Project-based homeschooling : mentoring self-directed learners

Title:

Author:

Summary:

Identify your child's strongest interests. Create an environment that encourages independent research. Become your child's learning mentor. Help make learning complex & challenging. Build a family culture that supports & promotes meaningful work.

Contents:

A way to learn -- Self-directed, self-managed -- Doing the work -- Deepening the work -- A way to live.

Physical Description:

149 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Subject Term:

Project method in teaching.

Home schooling.

Publisher:

Lori McWilliam Pickert,

Publication Date:

2012

ISBN:

9781475239065

Publication Information:

[United States] : Lori McWilliam Pickert, c2012.

Call Number:

371.04 PICKERT

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Project-based homeschooling combines children's interests with long-term, deep, complex learning.This is an essential experience for children: to spend time working on something that matters to them, with the support of a dedicated mentor. This book is an introduction and guide to creating the circumstances under which children can teach themselves.The author gives parents concrete tips for helping children do challenging, meaningful, self-chosen work. From setting up a workspace that encourages independence to building a family culture that supports self-directed learning to concrete suggestions for a step-by-step approach to inquiry-based investigation, Project-Based Homeschooling shares techniques for mentoring independent, confident thinkers and learners.