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All about GCSEs and A Levels
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‘GCSE’ stands for General Certificate of Secondary Education, the exams that within mainstream schools in the UK most students take at the end of year 11, usually when aged 16, although GCSEs can be taken at any age and home...
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The basic answer to the question ‘what do universities think about home schooled students’ applications to further education?’ is that every institution differs. Most universities want to be certain that applicants to their courses will be able to cope with and benefit from their education...
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Home schooling students who want to take GCSE qualifications (which usually last two years, and in schools culminate in exams usually taken at the age of 16, in school year 11) have several options to consider. While the school norms for GCSEs are outlined above, GCSEs can in fact be taken at any age,...
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All about A Levels
A Levels are higher level qualifications for students in England, Northern Ireland and Wales – in Scotland, the equivalent qualification is the Scottish Higher. A Levels are now split into two qualifications, AS (Advanced Subsidiary) and A (Advanced) level qualifications, which...
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Parents making decisions about home schooling their children tend to be thinking first about the benefits or disadvantages that a home education would give their child, and it may only be once the decision has been made to home educate that he or she begins to consider the actual process and reality...
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While both the Internet and TV programmes offer huge educational resource opportunities, some home schooling families can feel tentative about how to integrate these two technologies into their education plans.
One of the reasons that many parents have serious reservations about both TV and the Internet...
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Benefits of Home Education Support Groups Support groups can be an ideal way for both you and your home schooled child to get to know other families who are experiencing the same education system. Your child may benefit from meeting fellow home schoolers as well as other friends in interest groups such...
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Young teenagers can be difficult to motivate, whether they are home schooled or not! This article looks at the specific struggles of teaching pre-teens and teenagers, including focusing on how to motivate and retain their interests, and curricula options.
Choosing a Curriculum Between 11-16
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What are Lesson Plans?
A lesson plan is usually a written document made by a teacher, or in this case home teacher. It sets out the objectives of a session of learning and describes how that objective will be met, including the lesson’s activities, timings, possible break periods, etc. A lesson...
Ideas for Teaching Science...
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Some home schooling parents have concerns about teaching science at home. Science may be a subject that parents struggled with themselves at school, or they simply remember the subject requiring lots of resources such as Bunsen burners and chemical elements.
It’s very unlikely that home teachers...