Home Schooling

Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home
education or elective home education (EHE), is the education of school-aged
children at home or a variety of places other than a school. Usually conducted
by a parent, tutor, or an online teacher, many homeschool families use less
formal, more personalized and individualized methods of learning that are not
always found in schools. The actual practice of homeschooling can vary. The
spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional school
lessons to more open, free forms such as unschooling, which is a lesson- and
curriculum-free implementation of homeschooling. Some families who initially
attended a school go through a deschool phase to break away from school habits
and prepare for homeschooling. While "homeschooling" is the term
commonly used in North America, "home education" is primarily used in
Europe and many Commonwealth countries. Homeschooling should not be confused
with distance education, which generally refers to the arrangement where the
student is educated by and conforms to the requirements of an online school,
rather than being educated independently and unrestrictedly by their parents or
by themselves.

 

Before the introduction of compulsory school attendance
laws, most childhood education was done by families and local communities. By the
early 19th century, attending a school became the most common means of
education in the developed world. In the mid to late 20th century, more people
began questioning the efficiency and sustainability of school learning, which
again led to an increase in the number of homeschoolers, especially in the
Americas and some European countries. Today, homeschooling is a relatively
widespread form of education and a legal alternative to public and private
schools in many countries, which many people believe is due to the rise of the
Internet, which enables people to obtain information very quickly. There are
also nations in which homeschooling is regulated or illegal. During the
COVID-19 pandemic, many students from all over the world had to study from home
due to the danger posed by the virus. However, this was mostly implemented in
the form of distance education rather than traditional homeschooling.