Several families have indicated that 'home schooling' for their children is their education preference. The systems mooted vary from using their own curriculum to taking advantage of 'School Of The Air'. School of the Air conducts classes from Charters Towers via the phone and Internet and provide the computers etc on a hire basis. Students have their own teachers and can communicate in Internet-group classes.
There are 2 or 3 school camps per year where students meet their cyber class mates and teachers in person. There are widely differing opinions on the possible outcomes. These centre around educational competitiveness in the greater community to socialisation issues. It is unclear as to what extent TBC should actively provide material and social support for these systems; Therefore some dialogue needs to be entered into.
Sites worth visiting are Queensland's Distance Education or Unschooling
Saturday, April 5, 2008
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