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This is a draft copy of a new version of the current Homeschooling article. It is built mostly form the original article, with most of the U.S. bias removed. If it were all removed, there would be very little left. I propose that we move much of the material in the existing article to a new article called "Homeschooling in the United States" and spin-off other countries as is needed. Please feel free to discuss this.
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[edit] Homeschooling
Homeschooling, also called home education or home school, is a form of alternative education in which children are educated at home and in the community, in contrast to a compulsory education in an institution such as a state or private school. Homeschooling methods are similar to those widely used before the popularization of state schools in the 19th century. Before this time, the majority of education worldwide was provided at home, with only the priviledged attending private schools, the only available alternative at the time.
Homeschooling is a term first used in the late 1970's as a complement to the term unschooling, coined in 1977 by John Holt in his alternative education magazine Growing Without Schooling. In the beginning the two terms were used synonymously but eventually their meanings diverged. Homeschooling became used to refer to any education that took place outside a compulsory school setting, while the definition of unschooling became more focused. Homeschooling is also largely in contrast to those who are self-taught in that the child is still motivated and guided by parents rather than being largely self-directed.
[edit] Overview
Homeschooling exists legally in many parts of the world. Countries with the most prevalent home education movements include the United States, the United Kingom, and Australia. Some countries have highly regulated home education programs which are actually an extension of the compulsory school system, while others have outlawed it entirely. In many other countries, while not restricted by law, homeschooling is not socially acceptable and, therefore, virtually non-existent. Individual motivations to homeschool, homeschooling methods, and results of homeschooling (both social and academic) are varied, and are the source of vibrant debate.
In many countries where homeschooling does not exist legally, underground movements flourish where children are kept out of the state school system and educated at, sometimes, considerable risk. Still, in other countries, while homeschooling is illegal, the governments do not have the resources to police and prosecute offenders and, as such, it takes place largely in the open.
[edit] Homeschooling internationally
[edit] Australia & New Zealand
About 26,000 children in Australia & New Zealand are involved in homeschooling.[1]
[edit] United Kingdom
An estimated 90,000 children are considered "home-educated" in the United Kingdom.[2]
[edit] United States
In the United States, homeschooling is the focus of a substantial movement among parents who wish to provide their children with a custom or more complete education, which they feel is unattainable in most private schools or the state governments' public school systems. While a growing number of families in the U.S. are educating their children at home, the vast majority of families still prefer an institutional setting for their children.
In 2003 about 1.1 million children (up 29% from 850,000 in 1999) were home educated on the United States[3]. A desire to provide religious or moral instruction, and a desire to provide a better learning evironment are among the most common reasons for homeschooling. Other reasons include: more flexibility in adapting educational practices for children with learning disabilities or illnesses; allowing the introduction of more non-traditional studies, such as Latin and agriculture; and providing more hands-on methods of learning such as unschooling.
[edit] Other countries
[edit] Notable home educated individuals
- Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Germany
- Thomas Edison, United States
- Albert Einstein, Germany
- Adam Yahiye Gadahn, United States/Pakistan (suspected Al Qaeda member)
- Pierre-Gilles de Gennes, France
- Charles Evans Hughes, United States
- Ruth Lawrence, Israel/United Kingdom/United States (disillusioned)
- Bode Miller, United States
- Evelyn de Morgan, United Kingdom
- Clara Muhammad, United States
- Rosa Parks, United States
- Susan La Flesche Picotte, United States
- Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Russia
- Roman Vishniac, Russia/United States
- Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz, Poland
[edit] See also
[edit] Resources
- Teach Your Own by John Holt and Patrick Farenga
[edit] External links
[edit] General
- Gifted Homeschoolers Forum A California-based national association for families homeschooling gifted children.
- Home Education UK - Contains links to UK, US, European and Australian home education organisations.
- IndigoExtra - provides information and links on home education in Europe.
- The Old Schoolhouse Magazine Large, diverse homeschooling magazines with international distribution.
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