Across Australia, more families are choosing to homeschool. How can we make sure they do it well? asks Rebecca English, Chris Krogh and David Roy According to NSW figures released late last month, homeschooling registrations in the state more than doubled between 2019 and 2024, from...
Researcher Rebecca English looks at why more and more parents are homeschooling and why governments need to be vigilant. Bullying can be a major factor in deciding to homeschool. An increasing number of Australian families are educating their children at home, either through homeschooling or distance education. My...
Their brain must also adapt to the context, writes John Munro Research during the first phase of remote teaching in Victoria reported some students found the workload “too high”, missed interactions with peers, felt their thinking ability was impaired, and reported a difficulty coping with study...
But we can learn from the real thing, writes Nicole (Nikki) Brunker. Adding to the clamour of argument over whether schools should be open to all during lockdown is confusion in terminology. Using the term “home schooling” to describe schooling during lockdown is disrespectful to both...
Students won’t get through all school content while learning at home, reports Alison Willis As children learn from home, parents are effectively running two schedules – work and school. Some children may not be able to get through all the work their school assigns in the...
Homeschooling boomed last year, write Rebecca English and Karleen Gribble. But these 4 charts show it was on the rise before COVID Home education, sometimes called homeschooling, is when children are educated outside a formal institution like a school. Parents of home-educated children are wholly responsible for...
Nicholas Gamble, Christine Grové, Emily Berger, and Kelly-Ann Allen, suggest there are 5 things to consider! Homeschooling registrations for children in Victoria in 2020 grew by almost four times the rate of the previous year, recent reports show. Some families who had children learning from home during...
“How to home school” has been trending on Google for the past few weeks as more and more children stay home from school because of COVID-19. So, what is homeschooling ask Rebecca Englishand Karleen Gribble and is this what parents whose children are learning from...
Looking for more ideas to keep the young ones busy? Although designed for teachers the Bloomsbury repository is now open to all trying home schooling kids. Bloomsbury has put together some recommendations to help quieten their ROARs! These books are available through your local bookseller or...
As the number of schools in Australia have shut after students and staff tested positive for COVID-19 and may not open after the school holidays David Roy looks at the role parents will need to help their kids learn at home. Many parents are keeping their...
