| As we are currently in the age of technology, | | | | |
| and so many new things are cropping up in our | | | | Better Off At Home |
| midst when it comes to learning, it would | | | | |
| come as no surprise that there are also other | | | | The Moores did not want to introduce |
| ways of dealing with a traditional approach | | | | homeschooling as something that is an |
| to education. Some people want to apply a | | | | academic equivalent to standard schooling but |
| more hands-on take on educating their | | | | rather for it to be seen as a natural |
| children with the thought of changing their | | | | approach to knowledge-producing experiences |
| strategies from that of the usual classroom | | | | in the daily home life. They wanted to |
| settings. | | | | encourage parents to invest their time in a |
| | | | regular interaction with their children, and |
| Most of these concerned parents are aware | | | | be involved with them in their process of |
| that there is no single definite route to | | | | knowing basic subjects. The time they spent |
| instilling ideas and basic knowledge to their | | | | at home with their young ones in their |
| kids but that alternative methods are | | | | formative years would greatly enhance their |
| available for them. Thus more people are | | | | learning curves and would instill in them an |
| interested in the process of homeschooling. | | | | innate confidence of support and emotional |
| This is a method of teaching that allows | | | | bond. |
| children to stay at home while being | | | | |
| regularly taught with subjects that are | | | | As far as teaching at home is concerned, they |
| introduced in standard schools as well, with | | | | think that this would yield better results |
| the difference of not having to interact with | | | | when it comes to emotionally and socially |
| other children their age on a daily basis. | | | | adjusted children. They wanted to point out |
| | | | that not all children who were sent off to |
| Two of the most influential experts in Early | | | | the best schools with supposedly excellent |
| Childhood Education, Ray and Dorothy Moore, | | | | teachers turn out to be the most highly |
| conducted studies and research in the 1960s | | | | adjusted and knowledgeable students. There |
| and 1970s regarding the developmental aspects | | | | are also other factors such as emotional |
| of children. Education placed a high regard | | | | rapport and familial support that can |
| in these studies that they were looking for | | | | entirely make or break each child's |
| alternative ways on how to improve children's | | | | motivation to learn. |
| reception to learning. They concluded in one | | | | |
| of their studies that children do not benefit | | | | Compared to schools, the home is one of the |
| much from being sent to a structured school | | | | most secure environments for the child to be |
| environment at an early age, before the age | | | | in on a daily basis. Thus it is a venue where |
| of 8-12. They explained how this setup can | | | | the children can associate good and sound |
| incur physical, emotional and social strains | | | | memories from. And add the learning dynamics |
| since children are not yet equipped to | | | | to the equation, one could never find a much |
| constantly adjust at this point in their | | | | better scenario for producing a mentally and |
| lives. | | | | emotionally stable student. |