What Is an Education Anyway? Your Answer Changes Your Homeschool

About this episode

The episode explores the concept of education and how personal definitions impact homeschooling experiences.

What Is an Education Anyway — And Who Gets to Decide? Forget every notion you have been told about what an education is. I want to ask you something I ask every single woman I work with in coaching. What do you believe an education is? And the second question — the one that tends to stop people cold: What did you believe an education was before you started homeschooling? Most of us never actually chose our definition of education. We absorbed it. From school, from our parents, from the culture around us. And then we built an entire homeschool on top of it. And then we wondered why it felt so heavy. And if you’re just starting out and wondering where to begin — I made something for exactly that. The 7-Day Confident Homeschool Roadmap is a free guide that walks you through your first year with clarity rather than overwhelm. Grab it below. Get your free 7-Day Confident Homeschool Mom Roadmap What Is an Education Anyway? The Definition Most of Us Inherited If you grew up in a conventional school system, your working definition probably sounds something like this: Education is the successful delivery of academic content across subjects. Demonstrated through coverage, completion…

People in this episode

Host: Teresa Wiedrick

Topics covered

• education
• homeschooling
• definition of education
• parenting
• coaching

Keywords

• education
• homeschool
• definition
• coaching
• parenting
• 7-Day Confident Homeschool Roadmap

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