Origins of Home Schooling

1. Origins of Home Schooling By: Lorri Luurstma Joshua Friederichs Danielle Gutc

2. In the beginning… • Home schooling was necessary in days when there weren’t many schools. Nearly all children were educated in the home or in small communities.

3. Compulsory education began in the late 17th –18th century. • Formal education in a classroom setting has become the most common means of education in the world.

4. The Literature • Between the late 60’s and early 80’s much literature was published in support of home schooling. • John Caldwell Holt: How Children Fail, How Children Learn • Raymond and Dorothy Moore: Better Late than early, Home Grown Kids, Home School Burnout • Many more

5. The Response • In response to all of the literature being published at the time a number of families decided to home school their children.

6. Other reasons for home schooling • Strong religious convictions • Concern about the environment of local schools • Dissatisfaction with academic instruction provided in local schools

7. Sources • http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2006/homeschool/parentsreasons.asp • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschooling • http://www.kidsource.com/kidsource/content2/home.schooling.html