Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The practise of providing formal education, especially primary or secondary education, at home rather than in a school.
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- noun Teaching children at home instead of sending them to
school .
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Examples
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The word homeschooling is such a misnomer, because most of the learning does not happen anywhere near home, and school is such a loaded word that brings so many preconceived notions about learning to mind that it's really no wonder that people don't "get it."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: Sorry for the outburst... 2005
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The word homeschooling is such a misnomer, because most of the learning does not happen anywhere near home, and school is such a loaded word that brings so many preconceived notions about learning to mind that it's really no wonder that people don't "get it."
Dru Blood - I believe in the inherent goodness of all beings: June 2005 Archives 2005
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I think homeschooling is the ultimate endpoint for "indivualized treatment and development."
Future of Education, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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I think homeschooling is going to be the death of me.
Venting amberfocus 2009
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There are so many fresh ideas for worksheets and lesson plans available online and in homeschooling groups that there is no need to shun the use of these viable reading tools.
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I did not have intent to imply that homeschooling is like public school, but that public school directs what a child learns and when and unschooling does not.
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Maybe homeschooling is not such a bad idea after all.
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Maybe homeschooling is not such a bad idea after all.
Archive 2008-10-01 2008
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I am not "one of those people," nor hyperreligious, but I honestly think that for certain children homeschooling is best, especially for younger children who somehow don't quite fit the mold.
In which I become one of those people Prof. de Breeze 2008
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I'm also working on convincing him that homeschooling is the way to go-he greaduated from public school.
rolig commented on the word homeschooling
It occurred to me today that this is a retronym, which only appeared once it became standard practice to send young children out of the home to receive a primary education. Until the 19th century, or thereabouts, young children, if they received any education at all, were educated at home.
December 18, 2011