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Hi there. You are welcome to contact me in any of the
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- Post a comment
- this is by far the best way to
get my attention. I am cruising the Home Learning
pages pretty much every day and will easily notice your
comments. Direct your thoughts, suggestions,
constructive criticism, or simply say hi, using the Facebook
commenting section at the bottom of any page.
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Facebook
- this is my personal page and I will happily add you as
a friend. If you do decide to message me via this
medium, please hang in there until I notice your attempt
at communication.
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Twitter
- this is also my personal page, and again, if you
decide to get a hold of me here, please note it might
be awhile until you receive a reply.
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Facebook Page
- this is the page for Fun Easy English.
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Facebook Group
- this is the group for Fun Easy English.
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I would like to communicate with other Home Learning parents
and discuss ideas on how to make these pages better. Hoping
to meet all of you. Until then.
Howie Hayman
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And now a few things for you to think about |
 Home
Learning
My home learning days began many years ago as a
teenager. My opinion....criticism....about schools is very
strong. You can read much more about it on my
about page. For now, a brief synopsis of home learning. |
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 What
is home education?
Home education (also called homeschooling, homeschool or
home learning) is the education of children at home,
typically by parents or professional tutors, rather than in
a public or private school. Before the introduction of
compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education
occurred within the family or community, home education in
the modern sense is an alternative in developed countries to
formal education.
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 Why
should you home educate?
Formal education in a classroom setting has been the
most common means of education throughout the world,
especially in developed countries, since the early and
mid 19th century. Native Americans, who traditionally
used home education and apprenticeship, strenuously
resisted compulsory education in the United States.
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 Who
should home educate?
Home education is not for everyone. There needs to be a firm
commitment on the part of both the parents and the children.
Home educators often claim that learning any specific
subject is less important than learning how to learn. They
assert, in the words of Alec Bourne, "It is possible to
store the mind with a million facts and still be entirely
uneducated", and in the words of Holt: "Since we can’t know
what knowledge will be most needed in the future, it is
senseless to try to teach it in advance. Instead, we should
try to turn out people who love learning so much and learn
so well that they will be able to learn whatever needs to be
learned."
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 When
to home educate?
There is no set time to begin a home education program.
It does seem to make sense that earlier is better since
children begin learning from the moment they enter the
world.
Home educators commonly believe that curiosity is innate
and that children want to learn. Some argue that
institutionalizing children in what they term a "one
size fits all" or "factory model" school is an
inefficient use of their time because it requires every
child to learn a specific subject matter in a particular
manner, at a particular pace, and at a particular time
regardless of that individual's present or future needs,
interests, goals, or any pre-existing knowledge he or
she might have about the topic.
Many home educators also believe that opportunities for
valuable hands-on, community based, spontaneous, and
real-world experiences are missed when educational
opportunities are largely limited to those which can
occur physically inside of a school building.
Home educators note that psychologists have documented
many differences between children in the way that they
learn, and assert that home education is better equipped
to adapt to these differences.
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 Where
should you do home education?
Home education is legal in many countries. Countries with
the most prevalent home education movements include
Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the
United States. Some countries have highly regulated home
education programs as an extension of the compulsory school
system; others, such as Germany and Brazil, have outlawed it
entirely. In other countries, while not restricted by law,
home education is not socially acceptable or considered
undesirable and is virtually non-existent.
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