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The Jakarta Post.com
Opinion and Editorial - September 23, 2006
Mierza Miranti, Jakarta
Homeschooling is a viable education alternative to institutional
schooling. This kind of education requires children to learn under
the general supervision of their parents. It is believed to be a
complete substitute for institutional schooling.
If you were to ask 10 parents why they schooled their children at
home, you would get a variety of responses.
Among the reasons for homeschooling is the long-standing belief that
home is the best environment to teach religion, ethics and norms.
Some parents worry about the spiritual upbringing of their children,
particularly in Indonesia, where the study of religion only takes a
couple of hours and is considered insufficient to teach their
children the real value of their religion. Homeschooling, on the
other hand, allows them to design their own curriculum.
Homeschooling also gives families the opportunity to become closer.
Sending children to school takes about a quarter or half their time
on a school day, forcing parents to work harder to maintain a close
relationship.
Homeschooling brings families closer together. Children thrive under
parental supervision, and parents really get to know their children.
Homeschooled siblings tend to be more kind and helpful to each other
too.
Greater flexibility to question the curriculum is another reason why
homeschooling is chosen over formal education. Indonesia is a
country in which students are expected to have a grasp -- or at
least an understanding -- of every subject taught at school. The
national curriculum, of course, cannot satisfy every parent. This
kind of education also prepares children for the national exams
designed for students educated outside the formal education system,
which is known as Kejar Paket A, B or C.
Some parents believe homeschooling is more able to meet special
needs. They say conventional schools only facilitate one way of
learning: sitting in class and following the teacher's instructions.
Some children, however, have a "different" way of learning and,
unfortunately, in the case of children who cannot sit "nicely" in
class, some teachers believe they disturb the other students.
Homeschooling enables parents to supervise the content and progress
of lessons in a more satisfactory way. Some parents are not
satisfied by the information and services provided by their
children's school. They feel they have "lost" their children. They
have no knowledge of the teacher's targets for their children. They
only become aware of their children's "weaknesses" when they get a
report card at the end of the semester. Thus, homeschooling gives
parents the opportunity to monitor their children's development.
Parents who practice homeschooling say their children are spared
from schoolyard bullying and peer pressure.
Emotional bullying -- name calling, mockery and humiliation -- can
be just as devastating as physical bullying. Smart children, special
needs children, and anyone unlucky enough to appear "different" can
expect a steady diet of this negative emotional input in a typical
school. Since research has shown that children need to feel safe in
order to learn, simply removing a child from a stressful situation
may produce enormous learning gains all by itself.
Flexible school hours is another advantage. Homeschoolers can learn
by reading a book in the garden, having a debate in the car or
socializing while shopping in a traditional market, and even more if
they have access to the Internet.
In the virtual world, a homeschooler can visit The Louvre, create a
vaccine in a virtual lab, interact with astronauts at their space
station, and even talk to Robert Ballad -- a Titanic explorer -- in
a submersible.
There are many reasons why parents school their children at home,
but they all agree on one thing: "It's the best thing for our child!"
Publised on The Jakarta Post : September 23, 2006
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