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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 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 varies considerably. 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.
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References
- ↑ "American School of Correspondence".
- ↑ "Calvert School".
- ↑ "Connections Academy".
- ↑ "K12 Inc".
- ↑ "Laurel Springs School".
- ↑ "Accredited & NCAA Approved | Oak Meadow Homeschool". Oak Meadow | Providers of Exceptional Homeschool Curriculum. Retrieved 2021-07-12.
- ↑ "Wolsey Hall, Oxford".
- ↑ "Aangan Chaura".
- ↑ "Griggs International Academy".
- ↑ Institute in Basic Life Principles (IBLP). "Advanced Training Institute (ATI) International".
- ↑ "A Beka Book".
- ↑ Accelerated Christian Education (ACE) Ministries. "Accelerated Christian Education".
- ↑ Bob Jones University (BJU) Press. "Total Homeschool Solutions".
- ↑ "Master Books".
- ↑ "Apologia".
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