Homeschooling: Alternative Education and Independent Study

Homeschooling Homeschooling; when people hear this word, they imagine socially awkward kids who sit at home and live a carefree life. However, this stereotype fails to capture the true essence of homeschooling. Hello class, today I will inform you about homeschooling. Today you will all learn what homeschooling is, the different types of homeschooling, and how it compares to public education. Many of you don’t know what homeschooling is, so let me tell you! Homeschooling is the education of children at home, typically by parents or by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school. Homeschooling is a legal option for parents in many countries, allowing them to provide their children with a learning environment as an alternative to public or private schools outside the individual's home. Parents cite numerous reasons as motivations to homeschool their children. The three reasons that are selected by the majority of homeschooling parents in the United States are concern about the school environment, to provide religious or moral instruction, and dissatisfaction with academic instruction at public and private schools. Homeschooling can be an option for families living in isolated rural locations, living temporarily abroad, to allow for more traveling or a hectic lifestyle. Many young athletes and actors are taught at home. Homeschooling can be used as a form of supplementary education, a way of helping children learn in specific circumstances, as it allows for extensive one on one time between the teacher and the student. While homeschooling is a relatively simple concept, there are a wide variety of applications of this central idea. There are actually three main branches of homeschooling, each with its own unique attributes. The most unique common types of homeschooling are independent studies, charter homeschooling, and unschooling. The first type of homeschooling is Independent Study. Independent study is a different way of