Homeschooling

thumb|Educating children at home Homeschooling or home schooling (American English), also known as home education or elective home education (British English), is the education of school-aged children in places other than a traditional school. Usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher, many homeschooling families use less formal, more personalized learning methods, more personalized and individualized methods of learning that are not always found in schools. The practice of homeschooling varies considerably: the spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional s

thumb|Children investigating insect deposits in tree bark as part of an unschooling activity

Deschooling is a term invented by Austrian philosopher Ivan Illich. The word is mainly used by homeschoolers, especially unschoolers, to refer to the transition process that children and parents go through when they leave the school system in order to start homeschooling. The process is a crucial basis for homeschooling to work. It involves children gradually transitioning away from their schoolday routine and institutional mentality, redeveloping the ability to learn via self-determination, and discovering what they want to learn in their first homeschool days.

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Quiverfull is a Christian theological position that sees large families as a blessing from God. It encourages procreation through the abstention from all forms of birth control, and sterilization reversal. The movement took its name from Psalm 127:3–5, where many children are metaphorically referred to as the arrows in a full quiver.