Home Schooling: Educating With the Head, Heart, and Hand - Softcover

Higgins, J. Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1571974164 ISBN 13: 9781571974167

Publisher: Ivy House Publishing Group, 2004

Synopsis

The state of our nation’s educational systems is a source for constant debate. While all seem to agree that overcrowding, underfunding and lack of sufficient resources are the major issues needing reform, few are able to offer viable solutions. As a result, more and more parents are breaking from tradition and taking a more direct, hands-on approach to their children’s education through the avenue of home schooling.

In his new work, "Home Schooling: Educating With the Head, Heart, and Hand," career educator J. Brian Higgins takes a look at home schooling and the issues associated with it. The reader is invited to share the experiences of the Waterson family, where an extensive case-study reveals the experiences and results of home schooling, as they are detailed by each member of the family, including the children. Through these interviews and additional interpretations, Higgins provides a thorough and thoughtful examination of the home schooling process, including the doubts and resistance faced by those who choose this route, as well as the unexpected rewards and benefits that come from "thinking outside the box." He includes discussions of such key topics as identity and how each family member involved must come to terms with their own, building relationships, the perception of "elitism" versus independence and choice, the pressures and elusive definitions of "the perfect teacher," an objective and hopeful critique of public education, and finally, the beauty of home schooling.

"Home Schooling: Educating With the Head, Heart, and Hand" is an objective and informative look at an alternative form of education, and it will prove insightful and helpful to anyone wanting to make this choice, or simply wishing to take a more active role in their child’s education.

About this title

About the Author:

Dr. Higgins was an advocate of home schooling long before he and his wife entered into home schooling practice with their daughter. With more than twenty years working in public education in domestic and overseas locations, Higgins’s interests and efforts in education have focused on the integration of the ethic of care into the classroom curriculum, and the development of differentiated learning strategies and opportunities for students in grades K-12. Though his permanent home is in New Mexico, Dr. Higgins also spends time in Hawaii, where he works with an intensive program for special needs students.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ivy House Publishing Group
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1571974164
• ISBN 13: 9781571974167
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 152