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Best Teaching Technique for High School HomeschoolThe goal of leadership education is wisdom and independent learning. During this period of your child‚Äôs education, you will solidify their own learning strategies, as well as the desire for enduring education.What's the best teaching technique to use in this time of high school homeschool? Structure the time, not the content! In other words, allow your kids the chance to choose his course of study, the content. If your son is interested in motorcycles or sports, let him research those topics. If your daughter likes horses or soccer, give her time to study these areas. Once a topic is chosen, determine the amount of time for study each day. In our home, we begin with two to three hours daily for independent study. Our goal is to eventually study six to eight hours each day. When you give your student a choice of topics to study, you take one small step in raising a leader instead of a follower. Students who choose their course of study take ownership, or leadership, in their own high school homeschool education. As your children study independently, they should be reading, writing and discussing their research. Encourage the use of a daily reading journal to record their findings and thoughts about their investigation. Regularly discuss the readings and the journal entries. Good discussions provide another aspect of leadership training . . . learning "how to think". As you use these teaching techniques, your students will use these learning strategies for the rest of their life. It is the perfect way tho homeschool in high school. ________________ Copyright Kerry Beck, 2009 You have permission to reprint this article, as long as you don’t make any changes and include the bio below. Kerry Beck, author of Raising Leaders, Not Followers, has a free workshop with more teaching techniques for high school homeschool. You can get your free copy of this workshop at http://www.Raising-Leaders.com. 9:04 AM - Sep. 2, 2009 - post comment
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