HEN Ireland November 2006
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Philosophies in Home Education
HEN Ireland
Different Home Education Approaches
The approach used for home education can be as unique as every family. Some
philosophies have become very popular over time, and it is based on them in which
most families would take inspiration to develop their own method to suit their needs
and believes.

Please check the following article
Methodology: What do Home Educators do? written
by Nick Gudge.

Here we show you links for the definitions of the most popular HE philosophies and
their main websites.

You may also check  
www.homeschool.com/Approaches
or www.schoolofabraham.com/approaches

Some Home Education Philosophies and Methods

Unschooling Movement
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unschooling
www.holtgws.com
www.unschooling.com

Multiple Intelligences
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_multiple_intelligences
www.thomasarmstrong.com/multiple_intelligences

The Classical Education
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classical_education
www.welltrainedmind.com
www.classicalhomeschooling.org

The Charlotte Mason Method
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Mason
www.charlottemason.com
www.simplycharlottemason.com
www.amblesideonline.org

The Waldorf Method
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldorf_Education
www.wonderhs.com
www.waldorfresources.org
www.live-education.com

The Montessori Method
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montessori_method
www.montessori.edu/homeschooling

The Eclectic Approach
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschool#Eclectic_curricula
www.eclectichomeschool.org

Unit Studies
www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeschool#Unit_studies
www.unitstudy.com
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