Advantages And Dissadvantages Of Home Learning
Advantages of home education
Children who are educated at home:
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receive far more individual attention than they would in an ordinary classroom
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can learn at their own pace, and follow their own interests, unhampered by the National Curriculum which home learners are not required to follow.
Advocates of home education say this means children are better motivated and have greater self-discipline.
Research carried out at Durham University indicates that children are also likely to make far better academic progress than their peers who attend ordinary schools.
Disadvantages of home education
Critics of home based learning worry that
children miss out on the opportunities at school to interact with their peers and develop social skills.
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parents will not be aware of the latest educational developments.
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children can't take advantage of laboratories, gyms and other school resources.
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the breadth of children's learning and their progress will not be adequately monitored - especially as they do not have to follow the National Curriculum or take SATs.
First published by Parent Source|
