tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post9045547515414036691..comments2024-03-20T00:30:11.702-07:00Comments on Home Education Heretic: A danger in home educationSimon Webbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-85300707098736561402013-03-27T02:42:04.440-07:002013-03-27T02:42:04.440-07:00"Even regular visits would not uncover this s..."Even regular visits would not uncover this sort of thing"<br /><br />Parents who home educate do not have to allow visits from an LAAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-7960800570852957152013-03-26T18:22:38.841-07:002013-03-26T18:22:38.841-07:00To be fair, it is listed under 'Home-ed Humour...To be fair, it is listed under 'Home-ed Humour'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-36753956535519622762013-03-26T17:58:34.493-07:002013-03-26T17:58:34.493-07:00Simon wrote,
“Some only use the internet, rather t...Simon wrote,<br />“Some only use the internet, rather than books, and will, as this mother did, regard a history lesson as consisting of passing on collections of urban myths to their kids.”<br /><br />It's an extreme example to be sure, but I picked up lots of similar rubbish whilst growing up, well before the internet and not from my parents. Not all of it was history either. There are your own favourite science examples of Galileo and his cannon and musket balls and the shape of cells in beehives, for example. You mention yourself that every book in the library that mentioned the Galileo subject was wrong and your daughter also read the faulty information about beehives in a book too. Hopefully most people correct such errors as they read more widely - learning around particular topics doesn't usually stop after one meeting (and if it is only met once, I suspect it’s more often forgotten than remembered).<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-5492186518064221362013-03-26T15:36:24.995-07:002013-03-26T15:36:24.995-07:00I would hope that school children have to put fact...I would hope that school children have to put facts in their research projects that they source and verify from three independent sources.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-29315528378509332792013-03-26T13:19:17.296-07:002013-03-26T13:19:17.296-07:00'It's not even a problem at all for any ho...'It's not even a problem at all for any home educated child who has full access to the Internet (and/or other sources) for fact-checking. Unlike schooled children, who are often blocked from doing this.'<br /><br />Why on earth would school children be stopped or discouraged from checking facts? I have honestly never heard of this happening. Are you saying that if a child wants to check, say for example the population of China, she would be forbidden from looking at a book in the school library to do this? Perhaps we could be told a little more about this and in particular, which schools are stopping children from checking facts. I suspect that there is a good story here!.Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-18018018875062684622013-03-26T12:26:48.208-07:002013-03-26T12:26:48.208-07:00It's not even a problem at all for any home ed...It's not even a problem at all for any home educated child who has full access to the Internet (and/or other sources) for fact-checking. Unlike schooled children, who are often blocked from doing this. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-7964087357661388272013-03-26T09:05:42.286-07:002013-03-26T09:05:42.286-07:00'This problem isn't confined to home educa...'This problem isn't confined to home educators.'<br /><br />This is true, but the problem is often worse for home educated children, for reasons I shall look at tomorrow.Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28881252357285411702013-03-26T05:34:05.886-07:002013-03-26T05:34:05.886-07:00The fundamental problem here is that some people d...The fundamental problem here is that some people don't have a level of curiosity and scepticism that would cause them to question 'facts' and seek deeper understanding and verification, e.g., from a second, independent source (and establishing independence isn't easy). <br /><br />This problem isn't confined to home educators.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-13156711141253971092013-03-26T02:30:33.300-07:002013-03-26T02:30:33.300-07:00And another...
http://jecaam.blogspot.co.uk/2009_...And another...<br /><br />http://jecaam.blogspot.co.uk/2009_02_01_archive.htmlSimon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-19173843348591506532013-03-26T02:27:54.207-07:002013-03-26T02:27:54.207-07:00Another home educator who has fallen for it:
http...Another home educator who has fallen for it:<br /><br />http://www.facebook.com/ourhomeschoolingadventureSimon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-68660688764306325872013-03-26T02:24:20.708-07:002013-03-26T02:24:20.708-07:00' This tendency to believe whatever circulates...' This tendency to believe whatever circulates round the internet is usually the hallmark of someone very new to using it. Very quickly, people realise that not everything they read is fact and begin to test it all. This develops critical thinking and research skills.'<br /><br />Sometime critical thinking and research skills develop in this way. It is more risky though for a child's education than teaching correct information in the first place. Often, the result of all this is that a few weeks later, the child cannot remember which were facts and which fairy stories. I have seen this many times. Simon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-13374295597604427902013-03-26T02:22:05.405-07:002013-03-26T02:22:05.405-07:00And here is the document in an Australian home edu...And here is the document in an Australian home education magazine. It is to be found on page 30:<br /><br />http://www.home-ed.vic.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Otherways-111-web.pdfSimon Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10865289865412656573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-28190565377168245102013-03-26T02:07:31.824-07:002013-03-26T02:07:31.824-07:00Even I knew that was a joke and when you look up g...Even I knew that was a joke and when you look up gullible in the dictionary my picture is beside it!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-68928695717941294572013-03-26T01:54:30.802-07:002013-03-26T01:54:30.802-07:00Some of the US resources writing about the UK make...Some of the US resources writing about the UK make fascinating reading. I mean, who knew we all go wassailing at Christmas? <br /><br />I think there is a place for the urban myth, because you can show the children how it spreads, and how to spot them. We love the Darwin Awards for ways people killed themselves for much the same reason.<br /><br /><br />Otherwise, I'm thinking PT Barnum - There's one born every minute, so some of them will home educate. Some, God help us all, will go into politics. I can't alter that, but I can make sure that my 2 learn to tell the difference between fact and opinion. It may seem callous, but I chose HE because I didn't like what was on the school menu and I'm not all that bothered what other people do. I'm in it to give my children the happiest childhood and best education I can manage and what makes them happy isn't what makes a lot of people happy. That's fine. I won't laugh at them, and with a lot of luck, they won't laugh at me. (And if they do, then that's another lesson for the children. That following sheep tends to end up with you on the menu, served with mint sauce!)<br /><br />Atb<br />Anne Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-22037770783907597842013-03-26T01:01:34.584-07:002013-03-26T01:01:34.584-07:00'England is old and small and the local folks ...'England is old and small and the local folks started running out of places to bury people'<br /><br />'England is old and small?' LOL! This had to have been written by an American. Most of the codswallop circulating about the UK around the internet seems to originate in the US.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-40031517643237942892013-03-26T00:58:35.567-07:002013-03-26T00:58:35.567-07:00Seriously though. This tendency to believe whateve...Seriously though. This tendency to believe whatever circulates round the internet is usually the hallmark of someone very new to using it. Very quickly, people realise that not everything they read is fact and begin to test it all. This develops critical thinking and research skills. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7881402584568285627.post-40656301995210464652013-03-26T00:55:57.949-07:002013-03-26T00:55:57.949-07:00But it was on the internet! This means it is true!...But it was on the internet! This means it is true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com