Students (pre-junior / senior year of high school for simplicity) need active role models in school and at home for appropriate overall development. The role models are typically teachers in school and parents at home.
That students are struggling to engage with digital content during home quarantine is expected. The good news is that students will adapt to digital content with time (within twelve months as a simple estimate), as unlike adults, they are more likely to normalize their behavior towards this environment and make it the routine for their education. The bad news is that no digital curriculum alone can replicate the classroom learning environment (even with its obvious systematic flaws) because mastery of learning content is a function of the learning environment as much as individual student motivation (until these students become independent learners). So parents homeschooling their children need to become more active role models for their children. The positive of this situation is that educated and empathetic parents can do a much better job of developing a secure environment for children than a classroom with thirty students and a cacophony of technology. The long-term mission for homeschooling parents is to develop “self-directed learners”, and the first step is understanding, practicing, and celebrating “metacognition”.
I will share this link, for core science experiential learning lessons, primarily for middle school students, which may complement textbook content, associated with the concepts: https://science60.com/homeschooling
Good teachers and motivated parents can make any learning content work, from traditional textbooks to Khan Academy lessons.
That students are struggling to engage with digital content during home quarantine is expected. The good news is that students will adapt to digital content with time (within twelve months as a simple estimate), as unlike adults, they are more likely to normalize their behavior towards this environment and make it the routine for their education. The bad news is that no digital curriculum alone can replicate the classroom learning environment (even with its obvious systematic flaws) because mastery of learning content is a function of the learning environment as much as individual student motivation (until these students become independent learners). So parents homeschooling their children need to become more active role models for their children. The positive of this situation is that educated and empathetic parents can do a much better job of developing a secure environment for children than a classroom with thirty students and a cacophony of technology. The long-term mission for homeschooling parents is to develop “self-directed learners”, and the first step is understanding, practicing, and celebrating “metacognition”.
I will share this link, for core science experiential learning lessons, primarily for middle school students, which may complement textbook content, associated with the concepts: https://science60.com/homeschooling
Good teachers and motivated parents can make any learning content work, from traditional textbooks to Khan Academy lessons.