A dangerous trend in school curricula is the devaluing of traditional disciplines by teaching them on an equal footing with ancillary subjects such as home economics, auto mechanics, and basket weaving. Back to List of Terms Homeschooling Homeschooling is a systematic, tutorial method of private education within the home, where the parents are their children's primary teachers and they assume full responsibility and control over that education. Back to List of Terms Motivation Motivation is the act of presenting a subject of study in a way that makes it interesting and relevant to the child's life, so that he wants to learn it. The key to motivation is communication. The homeschooling parent must be able to explain how learning about a particular subject will be of real value to the child.
Motivation works both ways.
Not only does the child need to be motivated to learn a subject, the parent needs to be motivated to teach it. The Objective Approach to homeschooling uses a structured curriculum which incorporates both factual knowledge and thinking skills as primary goals. Being partially an unschooler is like being partially pregnant. The Religious Approach to homeschooling uses a structured curriculum which incorporates morality training as a primary goal. Back to List of Terms Socialization Socialization, as it relates to education, can mean either of two things.