Several families have indicated that 'home schooling' for their children is their education preference. The systems mooted vary from using their own curriculum to taking advantage of 'School Of The Air'. School of the Air conducts classes from Charters Towers via the phone and Internet and provide the computers etc on a hire basis. Students have their own teachers and can communicate in Internet-group classes.
There are 2 or 3 school camps per year where students meet their cyber class mates and teachers in person. There are widely differing opinions on the possible outcomes. These centre around educational competitiveness in the greater community to socialisation issues. It is unclear as to what extent TBC should actively provide material and social support for these systems; Therefore some dialogue needs to be entered into.
Sites worth visiting are Queensland's Distance Education or Unschooling
Saturday, April 5, 2008
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Perhaps those wishing to engage in home schooling can pool their skills and build a School-Group.
ReplyDeleteGood Idea. My Grandfather and other people in his area got together and built a school house on the property. My father, his brothers and kids from the surrounding area had their primary school education there.
ReplyDeleteScott
I find the idea of unschooling inspiring and appropriate http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
ReplyDeleteScott
The link to unschooling is most interesting. I believe that no matter what system of edication is employed there will be benefits and negatives. I suspect that the best system is an amalgum of all of them. It is just a matter of choosing system to suit the circumstances.
ReplyDeleteI am an experienced teacher with Distance Ed
ReplyDeleteIt is essential for the home tutor to be actively involved daily so at the end of the day if the community have a tutor preferable trained teacher it could work but left up to the Dist ed facility alone is not good.
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