Educating children at home
by Thomas, Alan
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 a…
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- Full title :Educating children at home / Alan Thomas.
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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 a.
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- Publication Date:1998.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Cassell
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1998.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (vii, 140 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9786611783860, 6611783865, 1281783862, 9781281783868, 082644671X, 9780826446718
- oclc:ocn320324981
- LC Classification:LC40
- Dewey Decimal:649.68
Table of Contents
Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Background I: Teaching Children Individually; 3 Theoretical Background II: Learning in the Early Years; 4 Why Do Parents Choose to Educate Their Children at Home?; 5 Teaching at Home; 6 Becoming Less Formal; 7 Informal Learning; 8 A Chronicle of Informal Learning; 9 Literacy; 10 Social Aspects; 11 A Different Kind of Education; References; Index of families; Name index
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