The next question in the questionnaire was: "What can ease the process of learning
for your child?". The answers were distributed as follows (Fig. 4):
- reduction of the number of attestations (1 time per year) and control works for
attestations - 74.2%;
- free choice of time for learning pace, including attestation – 14.2%;
- free access to high-quality materials on educational-scientific information
resources of the educational institution - 11.4%;
- the other – 0.2%.
Figure 4. Survey of parents of children-homeschoolers on the question "What
can ease the process of learning for your child?", %
Source: developed by the author
Thus, the main problem of modern family education, according to the
homeschoolers’ parents, is the large number of control works for certification in a
traditional school, while the low level of socialization of the child does not get much
attention, which indicates that this factor is not essential among the problems of the
family education.
In family education parents have an opportunity to take into account the individual
characteristics of the child, his educational needs, to normalize the workload, to control
the quantity and quality of information, to choose the methods for materials presenting.
The function of parents is not to replace teachers, but to organize the educational
process, selecting pedagogical methods and techniques in a way that would maximize
the potential of the child. We offer association of parents of children studying on the
family form of education, based on the creation of time banks.
Time bank is a socio-economic model based on the principles of mutual assistance
and equality of all participants. In the early 1980s, E. Kahn suggested using an extra
currency - the time spent by a person to help another person - Time Dollars [3]. The
time for all participants is evaluated in the same way, regardless of the content of the
work performed, education, skills and abilities: one astronomical hour is equal to one
unit. Thanks to the creation time bank, an exchange of services is organized between
people, their communities, organizations, institutions, enterprises, mutual lending and
reduction of the
number of
attestations (1 time
per year) and
control works for
attestations; 74,2
free choice of time for
learning pace,
including attestation ;
14,2
free access to high-quality
materials on educational-
scientific information
resources of the educational
institution ; 11,4
the other ; 0,2
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