By: Arthur Hall
Submitted: 2011-06-03 14:59:15 | Word Count: 516
The Abeka homeschooling system is a K-12 accredited schooling system that has been used for over thirty years in the United States. The Abeka Schooling system starts from the basic schooling level all the way up to pre-college education.
The abeka curriculum uses a fast track learning approach and the child and the tutor have to follow a strict regime. The Abeka curriculum is based on Christian learning and there are a lot of quotations from the Bible in it. The history lessons also teach history from a Christian perspective.
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The lessons are quite advanced and if you adopt the Abeka homeschooling system you will find that your child is advanced in his/her studies as compared to school going children of the same age group. English, history, math and science, plus reading the Bible are the main subjects that are taught in the Abeka curriculum. The Abeka curriculum is updated quite frequently to keep abreast with the latest discoveries.
There are certain pros and cons of the Abeka homeschooling system. The material is very well planned and each lesson is spelt out exactly the way it is to be taught in the teacher guide. There are a number of references to the Bible in it and you would not find any evolutionary content in it. The books and the teaching material are quite advanced. As the content is updated frequently, therefore you cannot keep the books and reuse them on the next child after a couple of years.
The Abeka course is an expensive course and is not affordable by everyone who wants to teach their children at home. The textbook and the workbook approach are not appreciated by many children as some of them get bored easily while reading text material.
The burnout rate of the Abeka schooling system is quite high and a lot of children want to change their learning mode after a couple of years. A high level of discipline is required to keep abreast with the lessons. You can resell the used Abeka material as there is a big market for them.
Abeka has changed its teaching approach and has now started using multimedia. The Abeka courses are available on CDs and the role of the teachers has also been reduced as there are teachers that teach the children using audio, visual aids. The parents just have to make sure that the child completes the daily tasks. The disadvantage of the CD based system is that some children do not like a particular teacher or the teaching method and refuse to continue learning from them.
As each schooling system has its pros and cons and there is no perfect learning system, it is the parents who have to make the decision. Abeka is being used by millions of parents and teachers and it does have its strength. Most parents have found the Abeka curriculum to be quite comprehensive and complete. The subject matter that is taught is quite exhaustive. The Abeka curriculum is recommended for parents who want a good Christian-based home schooling system for their children.
