Homeschooling Option - How to Decide When It''s Right for Your Family

Zusatztext Praise for Creative Home Schooling: "This book will at once reassure parents that they are not alone in this voyage." - David Albert, columnist, Home Education Magazine "A solid, accessible, 'user friendly' guide packed with advice, information, ideas, and insights on homeschooling especially gifted children." - Midwest Book Review Informationen zum Autor LISA RIVERO is a freelance writer whose articles have appeared in Parenting for High Potential , Understanding Gifted Children , The Roeper Review , and The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel . Her book Creative Home Schooling won the 2003 Glyph Best Education Book Award and was named Best HomeSchool Product of the Year. She lives in Milwaukee, USA. Klappentext Correcting misconceptions through profiles of diverse families, Rivero uncovers the changing and complex needs of children today. This book addresses the major questions parents are bound to have as they consider the homeschooling option: socialization, curriculum, special needs arrangements, resources, and more. Zusammenfassung Correcting misconceptions through profiles of diverse families, Rivero uncovers the changing and complex needs of children today. This book addresses the major questions parents are bound to have as they consider the homeschooling option: socialization, curriculum, special needs arrangements, resources, and more. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Home, school and Education A History of Homeschooling Hidden Truths of Homeschooling Homeschool Days: What Does Schooling at Home Look Like? Homeschooling for Special Needs Teens at Home: Homeschooling for High School Parent Coffee Break: Frequently Asked Questions The Homeschool Option: Making the Decision and Getting Started Epilogue: Homeschooling for the Twenty-First Century Appendix: Contact Information for State Laws and Support Groups

Product details

• Authors: L Rivero, L. Rivero, Lisa Rivero
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.03.2008
• EAN: 9780230600706
• ISBN: 978-0-230-60070-6
• No. of pages: 234
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Family; Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Astronomy; B, Educational Policy, Sociology, Sociological Theory, astronomy, Environment, Astrophysics, adolescence, Educational psychology, The environment, childhood, Sociology of Family, Youth and Aging, Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology, Theoretical & mathematical astronomy, Astronomy, Cosmology and Space Sciences, Environmental Sciences, Educational Policy and Politics, Education and state, Environment, general, Education—Psychology, Childhood, Adolescence and Society, Age groups & generations, Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection