Educating Children at Home

Educating Children at Home
ISBN-10
082644671X
ISBN-13
9780826446718
Category
Education
Pages
146
Language
English
Published
1998-01-01
Publisher
A&C Black
Author
Alan Thomas

Description

With increasing numbers of parents choosing to educate their children at home, an opportunity exists to explore education outside the school environment. Parents often discover that classroom approaches to teaching and learning do not easily translate into the home. As a result, some radically adjust their approach to educating their children, in some instances virtually abandoning any structured teaching or learning. Focusing on informal learning, this text examines in depth how children can acquire an education simply through everyday experiences. The text sets out to challenge fundamental assumptions about the nature of teaching and learning. Research has been drawn from a wide cross-section of parents from 100 home-educating families.

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