What the Rest of Us Can Learn from Homeschooling: How A+ Parents Can Give Their Traditionally Schooled Kids the Academic Edge - Softcover

Dobson, Linda

 
9780761519775: What the Rest of Us Can Learn from Homeschooling: How A+ Parents Can Give Their Traditionally Schooled Kids the Academic Edge
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0761519777 ISBN 13: 9780761519775
Verlag: Prima Pub, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

Lessons from the annals of homeschooling are collected here and applied to conventional schools in six principles of "successful learning"--curiosity, fun in learning, desire for success, practice (not study), applying learned material to life, and intrinsic motivation. Original. 10,000 first printing.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

LINDA DOBSON is an education columnist, well-known conference speaker, and author of five homeschooling books. The news editor for Home Education Magazine, she lives in Saranac Lake, New York, where she homeschooled her three children.

Aus dem Klappentext

Now, traditionally schooled children can reap the same benefits as homeschooled children.

This essential book for all parents and teachers offers practical ways to nurture individual growth, foster high self-esteem, and ensure academic success for every child, regardless of age, type of school, or religious background. Readers will discover what homeschoolers quickly find out that life can be one big adventurous educational opportunity, even for kids who attend conventional schools. Inside, readers explore:

The six principles of successful learning: curiosity, fun in learning, desire for success (not fear of failure), practice (not study), applying learned material to life, and intrinsic motivation
How to put the "child" back into childhood by providing children with the opportunity to perform fun activities that enhance their abilities
Why the community is a child's best classroom, and how to take advantage of it
How to discover and honor a child's unique learning style and encourage his or her teacher to develop it
And much, much more

Homeschooling is changing the face of education, and now parents and teachers can effectively use its principles and techniques to develop brighter and happier children.

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Verlag
Prima Pub
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0761519777
ISBN 13 
9780761519775
Einband
Tapa blanda
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
276
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