For several years now, the trend of abandoning school education in favor of educating a child at home with the subsequent passing of exams in the form of external studies has been gaining popularity. Both systems, both school and home-based, have their own supporters and opponents who give arguments both in defense and against each of the systems. Let's dwell on each of them.
So what is education? Education can conditionally be divided into two main components: firstly, it is directly the educational component, that is, the childās assimilation of a certain minimum of knowledge in various fields of science (exact, humanitarian, etc.), and secondly, this is the educational component. In a broader sense, the latter can be called the socialization of the child. In which of these components is the best assimilation of special knowledge?
Knowledge level
In this or that case, it is necessary to check the level of knowledge through any control measures (exams, tests, and so on). According to the Federal State Educational Standard, home-based education is knocked out of the traditional structure, which greatly complicates the adjustment of the child to a certain standard.
How are control activities at school? If the child cannot cope with the task, that is, is not certified, then, of course, this leaves an imprint on his fate and the fate of the institution in the future. Thus, schools will never be interested in a large number of underperforming students. Therefore, any certification is primarily carried out for the school, and not for students. Of course, even if there are a huge number of underperforming students, certification will be passed. In the case of home-based education, there is no such interest. Which, of course, increases demand from a child who has refused to study in the system. In the exam, such a child can be interrogated with a passion. After all, what stands out is what attracts the attention of others. One has only to recall an experiment with a monkey: several cubes and a ball are placed in front of her, and she, of course, chooses the ball, but when only cubes are placed in front of her, and all but one (red) are yellow, she chooses red.
In light of these factors, the certification of homeworkers is becoming a tougher test for children. However, thanks to this, the knowledge of the student at home will be many times greater than the knowledge of an ordinary student. Someone may oppose selective study of subjects at home, but do not children at school choose their favorite subjects for which they have more abilities? Therefore, home schooling is not inferior to the school curriculum. Russian language or mathematics will be a priority - it will already show time.
School socialization
At school, this is, firstly, communication with the teacher, and secondly, communication with peers (the team). Unfortunately, the dominance of the teacher over the student is clearly manifested in schools, which gives the command an executive-executive tone. Churchill also claimed that in the hands of the school teacher there is power that the prime minister did not even dream of. Such communication develops several aspects of a childās character at once. Here and the ability to get out, and humiliate, obey. Such socialization makes people mentally disabled, because they do not know how to communicate on equal terms. This is a direct road to civil servants. Such people are extremely resourceful, cunning, but they have to be put in place, as in a wolf pack, otherwise, having felt at least a small fraction of superiority over others, they begin to be rude.
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Now let's talk about which children are transferred to home schooling. Sometimes itās really not worth raping a person. It is better to give her a harmonious development through family education. There are many reasons why parents do not send their children to schools.
Reasons for transferring a child to home schooling:
1. In the case when mentally the child is an order of magnitude ahead of their peers. For example, he already knows how to read and write, has independently mastered the program of primary classes. Such a child, once in an environment where he already understands and knows everything, can dramatically lose interest in learning in general. There is also a fallback option for such children - to go to school by jumping several classes. But this approach does not guarantee the full adaptation of the child to environmental conditions, given the development of mental and physiological.
2. If your child is seriously interested in some business that could become his future profession. For example, a musician, artist and so on. It is difficult and unproductive to mix this activity with school.
3. If the work of parents requires constant moving, which does not positively affect the condition of the child. A change of environment is already enough stress, what can we say about social adaptation in each new school.
4. When parents refuse to send their child to an educational institution for moral, ideological or other reasons.
5. It often happens that if a child has serious health problems, parents think about how to transfer a disabled child to home schooling. Usually parents arrange with teachers to come to teach their son or daughter at home.
How to transfer a child to home schooling
First you need to find out the situation in the chosen educational institution. His charter should contain a clause on home schooling, otherwise expect a refusal. Then you will have to contact other places or directly to the education department of the local administration to provide you with a list of schools with home education included in the charter.
Very few documents will be required in order to provide education for the child at home. You will need the following: a childās birth certificate or passport, a statement on the transition to home schooling, as well as medical certificates in case the childās health condition caused the transfer.
If the parents themselves decide to give their child a family education, they will need to perform simple steps. Namely: to collect documents, write a statement, if the child switches to this type of training for health reasons, then parents need to contact the local doctor for a referral to a psychological, medical and pedagogical consultation, where it will be decided whether to transfer the child to home education.
An application for transfer to home schooling is written in the name of the school principal, but it is also likely that he will not want to take on such responsibility and redirect the application to the education department. As an option - write a statement immediately to the administration.
This statement should reflect the number of subjects and hours set for home study.
How to transfer a child to home schooling? It is necessary to coordinate the schedule of classes with the school administration. Planning home schooling can be provided to school teachers, or you can independently develop your own methodology, based on the hobbies of the child.
There are several varieties of home education:
1) Home-based training. With this approach, school teachers draw up an individual plan of instruction : teachers come to the house and read objects according to the schedule. This type of education is usually prescribed if there is a medical condition.
2) External studies. The child studies the school curriculum either on his own or with the help of his parents. Training takes place at a convenient pace and mode. This technique involves independent control over the exams, for example, a child can master a two-year program in one year and break ahead of their peers in development.
3) Self-study. In this case, the child chooses the learning style himself, parents do not take any part in this. Nevertheless, all types of home schooling require a child to attend school twice a year to pass exams. After all, the only way he will be able to get a certificate of secondary education. Therefore, parents need to weigh the pros and cons before sending a child to school or teaching at home.
Step forward or back?
Now in the world of digital technology, Internet communication and the surge of social networks, it has become real to even learn not only at home, but also virtually. For example, in Germany they even opened the first virtual school.
Now school is not a place to raise a child. Only 20-30 years ago, knowledge was obtained only from books, but now the range of sources on the Internet is simply massive. This will greatly facilitate the task for parents and the child to create the right direction of home schooling.
The school is no longer a stronghold of a moral or moral pattern. At home, you can choose individual lessons for your own child, based on his interests, hobbies, hobbies. So, over time, he will learn how to independently distribute his free time in order to get the maximum benefit. Of course, the child has more free time after switching to home schooling, but this should not be abused, because time is our builder. Offer your child various activities, praise for trying and inspire new achievements.
Replace school with an online academy!
Of course, many parents are unlikely to devote enough time to their child. In this case, online training comes to the rescue. On the Internet there are whole academies for young professionals, filled with videos of various topics and levels. It is worth noting that such academies provide their services for free.
Today, many universities in the world began to conduct online lectures. The only obstacle may be knowledge of the language, but this does not stop you from studying English, German and other languages āāat home through online resources, tutors, and so on. Everything is solvable.
Knowledge or skills?
The school requires an assessment, and in life, children will need skills. For example, performance. "I want - I do not want" is not quoted here. To become a good specialist, you need to operate skills every day. Such a skill is developed not only in an educational institution, but in studies as an interesting and useful thing, such as sports, designing models, and creating computer games. Very important is the skill of achieving the result. It is difficult to form such a skill in school due to the fact that the time schedule does not allow the child to immerse himself in knowledge and put it into practice. As soon as the child begins to delve into, 45 minutes of school time ends, and he has to urgently reconfigure. This method has become obsolete, because memory does not have time to put the acquired knowledge into a separate āfileā in the studentās brain. As a result, school lessons turn into a time that you just need to āsurviveā. Learning, like any process, should bring results. Started - finished - got the result. Such a scheme will teach not only patience, ability to work, but also will raise the volitional qualities of the child.
Communication
The myth that there is live communication at school is long outdated. Everyone knows that at school, the student must be silent, attract less attention and generally be quieter than water, below the grass. Only at events in an informal setting is it realistic to build a full-fledged communication.
As practice shows, children with a lot of interests who attend various circles and sections are more socially adapted than those who are silent in a rag throughout the lesson. Does it make sense to rape your children just because the system has prescribed? Give your children communication, confidence, and then all the roads in front of them will be open!
Grades
Assessments are just a subjective vision of certain people. They should not affect your relationship with your child. Many famous people did not bother at all about grades and tests, because they realized in time that at school they were losing their precious time, which they could spend on improving their skills and abilities.
Cultivation of interest in a child
Encourage in every possible way any manifestation of interest in the child. Any hobby is already wonderful, even if something seems frivolous to you. Let the children be children. The period for recognition is the age of 9 to 13 years. You need to carefully listen to all the dreams of your child and give him the opportunity to realize his aspirations. As long as he has a job that he can do without respite, as long as he is ready to invest his energy, he has important life skills.
Lay protection
Not every teacher is a true teacher, which is worth listening to. There are teachers who can use physical assault or swearing during the lesson. If this happens to someone, you should not be silent about this. Only through reforms can development and improvement be achieved.
Believe in your baby
Only you can take his side, you are his support and protection. The whole world is against your child, take his side and support his hobbies and interests.
The decision to transfer the child to home education, or home-schooling, as they call it now, rests entirely with the parents, they will have to take responsibility for the future of their child. And if you look like this, isn't that their prerogative? Why on earth should the fate of your children be decided by other people's uncles, teachers, officials, and others like them?
Advice before transferring to home-skilling
Before transferring a child to home schooling, he must first be shown to an experienced psychologist. Only by putting together the puzzle of the characteristics of character, type of thinking, you can determine the temperament of the offspring. It is this procedure that will help to determine if he is ready for home-scrolling.
So, we told you how to transfer a child to home schooling and in what cases it is worth doing. Now you can make the right decision.