I am for alternative educational models
I don’t have any children and I will never be a mother. I don’t want to be a biological mother in the first place. I had a dream of being an adoptive mother in my 50s and 60s to an older child preteen or teenage youth but with my mental illnesses and motivation levels lagging I need to keep myself afloat and take care of myself and I find that hard to do never mind raising or taking care of someone else. But anyway I support alternative education models because these are the options I would have liked to have as a k-12 student. Home schooling and world schooling. Home schooling opens up more learning opportunities you can take online curriculums with international schools and have a tutor or teacher teach you online or come to your house. There are usually more options for classes and if a student is advanced they will not be held back or needs extra time to absorb the material they can do it without the pressure of classroom environment. Parents and guardians oversee their child’s education and can make sure their kids are getting the accommodations they need to learn successfully. I also feel it’s more individualized and without the drama that being in a traditional public or private school brings with peers.students can take trips and do extra activities with learning education co operatives. Of course I think there needs to be some structured curriculum for a well rounded education. You need your sciences, math, social sciences, languages, English ( reading, literature and writing classes), fine arts and technology ( computer literacy) and more. And maybe combine vocational training too into the curriculum too.
World schooling or road schooling is home schooling while traveling and learning about different subjects while immersing the student in the real world. For example they may study history by visiting old ruins, science by studying species in nature preserves, learn foreign languages by going to a country that speaks a language and immersing themselves in the culture. So it’s a lot of learning by doing. I think it is much more interesting than sitting at a desk all day or having to be forced into curriculum like physical education.
There is also unschooling which is completely student led and has no set curriculum but I think that’s a bit too disorganized.
I would have liked to have learned at home and out in the world instead of spending k-12 miserable. Even if I was good at school. Also, I think with these alternative education models you are providing more of a framework to get students used to the real world. Sitting in a classroom all day with only your own age group to interact with is not a recipe for world readiness. These other models teach internal motivation and sense of responsibility to the student.
As far as colleges I find asynchronous programs, or self paced/competency based programs to be more flexible and accommodating towards a variety of learning styles. With in person or hybrid courses, schools that let you mix and match your own curriculum are individualized. Also progressive schools with narrative evaluations vs just grades are good. I am for individualization in education.
World schooling or road schooling is home schooling while traveling and learning about different subjects while immersing the student in the real world. For example they may study history by visiting old ruins, science by studying species in nature preserves, learn foreign languages by going to a country that speaks a language and immersing themselves in the culture. So it’s a lot of learning by doing. I think it is much more interesting than sitting at a desk all day or having to be forced into curriculum like physical education.
There is also unschooling which is completely student led and has no set curriculum but I think that’s a bit too disorganized.
I would have liked to have learned at home and out in the world instead of spending k-12 miserable. Even if I was good at school. Also, I think with these alternative education models you are providing more of a framework to get students used to the real world. Sitting in a classroom all day with only your own age group to interact with is not a recipe for world readiness. These other models teach internal motivation and sense of responsibility to the student.
As far as colleges I find asynchronous programs, or self paced/competency based programs to be more flexible and accommodating towards a variety of learning styles. With in person or hybrid courses, schools that let you mix and match your own curriculum are individualized. Also progressive schools with narrative evaluations vs just grades are good. I am for individualization in education.
31-35, F
