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This document discusses alternative forms of education including homeschooling, cyber schools, and distance learning. It notes that these options provide flexible and open approaches to teaching and learning. The document lists various types of alternative schools such as tutoring, ideological, religious, charter, at-risk, magnet, and cyber schools. It also discusses some of the benefits and opportunities of distance learning and cyber schools such as innovation, wider class ranges, structure and assistance, and bringing real-world curricula. The document cites several references on topics related to cyber schools, learner-centered assessment, and demographics of homeschooling.
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- 1. By: C. Shonda Woods Email: c.shonda.woods@gmail.com
- 2. •Open approach teaching •Open approach learning •Flexible With this option the world is your limit and teacher.
- 3. Tutoring Ideological Religious Charter Schools At-Risk Schools Magnet Schools Cyber Schools
- 4. Violence in schools Availability of Technology at home
- 5. Pace Atmosphere
- 6. Education at home Federal regulated Same materials State regulated Internet viable Electronically education regulated education
- 7. DISTANCE LEARNING CYBER SCHOOLS
- 8. Innovation Wider Class Range Structure Assistance Guidance Accessibility
- 9. Bring real world curricula Provide scaffolding Tools to enhance Opportunities for feedback Building communities Expand opportunities
- 11. Hipsky, S., Adams, L. (2005) Cyber Schools and Special Needs; Making the Connection (pg 168 – 176) Duncan, T., Burskirk-Cohen, A. (2011) Exploring Learner-Centered Assessment: A Cross- Disciplinary Approach; International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2011, Volume 23, Number 2, 246-259 Oxford Reference. (2009). Alternative Schooling. Retrieved January 20, 2012, from Oxford Reference Kaestle, C. F. (2002). The Oxford Companion to American History. Retrieved January 22, 2012, from Oxford Reference: Patrick, J. J., Pious, R. M., & Ritchie, D. A. (2001). Department of Education Lines, P. M. (1999). Homeschoolers: Estimating Numbers and Growth. Retrieved Januray 20, 2012, from U.S Department of Education: http://www2.ed.gov/offices/OERI/SAI/homeschool/index.html Mackey, B. W., Reese, K., & Mackey, W. C. (2010). Demographics of home schooler: A regional analysis within the national parameters. Education, 133-139..
Editor's Notes
- Throughout the years, parents have longed to be able to provide an education that addresses the needs of the state to keep the child up to speed with their peers attending a traditional school. Before we approach the subject of how homeschooling has changed, we must first address what homeschooling is. Homeschooling falls under the realm of alternative education. Wallace (2009) describes alternative education as this: “ alternative schooling: Education which does not conform to that provided in state schools, in terms of either the curriculum or the approaches to teaching and learning, or both of these.” With this option the world is your limit and your teacher.
- However, although often associated with radical philosophies of education, alternative schooling can also include private tutoring in the pupil's own home, or schooling in a curriculum shaped by ideological or religious beliefs. Home schooling also shares the same classification as Charter Schools, At-Risk Schools (for children with health or behavior problems), Magnet Schools, and Cyber Schools.
- There are many factors that could sway a parent from wanting their child to attend a traditional brick and mortar school; with the increase in violence and the increased availability to the same educational resources outside of schools. With the advancement of Internet technology sharply growing from when President Bill Clinton and the Department of Education stated the goal was to make the internet accessible to schools, that was a sure sign the internet was beginning to be used for its original purpose; education: “Following President Bill Clinton's State of the Union address in 1997, the Department of Education developed a list of priorities that included having every classroom connected to the Internet and all students technologically literate by the year 2000. Priorities also included the creation of clear standards of student achievement in all states” (2001, Department of Education)
- Home schooling has the ability to change only the atmosphere or the pace the child learns, yet the child could still receive the education his peers receive in the brick and mortar school. Kaestle (2001)
- The Internet has the ability to ensure students wanting to obtain their education at home are receiving the same materials, thus making the internet a viable means of education as long as the parents stick to a state or federal regulated curriculum, which it has.
- New schools are forming, with the ability to teach students from home online and they are attempting to hold state accreditation. Many technology scholars view the internet as a strong ally in the homeschooling effort and as a threat to already established distance learning models, due to the manual process of providing curriculum. Now, you can home school your child and still have them part of a traditional curriculum through cyber schools.
- Cyber schools innovations were established to have the ability to do the following according to Miron, Nelson, and Risley (2002) are quoted by Himpsky & Adams in their chapter on cyber schools and special needs as saying Cyber school are: • Providing an innovative way to reach at-risk students who have dropped out of traditional schools. • Offering a wider range of classes to their students. Students can be offered different (often advanced) instruction compared with courses that may be available in their local district’s schools. • Providing structure and assistance to parents who were previously home schooling their children. Enrolling formerly home-schooled students in cyber schools increases the amount of public oversight and guidance. • Enabling students with health/medical/social problems that preclude attendance at a traditional school to continue their education from home or from a hospital or rehabilitation center.
- Although the following information had the traditional classroom in mind, the Internet can provide these same aspects to a home schooled student and their parents, Bransford, Brown, and Cocking (2000, p. 207) are quoted by Duncan & Burskirk-Cohen as saying they note five ways in which new technologies can be used: 1. Bringing exciting curricula based on real-world problems into the classroom. 2. Providing scaffolds and tools to enhance learning. 3. Giving students and teachers more opportunities for feedback, reflection, and revision. 4. Building local and global communities. 5. Expanding opportunities for learning.
- The internet not only has the ability to improve educational institution considered to be traditional, according to these studies it could also help revolutionize home schooling to the point of becoming the norm, instead of the exception.