Essays Tagged: "home schooling"

Home schooling versus public education

Many families are turning to home schooling as the solution to the decaying public school system. However, home schooling is not ... e decaying public school system. However, home schooling is not a new idea. Until the early 1900's, home education was the predominant form of education in our country. As more and more people become ... ominant form of education in our country. As more and more people become aware of the advantages of home schooling, the number of home schoolers continues to swell.One of the main objections of home s ...

(2 pages) 162 1 3.0 Jun/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Homeschooling

Home schoolingWhen most people are asked about school, pictures from school buses, rows of desks the ... t schools and teaching it, as there are children in the USA. Meaning that there are as many ways to home school as there are children. Home Education allows for more individual learning styles. Famili ... together while learning together.In the early years of this country, most children were educated at home, either by parents or tutors. Public education started in the middle of the 19th century. When, ...

(3 pages) 134 0 4.4 Oct/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

homeschooling

A Mammoth Client: Home SchoolingIt has just turned 8 o'clock in the morning. David's mother is waking him up to start ... tick to his child's hand and take him out in the shining day to their farm, which is 3 minutes from home. There, David learns about cows, horses, sheep, and many other farm animals. His mother teaches ... roblems, and get ideas.This is an imaginary anecdote that exemplifies some of the exciting features home schooling provides. Home schooling is gaining popularity around the globe. In the United States ...

(8 pages) 288 6 4.6 Dec/2002

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The advantages of home schooling versus public schooling.

Many families are turning to home schooling as a solution to the decaying public school system. However, home schooling is not a ... e decaying public school system. However, home schooling is not a new idea. Until the early 1900's, home education was the predominant form of education in our country. As more and more parents become ... minant form of education in our country. As more and more parents become aware of the advantages of home schooling, the number of home schoolers continues to increase.The academic side of home schooli ...

(2 pages) 86 1 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

HOME SCHOOLING This essay prove gives the many different views of home schooling from many perspectives.

HOME-SCHOOLINGHome-schooling is a very controversial issue. Home-schooling began in the United State ... tes and Canada during the late 19th century, allowing many children to obtain a formal education at home. In the 1960's and '70's some families began home-schooling their children to provide an educat ... sue subjects that stimulated the child's interest. In the 1980's and '90's even more families began home-schooling, often because of religious convictions, but also because they believe that their chi ...

(4 pages) 143 3 3.8 Jun/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Discuss educating and schooling acording John Tylor Gatto in his article "why schools don't educate" and what is the solution to this problem.

that those purposes of schools are not met and that schools do not educate. He also discusses that home schooling is better than schooling. Schooling is not an ideal way for children to get educated ... ime, they do not get positive family relationships, and they do not learn in a natural way, whereas home schooling does so.Education is the great hope for the survival of humankind and for the forward ...

(6 pages) 137 0 2.5 Aug/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

This is an essay I wrote for a porfessional ethics class about home schooling and its effects on childrens social behavior.

r private school systems. These parents are joining the growing trend of families who have opted to home school their children. According to Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Res ... children. According to Dr. Brian Ray, president of the National Home Education Research Institute, "Home education has constantly grown over the last two decades. The growth rate is 7% to 15% per year ...

(3 pages) 70 1 4.3 Oct/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

School Choice: Public Education vs. Home School.

ink of publiceducation. Through the years it is slowly changing. Many parents' today aredeciding to home school their children. Although most people think that apublic education is better, most statis ... ugh most people think that apublic education is better, most statistics and facts tend to show that homeschooling is beneficial in more ways. It is estimated that parents are nowteaching over two mill ...

(5 pages) 177 1 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Sociology

Disadvantages and advantages of home schooling. Situations in which home schooling would be better for a child and for an educational system. OPINION!!!

is is a very controversial issue for myself as I wasin 4-H while in high school and I knew a lot of home schoolers. In fact some of my good friends switched from public school to home schooling in the ... home schooling in the middle of their high school years. Some of my own opinions ondisadvantages of home schooling include the loss of cultural and economic differences, for example in most public sch ...

(2 pages) 108 0 3.0 May/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Discuss the benefits and drawbacks of home school and regular school. Which is better for a child's education?

Home schooling is when a student is educated in his house taught by a parent a tutor or both; the st ... ooling is when the student goes to an educational institution with other students. In recent years, home schooling has become more popular. Some of the brightest minds who did home schooling are "Geor ... orge Washington, Thomas Edison and Albert Einstein," but regular schooling is till more popular. Is home schooling better than regular schooling? There are a lot of advantages and disadvantages in bot ...

(5 pages) 85 1 4.8 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Very Good Paper. Argumentative essay explaining why home schooling is a good idea.

Are There Advantages to Home Schooling?"Many people turn their nose up at me and make a face of disproval when I tell them I ... l my children. It really doesn't bother me though. I feel there are a great number of advantages to home schooling my children."--Margaret Schiner. Many parents have often pondered on which type of ed ... basic K-12 education is by attending a public school. However, there is one very different option, home schooling. The advantages of home schooling are starting to be realized by more and more parent ...

(5 pages) 173 0 5.0 Sep/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays

Irene Joliot-Curie: Radiologist

to have Irene go to school along with nine other children in their own school, much like modern day home schooling or alternative schooling. The teachers there included Marie Curie,Irene went to high ...

(3 pages) 21 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Science Essays > Chemistry

Home School Education: An Upcoming Trend I never saved the final work so this may have some grammatical errors that should be fixed.

Parents are starting to lose faith in public school systems and are beginning to teach children at home. Most educators will tell you that this is a foolish act. The value and validity of home school ... of home schooling depends on several different factors.There are many reasons why parents choose to home school their children. Some parents in rural and sparsely populated areas choose to home school ...

(8 pages) 72 0 3.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Education destroys creativity. Is this true?

Everyone in the world has gone through education in one way or another, be it home-schooling or attending school. In Singapore, it is compulsory for everyone to have at least six ...

(3 pages) 54 0 3.8 Jul/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Persuasive Writing

Home schooling.

Home schooling has always been a way of life for me. I learned science living ona farm and tramping ... and was the best partof art class. The other children were mean and picked on me just because I wasHomeschooled. Lauralyn tried sticking up for me but I told her that they weren't worth it.The other ... . I remember discussing with my friend Echo howwe are better than them, and the differences between home schooling and the publicschool. I believe that my values are different thanks to home schooling ...

(4 pages) 52 0 3.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Argumentation essay on the negative effects of homeschooling your child.

fe of a 10 year old consists of waking up, eating breakfast, and going to school followed by coming home to their loving families at the end of the day. Would this routine seem complete without going ... out going to school involved? In some cases children are not sent to a public school, but taught at home by one of their parents or both. Without being sent to mingle with peers, the child most defian ...

(2 pages) 95 1 1.0 Oct/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

School vs. online education.

developed. And people no longer need to go to school in order to learn somethings new. They can do home schooling or even self-taught. Internet's become a very useful device for every uses, especiall ... at a person need to know. Moreover, there are many activities in the school that make you feel like home, like you are a member of a whole community. So that you feel please to open up your mind, your ...

(3 pages) 53 0 0.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Homeschooling is the choice for students.

detention since this would be his third tardy. His mother, who guides him through his education, is home schooling Michael. There are likely millions of other children home schooled in the world today ... or the student. The best and only alternative to deal with the problems in public schools today are home schooling.While some students handle the pressure of school very well and have few problems dur ...

(5 pages) 56 0 3.0 Dec/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

Persuassive essay regarding educational advantages of home schooling.

Advantages of Home Schooling.Home schooling allows the student greater educational and personal advantages over pu ... al and personal advantages over public school students. If you have noticed, parents have developed home schooling to have a more personal, one-to-one relationship with their children. Parents are mor ... , comfortable place that they can create and believe their children receive a better education from home schooling. Where else can children receive a more personalized, family oriented, loving educati ...

(6 pages) 186 0 3.7 Jan/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

A paper about the value of home schooling compared to public school.

nfidence in the public education of the United States as the number of students being instructed at home has increased 5% a year for the last decade. The article, "United States: Learning round the ki ... The article, "United States: Learning round the kitchen table", discusses more deeply the issue of home schooling. Some have the courage to say that standard based systems could possibly be the best ...

(5 pages) 38 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education