by internationally renowned Canadian psychologist Dr. Gordon Neufeld at this Mireja breakfast meeting.

Homeschooling from the perspective of developmental science

More information here.

Mireja's first breakfast meeting on October 13 with Dr. Gordon Neufeld
The Mireja Institute makes an informal start on October 13 in Stockholm. We offer an opportunity to meet the world's perhaps foremost authority on the development of children and adolescents, Dr Gordon Neufeld, co-author of the internationally acclaimed book, "Hold On To Your Kids – why parents need to matter more than peers". At Mireja Dr. Neufeld will talk about the situation in our schools:

Why our schools are failing – and why more pedagogics won't help

Dr. Neufeld gives a new model to explain the problem and a possible solution. More information here.