“Won’t homeschooling make you socially inept? How do you grade yourself without exams? How can you study without peers?”

Hello and welcome to Gen Z meets World podcast! Stated above are some of the questions we’ve often heard regarding homeschooling. In general, homeschooling has always seemed so unorthodox and questionable. The general idea is that if you are homeschooled, chances are you’ll turn out a little weird and incompetent.

Thus, being homeschooled most of our lives (Ahmad has never been to school and Aeshah only attended five years of formal schooling), we decided to sit down and crack into one of the most “mystical” schooling methods.

Here’s the breakdown:

Timestamps:
00:00:00 – Title
00:00:30 – Definition of homeschool
00:02:57 – TOPIC 1: Why we were homeschooled
00:04:05 – Timeline of when our parents started homeschooling us
00:06:26 – How our parents were introduced to homeschooling
00:12:20 – RECAP: Ideal environments; Holistic learning
00:13:39 – TOPIC 2: How we were homeschooled (method)
00:15:37 – How the method evolves
00:18:17 – Student-teachers dependency problem
00:24:17 – CONCLUSION: Adaptive to needs and changes; Focused on holistic approach
00:24:31 – TOPIC 3: Questions people often ask us about homeschooling
00:24:44 – QUESTION 1: Motivation (How do you study without exams or peer motivation/competition?)
00:25:54 – How we built internal motivation / willpower
00:27:00 – Our parents integrate learning in every aspects of our life
00:28:32 – RECAP: Internal motivation; Tendency to learn
00:29:49 – QUESTION 2: How do you have social skills?
00:32:19 – Research on homeschooled children’s social skills
00:33:00 – Tendency to be involved in civic work
00:34:01 – The problem with schools’ “manufactured” social environment
00:37:12 – The idea that level of prestige/exclusivity = level of quality
00:39:09 – TOPIC 4: Formal schooling v. Homeschooling
00:40:20 – Is there a one-size fits all solution?
00:40:47 – Formal schooling as a solution to illiteracy
00:43:39 – Formal schooling helps in arranging information linearly
00:44:34 – How formal schooling and homeschooling compliments
00:48:10 – TOPIC 5: The problem with exam-oriented studying method
00:49:26 – Studying for the exams v. Exams measuring your understanding
00:50:14 – Studying for the exams isn’t necessarily learning (is this too controversial?)
00:50:56 – Quantitative approach / Objectifying subjective questions
00:52:56 – Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS/KBAT)
00:54:45 – CONCLUSION: The imposition of a misconception on learning
00:55:24 – Wrapping up the discussion (recap on the whole discussion)
00:57:03 – Learning is not about memorisation / Trivia questions
00:59:41 – Formal schooling has become a crutch
01:01:21 – Thanks for tuning in

So what do you think about homeschooling? Do you share our sentiments on exam-oriented studies? Join in the conversation!

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The research we mentioned:
https://www.nheri.org/home-school-researcher-the-social-and-emotional-health-of-homeschooled-students-in-the-united-states-a-population-based-comparison-with-publicly-schooled-students-based-on-the-national-survey-of-child/

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Ungku Aziz Malaysian economist in Kuala Lumpur; Victor pogadaev, CC BY-SA 4.0 https:/