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Written by Kayley Kenzie   
Friday, 21 March 2008
The idea of homeschooling is straightforward: Home education is a teaching method conducted in the family's home instead of at a public or private school. There was a time when all schooling was done at home; there were no public schools.
by KayleyKenzie


The idea of homeschooling is straightforward: Home education is a teaching method conducted in the family's home instead of at a public or private school. There was a time when all schooling was done at home; there were no public schools.

Occasionally there were also small community centers for learning. Homeschool history is varied and rich, since it was the first tool of instruction.

If a child had an education to speak of, or was instructed by private tutors, he or she was seen as being advantaged. These children usually had important or wealthy families.

The only real way to get an education was in an informal home setting. The parents were usually the main providers of education, but sometimes there were local teachers who would lend a hand.

It's no secret that before the public education system was implemented, the United States had already experienced its literacy peak. This is an important fact to remember in homeschool history.

Schooling and educational methods started undergoing a lot of changes in the 1800s. One of the most major changes was implementing laws for compulsory school attendance. The government made it known that education was a human right: Children were entitled to receive a public education.

Throughout the years, there has been a lot of debate over the success of public education. Some people have even been known to say that the current school system is harming younger children, especially males because they mature slower.

Studies have been conducted to study the effects of formal education on children between the ages of eight and twelve.

According to this research, it was found that formal schooling was damaging to children mentally and physically. Sometimes the negativity produced behavioral problems.

According to the tests conducted in the 1970s for these studies, illiterate tribal mothers did a better job raising their children to be more socially and emotionally advanced than people educating children in the West.

The conclusion was that this emotional advancement was largely due to the bond that exists between parents and children. The bond is weakened with formal education.

Parents bank on homeschool history when they pick and choose from a variety of curricula and teaching methods for educating their children. Schooling is done in a secure environment, but children are usually still mandated to pass required tests.

Most parents who decide to homeschool their children do it because they want their children to have the best education possible.

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