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Leistico, Agnes – 1990
This book is the sequel to "I Learn Better By Teaching Myself," which argued that parents need to follow their personal parenting instincts and to trust that their students know what is best for themselves. Chapter 1 describes how the author's family became involved in home schooling. The second chapter describes how they set standards in the form…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Independent Study
Leistico, Agnes – 1994
This book offers suggestions to parents for implementing interest-initiated learning in home-school situations. Interest-initiated learning is based on three principles: (1) the learner initiates and controls learning according to his or her own interests; (2) the student's own priorities guide the learner; and (3) the teacher only enters the…
Descriptors: Educational Innovation, Elementary Secondary Education, Home Instruction, Home Schooling