'Conversational learning' is a well-known education technique

'Conversational learning' is a well-known education technique - see the work of Dr Alan Thomas and Dr Roland Meighan, among others, for research into this.

LA officials are not trained in the range of education methods Home Educating families may use.

Quite simply, the officials are not 'qualified' to advise on home-education.

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"My Local Authority said I have to make my child do written work, and date it, so I can measure progress over time. They said 'purposive conversation' is not a valid educational method.

I told them that, as a university lecturer, it is not only how I home educate, but also how I teach and observe progression amongst my medical students."

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