Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9781930228009
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 1930228007
Number Of Items: 1
Release Date: December 03, 1999
Running Time: 40 minutes

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Editorial Review:

Description:
This video should answer ALL your questions about Home Schooling. For example:

Why do parents invest time and resources to do what the government does for nothing? Is Home Schooling legal? What about kids' socialization? Can uncertified parents teach? Will colleges and universities accept Home Schoolers? Why do Home Schools exceed the accomplishements of public schools? How can others get into the act? ... locate materials? ... find help?

We all need the right amount of time to learn something. Some need more than others. Some can do it in less. Classroom teachers can't deal with this. Students given the right "Time for Learning" do it better.

Home Schooling 101 tells the story with examples, evidence, testimonials and hard facts. It deals effectively with the major myths that have grown up around this movement.

The second half of the video follows a three-child family through 12 years of alternative learning; astounding evidence of successful accomplishment.

A primer for parents, educators, politicians and the media. Meet the Home School Pioneers and see why they are winning.

DIRECTOR Monte Ussery, EdD, has produced, written, directed and/or edited over 300 non-theatrical motion pictures, some of which won national awards for excellence. He is a graduate of the UCLA Theater Arts program. Monte says he was priviledged to teach school three years before finding employment in the film industry. With a Doctorate in educational technology, he was exposed to training methods used by government agencies and large corporations; methods which produced a higher level of performance than that produced by classic teaching methods. These are the same techniques recommended by the Home Schooling Gurus. Publicizing this movement became a crusade for Dr. Ussery, and has culminated in this introductory video treatment of a national sub-culture.

Includes Dr. Raymond and Dorothy Moore, Dr. Harold Wengert and Sycamore Tree's Sandy Gogel. Susan Pargman provides interview continuity, and Narrator Al Gundby ties it all together. Other players speak through sound bites to present the case for and against schooling at home.

The format has been compared to a 60 minutes double feature.




Rating: - Timeless Information
Scenes in the movie span a period from 1988 through 2000, tracking the children of one family through University graduation. Children graduated Magna Cum Laude, Suma Cum Laude and "with honors." The movie describes the elements of the Home Schooling movement, most appropriate for parents who want to know what it's all about. The teaching techniques have not changed since Ben Franklin's Mommie taught him at home.

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Rating: - Don't waste your time or money
I BRIEFLY talked to a co-worker about his homeschooled kids and learned more from him than I did this video. The video was made in 1988, how up-to-date is the information now? It does briefly update you on the family covered to year 2000.

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Rating: - If you're considering home schooling, consider this video
Although I am not a firm believer in home schooling, I found this video to be very informative and professional. The author(s) obviously have a solid background in the subject.

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Rating: - 5-Stars for this Informative Video
This video has answered all my questions concerning home schooling. I feel very confortable moving on with my home schooling decision.

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Rating: - all you need to know
An excellent video to get you on your way to home schooling success!

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