2. What is homeschooling?
OHome schooling
occurs when
parents take
charge of their
children’s
education —
organizing
subjects, teaching
lessons or
arranging for
tutors, evaluating
progress, and
supervising social
contacts.
3. Why to homeschool?
There are too many reasons for
homeschooling. Most popular reasons are:
1 Parents feel they can do a better job.
2 Parents want to spend more time with
their children.
3 Socialization.
4 School violence (bullying, gender
stereotypes, etc.).
5 Curriculum.
4. 1 Parents feel they can
do a better job…
Basically, parents who homeschool
feel they can do a better job. Few
parents realize how much time is
really wasted in school. It has been
estimated that an average of less
than one hour out of each school
day is actually spent learning —
after administrative duties, discipline
issues, changing classes, and
distractions. Of course there are
exceptions, but the point is that
hours of precious time are simply
wasted. Add hours of homework into
that mix, as well as getting to and
from school, and it's easy to see
why many parents have decided it is
simply not in their child's best
interests to go to school. They
believe their children can learn more
in less time in a different
environment.
5. 2 Parents want to spend more time with
their children…
There are parents that
want to have more time
with their children and
they find it not really
important to send their
children to schools.
Parents think that it will be
better if their children will
study at home. Seeing
them around is the best
thing for parents so they
prefer to teach them at
home rather than sending
them to schools.
6. 3 Socialization…
The socialization myth was born
out of a misconception of what it’s
like to homeschool. Many
educators and critics of
homeschooling still believe
homeschoolers hit the books at 9
a.m., work all day at their kitchen
table still 3 p.m. or latter, and
spend their day isolated and
alone. This, of course, is
ridiculous!
The homeschoolers are out and
about every day, enjoying
museums, beaches, parks, and
shows without the crowds. They
travel often. The kids participate in
Girl and Boy Scouts, 4-H, and
sports. They take art, dance,
drama, language, and music
7. 4 School violence…
In the United States, an estimated
50 million students are enrolled in
pre-kindergarten through 12th
grade. Another 15 million students
attend colleges and universities
across the country. While U.S.
schools remain relatively safe, any
amount of violence is
unacceptable. Parents, teachers,
and administrators expect schools
to be safe havens of learning. Acts
of violence can disrupt the learning
process and have a negative effect
on students, the school itself, and
the broader community.
Bullying, fighting, weapon use, etc.
are the major problems that may be
done in schools. Because of these
problems and threats parents want
their children to stay at home and
be safe.
8. 5 Curriculum
issues…
(1) Oversimplified learning theory
(2) Overwhelming, disorganized content
(3) Limited, limiting learning resources
(4) Fragmented knowledge…
Parents think and decide that the curriculums in
schools are not so well and they create their
own “learning programs” in order to teach their
children as they want. It called
UNSTRUCTURED learning which means that
homeschoolers do not follow the curriculum.
9. Advantages of
homeschooling…
O Home schooling, i.e., parent-led home-based education, is
superior academically to classroom instruction because of the
one-on-one tutorial approach used.
O Home schooled children receive individualized instruction tailored
to fit their learning styles as well as their distinctive needs and
gifts, or strengths and weaknesses.
O Homeschoolers can move through their course work at their own
pace– a child who struggles can go more slowly, a very bright
child can cover the material as quickly as he or she can master
the content.
O Parents can teach their Christian values to their home schooled
students and can choose academic materials written from their
own philosophical and religious viewpoint.
10. Disadvantages of
homeschooling…
O Home schooling is hard work for the parent(s).
O It takes commitment, perseverance and organization.
O Rather than relying on someone else to determine the
family’s schedule, the home schooling parent(s) must
have the self-discipline to determine their own daily
schedule.
O Home schooling takes time that the parent might have
used for another purpose, i.e., work, ministry, other
activities.
O The teaching parent has less time for him or herself.
O It takes time to plan the course of instruction, to spend
instructing, and to assess the child’s progress.
