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What is Homeschooling?
© Beverley Paine Homeschooling is the education of children, primarily by parents, in the family home setting. This definition falls far short of actual practice - homeschoolers regularly use the whole community, including materials, people, places and institutions to continuously expand their learning opportunities. Few homeschoolers restrict learning to home. With the world as their classroom, why should they? Home education is not new or radical. It is the oldest form of education practiced by humanity. Families educate their children at home for all kinds of reasons. The pluralistic nature of home educating families reflects the diverse nature of Australian society. This diversity of educational approaches and values is shared and celebrated by homeschoolers via conferences, newsletters, camps, magazines and support groups. Families don't homeschool in isolation. There is a flourishing network system of sympathetic support groups willing to share a wealth of personal experience, information and research. The vast majority of homeschooling families believe that the education of children is primarily the responsibility of parents. Parents are highly motivated individuals who are keenly interested in the education of their children. They take this role seriously and continuously update their own education and maintain high educational standards for their children. Families choose from an abundance of readily available educational materials and approaches, selecting only those elements which suit their individual children's educational profiles and family values. Homeschooling doesn't have to be fancy or expensive - often cost, beyond a collection of inexpensive text books, is determined by the educational interests and passions within the family. Basic educational supplies can be found in almost any home and with a few well chosen curriculum aids, texts and materials a comprehensive learning program can be cheaply put together. You may like to read a couple of frequently asked question responses Beverley wrote in reply to some emailed questions:
If you want to know more about how Beverley and Robin homeschooled their children their book, Learning in the Absence of Education (a title picked by their then ten year old son) contains many essays on how their children learned to read, write, spell, how the family managed daily life, dealt with socialisation issues, etc.
After 20 years of being a contact and support person Beverley no longer takes phone call or email inquiries. Please join one of her yahoo groups if you want to know more about homeschooling or have a question.
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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network.Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home. In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and became a committee member in 2008: she also edits and produce the HEA Newsletter, HEA magazine, Stepping Stones for Home Educators, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications. If you'd like to keep in touch with what Beverley is up to her in her life, sign up for the Homeschool Australia Newsletter or visit her Facebook page.