It is important for parents,
particularly home educators, to be aware of them.
However there are two books which other parents,
particularly some home educators, have recommended to me.
Not exact matches
If you are
particularly interested in secondary or GCSE courses, see the GCSE page which lists various options for
home educators.
Most are
particularly appropriate for
home educators, but may be of relevance to anyone else studying these topics.
I kept asking other
home educators what they did,
particularly in the teen years.
This is
particularly important for
home educators to understand, since it's entirely possible to have people of more than one temperament — or even all four — within one family.
There are many sites for
home educators around the world,
particularly in the USA.
We were
particularly pleased to meet several British
home educators, whom I had previously known only from email lists.
For
educators, the upshot of Hirsch's inventory is this: When schools fail to build a common knowledge base among our children — and
particularly for those who come from low - income
homes or are English - language learners — we are essentially condemning them to something less than full literacy and citizenship.
Teacher
educators and researchers could write about their specialty areas; teachers could write about activities for parents to do with their gifted children at
home or curricular ideas for other teachers (
particularly important during the current trend toward inclusive education); and parents could write about their personal experiences that were positive learning opportunities (Lewis & Karnes, 1997).