HOMESCHOOLING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
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HOMESCHOOLING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
School had a very important role in education. The character of school has a very big effect on students’ character. Sometimes, the school’s characters are not the one which parents wish their children have, or maybe parents do not have the same idea with the school in educating their children. There are many cases where parents decided to teach their children by themselves. This is one of the reasons why parents prefer to homeschooled their children. In fact, homeschooling is not a new thing in education field. According to Deborah Abell (2005) she mentioned that by the late 1990’s, there were over million students being homeschooled in United States and the number seem to growing quickly. While Robert Kunzman, in his journal he said that between 1999 and 2007, homeschoolers in United States increased by an estimated 74 percent which is twelve times the rate of public school growth. A diagram in a magazine indicate the reasons why parents homeschooled their children. It shows that 30% of them desire to teach religious/moral values, 31% because of the learning environment, 7% because of child health problems, and 7% because they need to accommodate the children with special needs (National Center for Education Statistic 2005). These numbers indicate that many parents are now considering homeschooled education for their children. There are many reasons why parents prefer to homeschooled their children.
Accommodate the Need of Children Children’s ability is not all the same. Some are interested in mathematics, some in science, or maybe in sports. Some can absorb the material quickly, some need longer time to understand, and some need repetition on explanation in order to understand the material whole fully. In traditional school, the teacher needs to divide their attention on how teaching children with the best method so that all the students will be able to
HOMESCHOOLING AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO TRADITIONAL SCHOOL
School had a very important role in education. The character of school has a very big effect on students’ character. Sometimes, the school’s characters are not the one which parents wish their children have, or maybe parents do not have the same idea with the school in educating their children. There are many cases where parents decided to teach their children by themselves. This is one of the reasons why parents prefer to homeschooled their children. In fact, homeschooling is not a new thing in education field. According to Deborah Abell (2005) she mentioned that by the late 1990’s, there were over million students being homeschooled in United States and the number seem to growing quickly. While Robert Kunzman, in his journal he said that between 1999 and 2007, homeschoolers in United States increased by an estimated 74 percent which is twelve times the rate of public school growth. A diagram in a magazine indicate the reasons why parents homeschooled their children. It shows that 30% of them desire to teach religious/moral values, 31% because of the learning environment, 7% because of child health problems, and 7% because they need to accommodate the children with special needs (National Center for Education Statistic 2005). These numbers indicate that many parents are now considering homeschooled education for their children. There are many reasons why parents prefer to homeschooled their children.
Accommodate the Need of Children Children’s ability is not all the same. Some are interested in mathematics, some in science, or maybe in sports. Some can absorb the material quickly, some need longer time to understand, and some need repetition on explanation in order to understand the material whole fully. In traditional school, the teacher needs to divide their attention on how teaching children with the best method so that all the students will be able to
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