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Introduction:
While other children have been in school, ▪ Blank screen
I’ve been at home. I’ve still had the ▪ B-roll of me with revision books,
education I needed, even though I’ve never laptop (learning)
been in the system. And all I’ve known is
the structure of a carefree system with an
organised schedule.
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▪ Graphic design for introduction
slate.
But what is home education? Why is it
rising in popularity in the UK? And why is ▪ Title slates
home education deemed as one of the ‘last ▪ Questions
resorts’ for some parents? ▪ B-roll of schools
I will be finding out the answers to all the
questions and help further your knowledge ▪
on home education.
Information:
As an ex-home-educators, I know that ▪ B-roll of me doing work/home
homeschooling now is very different to movie
how I was home educated from a young ▪ Flip through education books
age. I was home educated from the age of 5 ▪ Cartoon version (more visually
to 17, I was taught by my mother who also pleasing images)
schooled my three older siblings with an
American Christian curriculum.
But everyone has their own approach to ▪ Different school books/curriculum
home education, everyone has their own ▪ Teaching styles
style and way of teaching.
Home educators definitely get the best out ▪ B-roll of homeschoolers socialising
of socialising and interacting with different (in different environments)
people. We had the opportunity to choose
who we mixed with, unlike school where
you are put into classrooms and groups
that you may not fit into.
In 2016 to 2017, there were over 45 ▪ Figures
thousand students that were being home-
educated in the UK. And over 29 thousand
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of those home educators were registered
with their local authorities. These numbers
aren’t to be confused with the US, topping
up to 1.5 million home-educators in 2010
to 2011.
(More figures)
There’s a huge dynamic to home-education
vs school. They are two completely ▪ Homeschool vs School (video or
different approaches and different ways of drawn statistics)
learning.
In some countries, school is the only ▪ Map of world with countries being
option. died red for illegal
** ▪ ** “Banned” across screen
There are some countries where home- ▪ Countries where it’s illegal (flags)
education is illegal, but they make up for
that by having a better education system.
Countries like Germany, Sweden, Denmark,
Finland, and there are many more.
Most home-educators will home educate ▪ Different religions
because they want a religious approach. ▪ Special needs/Learning difficulties
While others because their child/children symptoms and b-roll of children and
have special needs or learning difficulties, books
the parent can then have 1-2-1s with them
and the child/children can get the help that
they need.
Interviews:
I’m talking to two families, one who ▪ Blurred footage of families
teaches with a Christian curriculum and one (aesthetics)
that does not. They each have their own
approach, so let’s see what they have to
say about it.
***Questions*** ▪ B-roll of families in home
**(FOR PARENTS)** ▪ B-roll of children doing work
• What's a typical day of schooling ▪ B-roll around the house
your child/children?
• Why did you choose to home
educate your child/children?
• What stage are your children at?
• What curriculum are they using?
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• Has home educating your
child/children been beneficial (more
than school)?
• Do any of your children have any
learning difficulties or special
needs?
• Wold you recommend home
education?
• What has been the biggest positive
of home education?
• What has been the biggest
negatives of home education?
• Has it been easier for you because
you’ve been a teacher?
(Past/Present)
**(FOR STUDENTS)**
• Has home education been beneficial
for you (more than in school)?
• Do you have any learning difficulties
or special needs?
• Would you recommend home
education?
• What has been the biggest positive
of being home educated?
• What has been the biggest
negatives if being homeschooled?
• Do you wish that you had gone to
school (/stayed in school)?
• How is ham education compare to
school/college/university?
After speaking to these families, I have
found out why these specific families
▪ B-roll of families in home
home-educate.
Now I have come to Swindon to talk to
Nathan Fields, who is a TEACH manager for
a Christian curriculum.
** Professional interview**
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**(QUESTIONS FOR PROFESSIONAL)**
• Please tell me about yourself, ▪ B-roll of subject
including your own education at ▪ B-roll around the office
home through to higher education,
and then your early career up until
joining CEE.
• Do you look back on your own
home-education as a positive
experience? Please elaborate.
• As a father of a young family, do you
and your wife hope to home-
educate your children? Please
explain why/why not.
• Please explain what your role is at
CEE and what this entails? (Roughly
how many families have you
registered?)
• Have there been more enquiries to
CEE about home-educating with
ACE curriculum in the last few
years?
(If so, why do you believe this is? Is
home-education generally
becoming more popular?)
• Excluding the current talk of the HE
register, what have been some of
the threats of Christian home-
education in the UK in recent times?
(Do you think there is a threat to
home-education across the board?
Do you have any idea who many
children are being home-educated
in England/the UK at present?)
• The government are talking about
forced registration of all home-
educating families. Do you think this
is a realistic proposal, and if so what
impact do you think this will have?
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After to talking to a professional about the ▪ B-roll from interview with
ins and outs of home education, hopefully professional
you have more of an understanding to
home education and why people are using
this approach.
Outro:
After talking to Joelle, Sophia and Nathan, I
understand why they have chosen this
path. But home education isn’t the only
option, there are other alternatives.
*List alternatives*
There have been debates on whether
parents have the right to take their child
out of school, if it’s in the best interest of
the child the parent should have that
choice.
