Home Schooling Benefits and Disadvantages

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Home Schooling Benefits And Disadvantages

Although homeschooling has become an acceptable alternative to traditional educational public school systems, it continues to remain highly debated regarding it’s benefits and disadvantages.

This is especially true today when traditional educational systems are coming under increased pressure to produce results in both state funding and standardized testing.

Introduction

• A brief history of homeschooling and the effects on students.

•  The journal of college admissions notes that homeschooled students scored higher on ACT and SAT scores than those public school students. Home-educated college students perform as well or better than traditionally educated students.

•  Parental involvement in their child’s social interactions can be met through outside resources offering classes in the arts, physical education, literacy and history.

• Additional resources can be realized through the visitation of public libraries, music schools, historical tours, road trips and nature field trips.

• Homeschooling rewards and challenges transformed the relationship between children and parents to have a better understanding of learning, home education and children’s interests and goals.

Homeschooling Methodology

• Technology has contributed and helped transform access and results in homeschooling.
• This offers parents all the educational tools such as curriculum guides, workbooks, and more content.
• Lessons are tailored to the student’s ability and pace of learning.
• The development of parental co-ops, associations and supports groups have offered students exposure to socialization and relationship building.
• The goals of homeschooling are to produce favorable, competent and exceptional student results.
• Overall benefits and disadvantages to families and students embracing a homeschooled-learning environment.

Results of homeschooling

• Homeschooling will have continued growth as an alternative to conventional education.  (The US Dept of Education National Center for Education Statistics)
• Home schoolers ACT & SAT scores are higher than those of public school students. (Journal of College Admissions)
• Homeschooling is legal in all 50 states

Implications

• Will there be in increase in homeschooling in 5-10 years?
• What would be the effects on the public school system if that begins to grow?
• Will it have a dynamic on socialization in general, the stigmatization of religious implications and discrimination?

•  The impacts on a future employer’s perception of that system of education after graduating and how it is accepted by businesses.

Conclusion

• Homeschooling has become more acceptable as part of the mainstream educational system.
•  The homeschool option offers a model for continuing self education for students going into the future.

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