This document summarizes information about homeschooling. It defines homeschooling as educating children at home rather than in public or private schools. It discusses reasons why parents may choose homeschooling, such as dissatisfaction with public schools or wanting to infuse religious principles into education. It also outlines advantages like flexibility and individualized learning, and disadvantages like socialization concerns and the challenges of parents taking on the role of teacher. The document presents both perspectives on homeschooling and does not take a position on whether it is recommended.

1. Homeschooling
Wanzhen Gan
(Crystal)
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2. Homeschooling
• Homeschooling is the education of
children at home, typically by parents
or by tutors, rather
than in other
formal settings
of public or
private school.

3. Policy Document: Policy for
homeschoolers in B.C.
For persons of school age :
• can register as a homeschooler and
enroll as a student with a board or
authority.
• homeschoolers may attend an
educational program, including the
payment of a fee, but no credit.
• A homeschooler that enrolls in a course
offered through a regular school program,
becomes an enrolled student.

4. The reasons for homeschooling
 Parents are dissatisfied with the
school system
• some families view grading systems as
inadequate or irrelevant to real learning
• Parents don‟t want their children to be
programmed
• they worry that their children are not
getting enough individual attention in
school

5. Parents decided on home
schooling for religious reasons
• They thought the public schools would
brainwash the kids.
For example, Christian
parents want their children
to receive an education
infused with Christian
principles.

6. Some other reasons
• Homeschooling ''fit the transient life
style'„
• Some children did not like “learning in
such a formal way”
• Some children have learning disability

7. Advantages of homeschooling
Homeschooling is both time and
location flexible.
• Home-schooled can get to go at their own pace,
unlike a regular classroom.
• For example, Going to the grocery store became
a lesson in math.
Homeschoolers are free to select the
curricula and activities they are
interested in. Therefore, they gain
more motivation to learn naturally

8. Advantages of homeschooling
Parents can work one on one with
their children, work with them
individually and directly.

9. Advantages of homeschooling
Instead of missing out on socialization,
homeschooler probably were more
selective in the kind of socialization
• Parents encourage individual activities, including
internships and volunteer work, which help make
their children comfortable with adults.
• Sometimes in the school situation, children can
socialize with the wrong kind of people

10. Problems of homeschooling
The public's views
The biggest thing people want to
talk about is socialization.
• many mainstream educators remain wary
about socialization skills and about the
potential inability of parents to give their
children the rigor and depth they need in all
subjects.

11. Problems of homeschooling
Some have found the transition
challenging
• a lot of inherent mistrust of home-schooled
students.
• Many home-schooled students‟ are not going
to gain acceptance in
the world if they don't have
the credential.

12. Problems of homeschooling
 Home-schooled children have had little
experience with the kind of competition
among school-children.
 Some school district does not allow home-
schooled children to play on its teams.

13. Problems of homeschooling
For parents
 Home-schooling
takes time. Parents
lose income when
they at home
 Parents are
not an expert
in every subject

14. discussion
1. Do you recommend homeschooling?
2. Parents home school their children
because they think they can educate
their children better than schools. Do you
think they can?
3. Do you agree that socialization is a
problem for homeschooler?
4. Is homeschooling a formal or non-formal
education?
5. Do you think children would prefer home
schooling or regular schooling?

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