home schooling

Parent-taught curriculum

Home schooling is educating children at home rather than sending them to a traditional school.

Parents or tutors provide instruction, following either structured curricula or flexible approaches.

The practice appeals to families for religious, philosophical, or practical reasons: They chose home schooling after moving overseas.

Also spelled as one word: homeschooling.

approach

curriculum

Educational program's content plan

tutoring · unschooling · Montessori · classical · eclectic · self-directed · project-based · structured · deschooling · co-op

flexibility

self-paced

Controlled by the learner

tailored · individualized · one-on-one · personalized · schedule · routine · autonomous · independent · spontaneous · informal

family

parent-teacher

Family-school liaison pair

living room · family room · bonding · values · faith-based · secular · lifestyle · togetherness · household duties · field trips

academics

literacy

Ability to read, write

study · textbook · homework · assessment · workbook · reading · writing · arithmetic · science · history

Categories
Opposites
educational setting/location

home schoolingpublic school

Free government-run education

traditional schooling · private school · boarding school · day school · school

instructional authority

home schoolingpublic education

Communal, tax-funded schooling

compulsory schooling

social structure of learning

home schoolingclassroom learning

Instruction in a school setting

group instruction · mass education

Family

homeschooling

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