traditional schooling
Standard institutional learning
Traditional schooling is education delivered through the conventional institutional model: students gathered in classrooms, organized by age into grades, following a set curriculum under teacher instruction.
The term usually appears in contrast to alternatives—homeschooling, online learning, or unschooling: We considered Montessori but decided on traditional schooling.
It implies brick-and-mortar schools with fixed schedules, standardized testing, and credentialed teachers.
- hall passStudent's corridor permit
- report cardsStudent progress evaluations
- honor rollAcademic achievement roster
- homeroomMorning check-in classroom
- class presidentElected pupil representative
standardized tests · pop quiz · lecture · rote learning · teacher's pet · homework assignments · graduation ceremonies · parent-teacher conferences · extracurricular activities · show and tell · quizzes · memorization · classroom management · detention room · cafeteria · recess bell · field trips · Socratic method
traditional schoolinghomeschooling
Family-directed academic instruction
home education · distance learning · remote learning · unschooling · e-learning
traditional schoolingprogressive education
Child-centered pedagogical approach
Montessori education · democratic education · unschooling · open classroom · alternative education
traditional schoolingdigital learning
Education delivered electronically
online education · blended learning · hybrid learning · MOOCs · asynchronous learning
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