Home Schooling As An Alternative To Formal
Schooling
Posted by nick_niesen in Home on October 27th, 2010
Home schooling is fast gaining popularity among families across the globe for
the numerous advantages that it has to offer. It has become one of the best
alternatives to formal schooling because of its flexibility, minimal cost,
excellent academic framework and safe environment.
Different Learning Behaviors
Studies over the years have shown that a person's learning behavior differs
from that of another. One person may learn better by listening or by seeing
something demonstrated to him or her. Another may learn better by reading and
writing. Not everyone can benefit from a single structured method of teaching.
Public schools and private schools teach based on a single method or form of
teaching. They cannot provide custom-made teaching methods to fit the learning
behavior of every child. The child is forced to adapt to the particular teaching
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best manner by which to educate the child.
Home schooling gives children the opportunity to maximize their learning
potential, by providing them with the best possible teaching method to meet
their needs. This makes children learn their lessons easily because they are
learning through a method that is more comfortable to them. This, in turn,
boosts up a child's self-confidence, increases his or her sense of
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Unavailability of Formal Schooling
Home schooling is the only alternative in situations where the option of
formal schooling is not available. This usually occurs where a child has
learning disabilities or requires instruction that is more advanced than what
children of the same age require. It also takes place in the case of
missionaries, military families, or other families where the parents' occupation
or profession require them to constantly travel from one place to another. There
are also situations where the family's religion does not permit them to enroll
their children in regular schools or require them to teach subjects which are
not offered in regular schools. In these situations, home schooling provides
educational stability to a child. It is flexible enough to meet the special
needs that children and their parents may have.
Formal Schooling's Disadvantages
Studies show that through the years, the increasingly earlier enrollment of
students in schools have led to juvenile
delinquency Keanu
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classes, behavioral problems, and even nearsightedness. These studies confirmed
that young children may suffer mentally, socially, psychologically and
academically if they are exposed to school at an early age.
Contrary to what most people
believe Takkarist
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child's socialization skills. In fact, it does the complete opposite. When
children are educated at home, they are exposed to people of different ages and
maybe even different backgrounds. They learn to interact with these people and
develop their social skills. On the other hand, children's socialization skills
may not be as developed in school. In school, they are exposed to children
within their own age group other than their teachers. The environment is
controlled and artificial.
The option to resort to home schooling children has been available to parents
for years.
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