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about Home Schooling and the Basic Home Schooling Information and Home School
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Through much of human history, the only education children
received was from their parents. It was only in the middle ages that special
institutions were set up to impart education, and this too was only to the
socially elite and royalty. The education imparted at these institutions was
what is called Classical Education ? the study of history, philosophy, ancient
languages and perhaps some rudimentary science. Most children were apprenticed
? they learned a vocation either from their fathers or from a skilled
tradesman. This was the education that saw them through life.
It was only in the late 17th century that
compulsory education began in the West.
This was a concept the early settlers brought with them to America. Families moving out from the east coast to
settle the virgin lands to the west were basically on their own and what little
education was available to children was given by the parents. But schools soon
followed and by the end of the 19th century, schooling was available
to most American children. However, by the middle of the 20th
century, people were beginning to question the prevailing education system and
the type of learning it imparted. It was at this time that the concept of home
schooling emerged, or to be historically accurate, re-emerged.
So what exactly is home schooling? It is basically an
alternative to institutional (regular school) education in which the family, as
a unit, works together to impart knowledge and learning to the children. Home
schooling is legal in all the fifty states and while the specifics of the rules
and regulations governing this form of education differ from state to state, in
general the parents have freedom to choose when, how and what their children
will study, subject to the end result being that the children have certain
minimum levels of knowledge is various subjects.
Home schooling should not be confused with home study which
is institutionally supervised education programs for those who would like to
attend school but can not. This include such forms of education as Independent
Study Programs where visiting teachers visit students who are unable to attend
school, for a variety of legitimate reasons which can include physical or
learning disabilities , on a regular basis to set the study schedule and monitor
progress. Many school districts also offer support programs for children who
are unable to attend school due to sickness and injury. These programs are
designed to allow the children to keep up with the class work until they are
able to return to school. Neither of these or other home study plans offer
parents any control over what and how their children study and so cannot be
called home schooling.
There are many reasons why parents opt for home schooling.
Among the most common are:
- Control
over what their children will learn - Maintaining
and developing the family bonds which need not be affected because the
child must go to school. - The
option of being able to understand and respond to a child’s special needs - Concerns
about the safety of children in schools and also about the journey to and
from there. - Home
schooling provides a huge amount of flexibility. Parents who travel often
are able to adjust the study schedules so as to take their children with
them.
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