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Natalie Esparza

Nadine Hamideh

Mariam Abusbaiha

Home Schooling ''Introduction

Homeschooling is when a child goes through basic courses and lessons that one would take at school within their own home. There are many different viewpoints on homeschooling. Homeschooling is a universal topic that many parents are debating about whether or not they should homeschool their children. There are many aspects to homeschooling, there are both benefits and downfalls as well. Throughout this wiki you will be able to have a better understanding of homeschooling and learn about the methods of homeschooling, the pros and cons and a parents opinion on homeschooling.

'''Research Conducted

“Why Parents Choose Homeschooling”'''

Many parents have their own point of views and parenting styles on how to raise their children. Like what religion they want to have in their house, their eating habits, or in this case rather they go to a public school or homeschooled. In an article called “Why Parents Choose Homeschooling” by Chris Jeub who is a parent that has decided to tutor his children instead of enrolling them in a public school. He has four reasons to why he decided to go down that path with his family; they are social, academic, family and religion. Jeub believes that even if a child is being homeschooled their are still ways for children to develop their social skills. He does agree that you can get the social skills easier by going to public schools with students with the same age range, but homeschooled students have many opportunities to interact with people and children their own age. They can join community clubs or community sport teams. Jeub states, “Of course, not all socialization is good for a child. For example,...drugs, alcohol, tobacco,.... The positive side of socialization- sharing, respect, communication…” (1994). There is good and bad when it comes to socializing regardless of where you go to school. The students should take it upon themselves to notice the negative parts of socializing with the wrong types of peers. What mostly influenced Chris Jeub’s decision from picking homeschooling or public school was for the academic standpoint of homeschooling. Many famous and successful people were homeschooled like, Benjamin Franklin, Charles Dickens, Charlie Chaplin, etc. Teaching students shouldn’t just be teaching that subject and only that but colliding with other subjects where they connected and flow together. Chris is an English teacher and what he does for his children is incorporate science, history, math, etc. to his literature lessons so they can explore more then just one lesson at a time.” When [Chris] teach English, I am not merely teaching my students what I learned in college. [He] is teaching children to love literature and to passionately engage in language arts”(1994). This is why Chris made the decision to homeschool his children so they are just being taught but learn to love and understand education. Another reason to have his children be homeschooled was for family. He states that it’s not because he wants to shelter his kids like society may think instead its to have a better and wholesome connection with his family. After all a strong,functional family create exceptional students compared to a family that may have some problems at home. His last reason is religion, he states that many schools don’t talk about religion or bringing up important religion facts about famous US leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. who was a reverend, or John F. Kennedy who was the first Catholic who became president. He believes that instead of schools and religion working side-by-side they would rather not discuss religion. Chris Jeub has many great thoughts and reasons to why he choose homeschooling instead of public school. Many other parents may agree or disagree with his points but every parent has their own view on how to bring up their children. We all can agree that parents want what’s best for their children rather its public school or homeschooling, because at the end of the day we love our kids.

'''Methods/ Participation/ Procedures

TYPES OF HOMESCHOOLING'''

An article titled “Different types of Homeschooling Methods Explained!’ by someone who just goes by Jennifer on her website/blog The Relaxed Homeschool”. In the article, Jennifer mentions 7 types/methods of homeschooling- Unschooling, Internet School, Charlotte Mason, School-At-Home,Unit Studies, Classical Homeschooling, Eclectic Homeschooling. In unschooling there is nothing orderly,and no set plan. The parents, or ‘unschoolers’ let their children be in charge and take lead while they follow their child and the child’s passions. “Unschoolers might follow their child’s love of animals with trips to the zoo, hiking to study wildlife, creating backyard maps of birds and animals close to home and lots of reading on the subject” (therelaxedhomeschool.com). In internet school, many families are noticing different approaches to combine public school with homeschooling. “Several states offer full internet-based curriculum free residents and at a fee to non-residents. You can do an entire grade online or just one or two classes” (therelaxedhomeschool.com). Each class has its own real teacher who shares their email and phone to assist the child when needed. The only time children who are full time internet students enter a classroom is for standardized testing which is annually. Internet school is an exciting opportunity if a parent is pulling an older student that is competent of working moderately individually outside of school. The Charlotte Mason method of homeschool indicates that children learn best by play and real-life experiences. Attention is arranged in play, field trips, and outdoor activities. “Children demonstrate their knowledge through discussions and narration rather than testing” (the relaxedhomeschool.com). The method school-at-home for homeschooling generally contains purchasing a full curriculum for each student. Not only school-at-home method is expensive, but it is also likely to burn out the parent/teacher.

Families who use unit studies uses it as a way of learning to target one subject that includes historical, scientific, fiction, and form a study that lasts one to six weeks about that specific subject. The other subjects are taught in partnership with the focus of the subject.

Classical homeschooling is ‘based on the models of schooling begun in the middle ages.Classical homeschooling breaks learning down into three stages called Trivium.’ The method is meant to boost children who know how to discover information, digesting it, verifying it, and communicating with it. Lastly, in eclectic homeschooling, its the phenomenon for most homeschooling families. As a student navigates through the homeschooling adventure they can find themselves picking and choosing parts of all the approaches that function and those that don't function for the family. The mix is continually developing. “There is no right or wrong way to homeschool. Take into account your lifestyle, your tolerance for mess and for planning ahead and also consider how your child learns best. Enjoy the flexibility afforded by homeschooling and try a little bit of everything” (Jennifer).

'''Results and Findings

Pros of Homeschooling'''

A positive aspect of homeschooling can be having a better family bond. Due to the child being at home with the parents and having a better connection. Also making it easier for them to bond and talk with one another. Another positive aspect in terms for the parents would be that they would know exactly what their children would be doing on a daily basis and would know exactly what they are learning as well as the materials being taught. A parent can also teach the children the way they want to teach them. According to the article, Why do Parents Choose Homeschooling, “ I teach children to love literature and to passionately engage in language arts”(1994). Through this article it's noticed that a parents teaching style differs from a traditional school setting and can sometimes be beneficial in terms of being more passionate about the subjects and topics being learned. It's also something they can take with them and remember throughout all their life. Another pro of homeschooling is having no distractions thus resulting in better academic results. The students can be more focused on subject material and if needed help they have easy access to one on one tutoring and help from the parent. For example, a friend of mine who used to be homeschooled and recently entered college at the age of 16 due to her high academic achievements and testing skills. This goes to show that homeschooling can be of benefit when it comes to a students education and help them be successful in life.

Cons of Homeschooling

One of the biggest cons of homeschooling is socialization, in terms of not being able to interact and collaborate with other students. Since many more students nowadays are being homeschooled there has been a rise in anti social behavior. According to the Article: What Homeschooling gets wrong about socialization, “There are now 3.5 million children each year being homeschooled, which means there are now more children enrolled in at-home programs than in charter schools”. With a rise in more students being homeschooled it has a negative effect on the community because that mean more and more students are becoming less social. Due to the fact that students who are homeschooled have no outside connections with other students. It's simply just them in a room alone, which is a big downfall when it comes to socialization. Because that student won't be able to communicate with other students his/her age. It can be very frustrating when a child doesn't have any friends let alone any other connections besides his/her family. According to the article: The negative effects and aspects of homeschooling, “Forming bonds and socializing with children their own age is important for the child’s developmental health and development of social skills. If home schooled, they may be deprived of the chance to form friendships and may suffer socially”. This goes to show that students who are homeschooled don’t really have many connections with friends nor do they get participate in class activities or group projects thus lowering their socialization skills as well as collaboration skills. It's also very important for a child's health to make friends and communicate with kids their age. Another negative factor of homeschooling is the lack of facilities. When a child is being homeschooled they may not have all the resources and materials given at a normal school. It would also have a big lack in fitness material such as a well equipped gym and track field. Children need a good amount of exercise weekly. According to the article: The negative effects and aspects of homeschooling, “The home would also lack facilities for sports like swimming pools, running tracks, gyms, and fields”. Without these advantages the student is truly at a loss in terms of their overall health and fitness.

Interpretation of Results

The pros and cons vs. the article “Why Parents Choose Homeschooling” by Chris Jeub both have great reasons and examples to support both sides of homeschooling. Being able to understand what benefits both homeschooling and public schools can do for a student. Having the results and having the point of view of an actual parent who has chosen the homeschooling route lets us see multiple windows of both sides.

'''Impact on ESL Teacher Instruction '''

For Esl Teacher Instructions, there are some differences when it comes to homeschooling. It’s different when a child has there parent teaching them. Rather than a situation where there is an accredited bilingual teacher teaching them in a traditional school setting. When homeschooled a child can learn different languages by online programs and having translators or tutors come in. It can be of a challenge for them to become bilingual because of the lack of resources and the overall setting in which they practice in.

Citation Page http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept94/vol52/num01/Why-Parents-Choose-Home-Schooling.aspx

http://www.middleschool.net/negative-homeschooling.htm

https://www.popsugar.com/moms/How-Homeschooling-Doesnt-Help-Socialization-44028681

http://therelaxedhomeschool.com/different-types-of-homescooling-methods-explained/

Roles

Natalie: Research Conducted and Interpretation of Results

Nadine: Introduction, Results and Findings, and Impact on ESL instruction

Mariam: Methods/ Participation and Procedures