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Home education (also called "homeschooling") is | Home education (also called "homeschooling") is the education of [[school-age]] children in the home instead of in a [[school]]. Some definitions include all forms of education used as a primary means of educating a person of compulsory school age which are not directly controlled by an institution or a professional educator other than the parent or guardian of the student. The term may also be used to refer to forms of education which are primarily based in the home and are under the control of an institution or a professional educator. | ||
=Forms of home education= | |||
==[[Unschooling]]== | |||
'''Unschooling''' may refer to a either a curriculum-free approach to home education or a specific type of student-led education developed by [[John Holt]]. | |||
==[[Unit Studies]]== | |||
'''Unit studies''' is a method of home education in which topics are studied as they relate to each school subject. For example, a student might study Greece by studying the culture for social studies, the political structure (ancient and modern) for political science, mathematical innovations arising from the country for math, and he or she might prepare an eat traditional foods for home economics. Unit studies may be purchased from a publisher, found on the internet or in other resources, or developed by the parent or student. | |||
==[[School-at-home]]== | |||
Some home educators attempt to replicate the way in which their child would be educated in a school in the context of the home. They may use [[boxed curricula]] or purchase the textbooks used by their local school system. | |||
Revision as of 02:22, 6 May 2008
Home education (also called "homeschooling") is the education of school-age children in the home instead of in a school. Some definitions include all forms of education used as a primary means of educating a person of compulsory school age which are not directly controlled by an institution or a professional educator other than the parent or guardian of the student. The term may also be used to refer to forms of education which are primarily based in the home and are under the control of an institution or a professional educator.
Forms of home education
Unschooling
Unschooling may refer to a either a curriculum-free approach to home education or a specific type of student-led education developed by John Holt.
Unit Studies
Unit studies is a method of home education in which topics are studied as they relate to each school subject. For example, a student might study Greece by studying the culture for social studies, the political structure (ancient and modern) for political science, mathematical innovations arising from the country for math, and he or she might prepare an eat traditional foods for home economics. Unit studies may be purchased from a publisher, found on the internet or in other resources, or developed by the parent or student.
School-at-home
Some home educators attempt to replicate the way in which their child would be educated in a school in the context of the home. They may use boxed curricula or purchase the textbooks used by their local school system.