Posted on 11/16/2006 7:13:57 AM PST by quesney
I strongly disagree here. The real world's work environment is very much NOT like academia.
Parents, being parents, cannot be objective and unbiased about academic performance. They have not been schooled in certain educational theory (Madaline Hunter, Piaget, Gagne`, Gardner, Renzulli, etc., etc.).
In other words, they have not been initiated into the fraternity of teachers. You're attempting to act as a gatekeeper in this regard.
I submit to you that there was such a thing as excellence in education before your theorists were born, and it's readily available to those who have never even heard of Piaget et. al.
Come to grips with the idea that training does not give a teacher (not even you) a monopoly on efficacy. You cannot corner the market, short of government intervention.
...I believe, if you'll do some real research, you'll find that you're comparing apples to oranges as the home-schooled kid is pitted against the public school one. Public schools are far more expansive, have a huge degree of lower socio-economic status kids and those from single-parent homes so it is unfair to draw this conclusion. Try pitting your figures against private school students. Also, you might want to check out the academic stars each year in periodicals such as USA today--you'll find that they are almost always exclusive to the non-homeschooled class.
We use a lot of Rod and Staff, just not for math.
One of my master's degrees is in Education. This proves your statement false -- I as a mere parent am likely more qualified than the typical teacher to education my kids.
Currently, I am a M.Ed. candidate...hope to teach social studies again soon in a public high school setting.
Great question!
Is that the same charter school that the Santorum family uses?
Oh...ouch.
Of course, you're free to do that, "mere parent," but please note that the "typical teacher" would be trying to teach your kids rather than "education" them.
The oldest anti-homeschooling phallacy in the book.
Parents, being parents, cannot be objective and unbiased about academic performance.
Of course parents can correctly evaluate their children's academic performance. It really strikes me that you're not familiar with modern homeschooling.
They have not been schooled in certain educational theory (Madaline Hunter, Piaget, Gagne`, Gardner, Renzulli, etc., etc.).
Yes, I have. I am a mere parent, and I studied these folks in grad school. That said, why is it that you think you can't be a good teacher unless you've studied Piaget? Were students before these folks were around ignorant and uneducated? Ridiculous and arrogant.
It would be profoundly difficult for USA Today to locate and contact academic achievers among homeschoolers prior to graduation. I suspect that accounts for their lack of representation in the pages of that august periodical.
I guess my entire argument is rendered invalid because in my haste I misspelled a word.
Quite boorish of you to invalidate my argument because I misspelled a word. I'll keep an eye on your spelling, master teacher.
Teachers are professionals too!
Here is a list of some curriculum used be many HSers:
School of Tomorrow
http://www.schooloftomorrow.com/
Alpha Omega
http://www.alpha-omega-publications.com/
ABEKA
http://www.abeka.com/
Bob Jones
http://www.dhss.com/bobjones.htm
Ambleside Online
The Ambleside Online curriculum is a free homeschooling curriculum designed to be a modern equivalent to the curriculum that Charlotte Mason (CM) used in her own PNEU schools. Though not quite CM-in-a-box, a homeschool guide such as this can be a... Mason's high literary standards. Ambleside Online uses the highest quality books and more
http://www.amblesideonline.org
Christian Liberty Press
http://ebiz.netopia.com/clpress/
Cornerstone
http://cornerstonecurriculum.com/
Christian Liberty Press
www.christianlibertypress.com
The Foundation for American Christian Education
www.face.net
Heart of Wisdom
www.heartofwisdom.com
How Great Thou Art
www.howgreatthouart.com
Veritas Press
www.veritaspress.com
Vision Forum
www.visionforum.com
Curriculum Reviews
Cathy Duffy’s Reviews
www.cathyduffyreviews.com
Home Schooling Curriculum Reviews and Archives
www.homeschoolreviews.com
Algebra
http://www.mathrelief.com/
Well, of course not. It's just that I hate to see someone fumble when they're about to score.
The fallacy you cite, I note, is precisely the one that meandog used in his answer to your post. I guess even reading Piaget can't rescue a person from being petty.
You didn't misspell it, you misused it.
Petty. If you represent the kind of teacher to whom you're encouraging us to send our kids, then no thanks.
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