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Learning 
Approaches
Child's
Learning Assets
The natural order of things is that children do their learning
"job" by first collecting information so that when
it comes time to think in the abstract, they have lots of information
to work with. By Linda Dobson [HEM].
Five
Educational Philosophies
Essentialism, Progressivism, Perennialism Existentialism, and
Behaviorism. Taken together, these five schools of thought do
not exhaust the list of possible educational philosophies you
may adopt, but they certainly present strong frameworks from
which you can create your own educational philosophy.
Implicit
versus Explicit Learning
The ability to play the game versus knowing the rules of the
game. By Renée Fuller, Ph.D.
Learning About Learning
Frank Smith wrote a set of conditions that must exist in order to prevent the lesson, "I can't learn" from being learned." He called it the Learners' Manifesto.
Learning
Styles and Hemispheric Dominance
Is your learning style at odds with that of your child's? Even
though I am a very patient person and consider myself to be attuned
to my children and their needs, I became extremely frustrated
by the fact that many of the resources I found natural to use
did not seem to appeal to my children. By Karen Gibson.
Learning
Styles: The Many Faces of Home Education
Perhaps homeschooling's most precious advantage is that it is
completely malleable; it can be shaped to whatever you need it
to be. Instead of forcing your child to fit into public education,
you have the chance to mold education around your child. Tamara
Orr, HEM S/O '04.
Teachability
The teachability factor constitutes a significant part of the
learning equation, much more so than does intelligence, but it
has largely been taken for granted. By Dr. Gordon Neufeld.
Concerns
Failing
To Succeed
Unfortunately, when people concentrate on trying to avoid failure
rather than trying to succeed, problems arise. By Billy Greer.
Learning 101
We have the chance to fill our children's heads with the "big picture" material, rather than the capitols of all the states, the multiplication tables, or the names of all past presidents. By Tamra Orr, HEM J/F 08.
How
do Homeschooling Parents Know their Children are Learning?
By Jan Hunt. The answer to this question is, to put it most simply,
direct observation.
Making
Mistakes and Thinking for Yourself
I want my children, all children, to have the chance to understand
the valuable role of mistakes in life. Jana Mohr Lone, HEM Nov/Dec00.
Much
Too Early
This popular author and Professor of Child Development explains
the realistic educational needs of young children. By David Elkind.
The
Parent-Teacher Conference
A humourous look at "schoolish" expectations and homeschooling.
Testing Homeschoolers
AN A TO Z ARTICLE
Are the children learning? Should you test? Must you test? If
you must, how do you locate testing services? From your Homeschooling
Guide.
The
Things I Really Want My Kids to Learn
If I were writing a curriculum today, I would include growing
a garden and knowing how to make a shelter anytime, anywhere,
from what's at hand. by Sue Smith-Heavenrich, HEM S/O 03.
Use
Summarizing to Monitor Understanding,
To clarify thinking, and strengthen learning. A summary is a
wrap-upa general picture of the informationmuch like
TV networks produce at the end of the year. From KidBibs,
by Joyce Melton Pagés.
The
Self-Directed Learner
Critical
and Creative Thinking - Bloom's Taxonomy
Benjamin Bloom (1956) developed a classification of levels of
intellectual behavior in learning. This taxonomy contained three
overlapping domains: the cognitive, psychomotor, and affective.
Within the cognitive domain, he identified six levels: knowledge,
comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
Freedom
and Adult Education
Adult education usually carries with it some connotation of a
struggle with literacy. By Charles D. Hayes, HEM M/J 99.
Hole-In-The-Wall
An Indian physicist puts a PC with a high speed internet connection
in a wall in the slums and watches what happens. He calls this
method of computer literacy education "Noninvasive education."
The
Importance of Pleasure in Play
We learn best when we are having fun. Play, more than any other
activity, fuels healthy development of children - and the continued
healthy development of adults. More articles by Bruce
Duncan Perry, M.D., Ph.D.
Islands
of Expertise
Why do children become such specialists? "Islands of expertise"
is a term coined by Kevin Crowley, Ph.D., an educational researcher
at University of Pittsburgh who studies the ways that children
and parents learn together in museums. by Eric D. Gyllenhaal.
Learning
How To Think
Learning to be thinkers rather than mere reflectors of others'
thoughts should be a constant goal in the education of your children,
both for their academic achievement and for character's sake.
By Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore.
Nurturing
Children's Natural Love of Learning
We trust the children to know when they are ready to learn and
what they are interested in learning. We trust them to know how
to go about learning. By Jan Hunt.
Philosophy
and Learning at Home
Wondering with children is one of my favorite pastimes. Wondering
about the world, marveling at it, examining it, freely and carefully
puzzling about it, is essential to childhood. By Jana Mohr Lone.
[HEM]
Project
Zero's Research Projects
Research at Harvard, lead by Howard Gardner, into how to help
your child develop thinking strategies for creative problem solving.
The
Secret Lives of Children
I have discovered, despite my all-seeing eyes, my all-hearing
ears and my never-stop-talking mouth, that my children are growing
and learning behind my back! By Teresa Blalock, HEM SO 06
Self-Directed
Learning
My teenagers had finally "made it". They had achieved
my primary goal in homeschooling: they had become independent,
self-directed learners. From the Older Kids column, by Cafi Cohen
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- Books To Help You Learn About Learning
- Learning All the Time
by John Holt
In clear, direct language, Learning All the Time describes the
crucial difference between learning (making sense of the world)
and education (being forced to digest and regurgitate what someone
else dictates). Without vitriol, John Holt exposes how our children
are harmed more than helped by institutional schools.
The Everyday Genius
Restoring Children's Natural Joy of Learning, and Yours Too
by Peter Kline
Use family ritual, games and song to enrich your lives with joy
of learning. 1997 Paperback
Discover Your Child's Learning Style
Children Learn in Unique Ways--Here's the Key to Every Child's
Learning Success
by Mariaemma Willis, Victoria Kindle-Hodson
The authors' "learning style profile" takes into account
a child's talents, interests, preferred learning environment,
and disposition, as well as the three more familiar modes. 1999
Paperback
Every Child Can Succeed
Making the Most of Your Child's Learning Style
by Cynthia Ulrich Tobias
This enlightening source shows parents how to utilize a "learning
styles" approach to help their kids live up to their potential
and find success in life. 1999 Paperback
How Children Fail
by John Caldwell Holt
The book by a teacher that launched the educational reform movement
by its insights into the nature of how children fail to learn.
1995 Paperback
How Children Learn
by John Caldwell Holt
Holt's other revolutionary book about how children use ordinary
play and toys to learn without adults 'teaching' them. 1995 Paperback
- Learning At Home : A Mother's Guide To Homeschooling,
Revised Edition
by Marty Layne
- A down to earth homeschooling mother shares her insights
and experiences about her four never-schooled children.
I Learn Better by Teaching Myself and Still
Teaching Ourselves
by Agnes Leistico
Two of my favorite unschooling books under one cover now. 1997
Paperback
Natural Learning Rhythms
Discovering How and When Your Child Learns
by Josette Luvmour, Sambhava Luvmour(Contributor).
This book will help you understand about the changes children
go through, and help you make the transitions between body learning,
emotional learning, will learning and reasoning learning. 1997
Paperback.
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