The Historical Case for Homeschooling
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- čas přidán 8. 10. 2023
- Homeschooling is the de facto form of education for mankind. If you were born before the early 1800's, you were probably home educated. Though universities have existed for centuries, secondary education was a luxury afforded by few and assumed a pre-existing primary education for admitted students. If you happened to be the children of nobles, you might have been educated by someone other than your parents, such as a tutor or a private school, but this was the exception. In this video we dive into the history of homeschooling.
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It is precisely because I was a teacher for over 30 years that I believe that, with some exceptions, homeschooling is better for most children.
That's a good data point... We are currently homeschooling all our kids. Tough but worth it.
I just finished reading John Holt’s “how children learn” and “teach your own.”
This is exactly what I've been thinking all this time but couldn't find anyone to share with. The feeling that public schools are something very...foul. It serves as a playground for bullies of all short gaining a stage to show off, offering little support for personal knowledge advancement. The curriculum is itself dumb. Time constraints of this system make deep learning and true understanding of any subject impossible. As a student, you have to chase after the scores, the fake achievements, all misleading.
I swore to myself I’d never abuse my children by putting them through public school
Keep it up!
thank you!
Great video and very clear narrative. Thanks!
The public education is doomed to fail as so many reforms have taken place in all nations around the world but they're never enough.
I think the real problem with homeschooling isn’t education, but social integration.
What modern schools offer is, on top of everything, a group of same-age people to relate to, that you can’t find somewhere else consistently.
A boy is gonna feel left out socially and unable to relate, more than any gain in education imho, because the cultural impact of school in gigantic for the better or worse.
Shyers, in 'A comparison of social adjustment between home and traditionally schooled students,' found that conventionally schooled children showed eight times the antisocial behavior of homeschooled children. The study showed homeschool children were more likely to share, cooperate, and encourage one another than conventionally schooled children. 'Self-concept in home-schooling children' by Taylor showed that using the Piers-Harris Children's Self-Concept Scale, half of the conventionally schooled children scored at or below the 50th percentile (in self-concept), while only 10.3% of the home-schooling children did so. This means homeschoolers are less depressed, less lonely, and more confident than their conventionally schooled peers. In a survey of 7,300 adults, it was found that homeschool graduates are active and involved in their communities. 71% participate in an ongoing community service activity, like coaching a sports team, volunteering at a school, or working with a church or neighborhood association, compared with 37% of U.S. adults of similar ages from a conventional education background.
Homeschool graduates are more involved in civic affairs and vote in much higher percentages than their peers. 76% of those surveyed between the ages of 18 and 24 voted within the last five years, compared with only 29% of the corresponding U.S. populace. 58.9% report that they are "very happy" with life, compared with 27.6% for the general U.S. population. 73.2% find life "exciting", compared with 47.3%. In short, no, they do not feel left out or unable to relate, quite the opposite in fact.