Family Matters - Why Homeschooling Makes Sense

An honest, perceptive discussion of children, education, and our common life as a nation by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars. A high school English teacher, Guterson and his wife educate their own children at home. ?A literate primer for anyone who wants to know more about alternatives to the schools? (Kirkus Reviews). Index.

Summary

An honest, perceptive discussion of children, education, and our common life as a nation by the bestselling author of Snow Falling on Cedars. A high school English teacher, Guterson and his wife educate their own children at home. “A literate primer for anyone who wants to know more about alternatives to the schools” (Kirkus Reviews). Index.

Product details

• Authors: David Guterson
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.09.1993
• EAN: 9780156300001
• ISBN: 978-0-15-630000-1
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 281 g
• Series: Harvest Book; Harvest Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Humanities, art, music > Education > School education, didactics, methodology; Home Schooling, Teaching skills and techniques, Parenting: advice and issues, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Intergenerational relationships: advice and issues, Child abuse, Educational systems and structures, Educational strategies and policy, Baby names: guides for parents, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / General, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Motherhood, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Fatherhood, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Children's Studies, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Parenting / Parent & Adult Child, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Dysfunctional Families, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Abuse / Child Abuse, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / Marriage & Family, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Education, EDUCATION: Parent Participation, EDUCATION: Home Schooling, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS: Baby Names, Subject matter intended specifically for women and/or girls, EDUCATION: Teaching / General, Coping with / advice about abuse, Subject matter intended specifically for men and/or boys, EDUCATION: Non-Formal Education