Alternative Education

Introduction
I have been in correspondence school since I was around the age of 11 and as far as I can tell I am doing fine without any form of tutoring or mentoring. The idea of this discussion is to talk about the pros and cons of alternative education.

Popular Alternative Education Systems

Steiner Education
Steiner schools have a unique and distinctive approach to educating children, aiming to enable each stage of growth to be fully and vividly enjoyed and experienced. They provide a balanced approach to the modern school curriculum. The academic, artistic and social aspects, or ?head, heart & hands?, are treated as complementary facets of a single program of learning, allowing each to throw light on the others.

This is implemented by using art as a practice, and language to develop the feelings, by nourishing the children with the rich heritage of wise folk tales, histories, fairy stories, poems, music and games that are part of our world civilisation. This creates the cultural atmosphere in which the children are taught reading, writing, arithmetic, nature study, geography, science, languages, music and other subjects.
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I was attending a Steiner school from age 9 through to 11 and I felt that we had a far more hands on environment than in conventional public schools.

They distribute one teacher for the whole duration of your attendance giving you a strong bond with your teacher. The downside to this fact is if you end up with a teacher that you have incompatibilities with you can have quite the struggle.

Correspondence Education (often referred to as "Distance education")
Distance education or distance learning is a field of education that focuses on teaching methods and technology with the aim of delivering teaching, often on an individual basis, to students who are not physically present in a traditional educational setting such as a classroom. It has been described as "a process to create and provide access to learning when the source of information and the learners are separated by time and distance, or both.
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Home Education
Homeschooling or homeschool (also called home education or home based learning) is the education of children at home, typically by parents or by tutors, rather than in other formal settings of public or private school. Although prior to the introduction of compulsory school attendance laws, most childhood education occurred within the family or community,[1] homeschooling in the modern sense is an alternative in developed countries to attending public or private schools. Homeschooling is a legal option for parents in many countries, allowing them to provide their children with a learning environment as an alternative to public or private schools outside the home.
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So what are your thoughts on alternative education?

Feel free to post more alternative education types.

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