Professional Documents
Culture Documents
CURRICULAR REVIEW
The main characteristic of the curriculum based approach is of
course that there’s a curriculum to follow.
The home school parents buy a complete curriculum for all the
subjects they want to teach their children – this can be either the
same curriculum for all subjects or a different one for each subject
– and base the education of their children on the curriculum of
their choice.
This can be done in a very schools way, but there’s no reason why the
home educating parent should not use the chosen curriculum
creatively. She can liven up the lessons by taking the children on a
field trip, use hands-on activities to help them grasp concepts like e.g.
time, money and measurements. That way, the chosen curriculum can
become a wonderful source of inspiration to both the home educating
parent and the children.
When we’re talking about the curriculum based approach to home
education, the first question you’ll probably ask, is: “But isn’t
that exactly the same as School at Home?“
Sections 175 to 191 of, and Schedule 11 to, ASCLA 2009 (the
Qualifications and Curriculum Development Agency) are repealed.