According to Saettler, more recent analysis has provided the same evaluation (p. Nevertheless, one observation was consistent as observed by Kelly and Cody, “Research reported on the merits of linear programmed material provides an obscure evaluation on all counts but one: they are effective” (p. It did not live up to its widely proclaimed expectations. Like many educational innovations it was hailed as the elixir for educational woes. In the early exploration of programmed learning it was observed, “of all the recent developments in education, few are likely to have an impact on classroom practice that exceeds that of teaching machines and programmed learning” (DeCecco, p. 396).Ī previous suggestion to the problems of education was programmed instruction. A parent in California quoted by Divoky said, “And finally I got wise and realized that the school is not our friend, that those people really don’t care about us and our children” (p. Conservative scholar and columnist Thomas Sowell wrote, “Society has not failed its children. education is failing all young people” (p.
Parents, educators and writers have expressed their concern over the state of education. The convergence of these issues exists because many parents, being critical of the educational system, are leaving it and using programmed instructional materials at home to educate their own children. The call for educational reform, however, has made these concepts more than a jumble of unrelated ideas. Programmed instruction was thought to be dead-and home schooling a novelty with a short life expectancy. Keywords: Homeschooling, home schooling, home education, environment.
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