BACKGROUND
Education that supports the future of children is in accordance with the characteristics of the child. The most important thing is to comfort the child to undergo the process of education. Fun activities will be more meaningful to children, p.
The same goes for education. And comfort is something that greatly affect the effectiveness of educational activities.
Every child has different characteristics that make children have a high imagination.
Albert Einstein considered imagination as wealth
Priceless on human beings. So the facilities in accordance with the characteristics of children is an effort to develop a child's imagination, one of them with the learning process fun and exciting.
Exciting educational process will develop the child's personality and abilities very effectively. If the key to educational success is enjoying what he is doing, what happens to children who learn
lessons they did not like as in formal education, Like school.
This rigid education system to curb child's imagination is so high that
potential, interests, and talents of children will be difficult to develop.
Blurred portrait of the education world that "shackle" the child's imagination triggers a variety of ideas from educators and parents. Many alternative schools are formed to optimize the potential of children. Optimizing the potential of children to press the point of the learning process. Therefore, many alternative schools that are presented to develop a child's potential based
anak.Homeschooling characteristic is one form of alternative education that focuses to develop according to the characteristics of potential children.
Concept of home schooling, home school is held by a parent makes a child more comfortable in learning. This concept is more focused on
children so that the development potential of children will be more optimal for parents
involved in the learning process. Parents will also know better the child's potential to be developed, so that learning activities will be more effective. By Make this scientific work is aimed so that readers know and understand the sense home schooling. To understand the implementation of the types of home schooling. To know the implementation of home schooling in Indonesia To find home schooling curriculum. and to know the advantages and disadvantages of home schooling.
CONTENT
DEVELOPMENT of education in Indonesia currently booming trend with the presence of learning at home (Home schooled). Today home schooling is being discussed by the media glow, although efficient educational methods that are family has been around since long.
What is there in your mind about home schooling? Not that the children of Indonesia into a slacker or just relaxing at home studying. As developments in science, particularly in education, there are several methods which can be taken by EFI patient even practical. One of them is home schooling. But if home schooling is also good for mental influence children? Usually those who run the home schooling system, they have their own community, and can socialize with one another. Although using the term home schooling, not only the children must learn at home.
Parents are a particularly influential role in their child's education. Some alternatives that can be achieved, for example, foreign language courses, Kumon, and abacus. Constraints that exist and have not received accurate answers concerning the legalization of diplomas and socialization. Is home schooling has been recognized in Indonesia? Home schooling means do not go to school in the sense of an institution (conventional schools), but the material is taught in conventional schools. As soon as any parent can choose the material for the instruction of their children. So not all the materials given to the child. Parents can also take part, which is to become a teacher for the children, but can also call the teacher from outside to teach and so forth.
Those who decide to become a home schooler usually most people who implement this system are those people who have long attended abroad. This is done because if you go to school in Indonesia usually makes them drop the class.
Home schooling or home school is increasingly becoming a concern in the last two years. Among others, since so many parents who feel that the atmosphere of learning in many schools are often less prioritize the best interests of the child. Even from here emerged a variety of alternative schools. For example the school of nature, which invites students learn more in the nature, There are also other alternative schools that frees the child to learn what placement. Here there is no class as well as formal schooling. Teachers function more on guiding and directing the child's interest in subjects he liked.
There are still many other alternative schools that have their own teaching methods. In essence, children were used as subjects of the curriculum, not the object. Or in other words, the curriculum and the school is for children, not vice versa, the child to the school and the curriculum! Here the children are not continuously learning at home, but could be anywhere and anytime the home condition really like the atmosphere pleasant and comfortable home. Thus, learning is very flexible hours, starting from waking up until going to sleep again.
In many developed countries, the concept of home schooling are already mostly developed. In the United States (U.S.), for example, has a lot of prepared curriculum for home schooling education system to have a clear concept and vision. This year there are approximately 1.8 million children in the U.S. who studied with school systems in the house, and is expected next year will increase to approximately 2.5 million children.
What about Indonesia? Actually, our nation has long been familiar with this concept of home schooling, even long before the coming of Western education system. Just Look at Islamic boarding schools for example, the kiai, Buya, and master teachers specifically anakanaknya educate themselves. Similarly, the warriors, nobility, or the artist long ago. They also teach privately at home or their respective padepokan than to entrust to someone else. No fewer such great leaders KH Agus Salim, Ki Hadjar Dewantara, or Buya HAMKA also develop ways of learning by school systems in this house. Not just to pass the exam then obtained a diploma,
but to love and
About Alternative Education:
According to Jerry Mintz (1994: xi) alternative education can be categorized into four forms of organization, namely:
• public school choice (public choice)
• school / public educational institution for troubled student (student at
risk)
• Schools / educational private / independent and
• Education at home (home-based schooling)institutions of
This assumption is wrong if it thinks that the home schooler does not have many friends and could not socialize. Home schooler is no different to those who attend public school. They can still be friends with anyone, about the same age, they are much older, rich and poor. Each person is given the ability to get along, depending on the way or how. Although there are community home schooler, did not make the association between home schooler is limited.
They also provided learning to put yourself in the environment and interact with others because of the significance of a relationship. Whether public schools can guarantee success? The point here, a home schooler can still interact with others.
Community Home Schooling
Home schooling is not only for children generally, but also is a place of education for autistic children .. In the U.S., home schooling has been carried out both locally and nationally. Home Schooling organization that is national in the U.S. is the Islamic Home School Association of North America ((IHSANA), Jewish Home Educator's Network, and National Institute for Christian Home Education.
CONCLUSION
Homeschooling is an alternative school that places the children as subjects with an educational approach at home. Education
emphasis on the development potential of children with the characteristics of each
children. Education presents a fun and exciting, so that the child
able to develop an optimal potential.
The curriculum is determined by parents who knew about the characteristics and
child's environment to make its curriculum more focused on the development potential
children.
Every child is entitled to obtain a decent education. Education
should not handcuff the child's imagination to develop potential
them. Therefore, education is fun and not handcuff
imagination as an element of creativity, will be more meaningful to children.
