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12-31-2007, 03:36 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 5
| |  Hello everyone
I am not a private tutor but am home-educating my daughter who left school (Year 8) in October. It is quite a task to teach her all the different subjects she wants or needs to learn, but we are getting there at last!
One of the main problems has been trying to find the sort of text books that we can both work with. We have both realised that for us, traditional books seem to work better. I don't suppose that everyone would agree with that though.
One question I do have concerns BCE & CE vs BC and AD. I realise that the former tends to be used in schools now, but would it be wrong to write BC/AD in an exam? |
12-31-2007, 07:08 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: LONDON
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Hi thecattery Glad to have you aboard! Quite an undertaking you have there. I take my hat off to you. I couldn't do it. I have a friend who is the head of RE, she should know. I'll post a message ASAP. The traditional books are often better than some of the knew ones. The actual subject matter has not really changed. For my money for maths invest in some Bostock and Chandler books they are the best around. I get all my examples from them. Any other queries just post. |
12-31-2007, 08:11 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007
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Hello the cattery. Welcome! i home schooled my sone for a year last year when he was poorly. He was 14. I know it can be a bit daunting to get all the information you need. I ended up getting a tutor for the basics so he would have a good grounding. |
01-02-2008, 07:08 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 5
| | Thanks and maths books
Many thanks for your replies.
Yes, I did decide on the Bostock and Chandler maths books in the end and am very impressed as they help ME to understand the maths as well as my daughter. (Maths was always my weakest subject). When she was at school they used books that I could not understand - too many pretty pictures and not enough explanation!
Unfortunately, I am not in a position to pay for private tuition at the moment, but I take the view that whilst I am teaching her, I am improving my knowledge too, which can't be bad!
Thanks again
Rosemary |
01-02-2008, 06:51 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007
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HI glad you have found us. It is good practice to use BCE/CE now unless specifically mentioning the christian calendar. Hope this is useful. Home schooling is a very admirable undertaking. With the time that you have available it will be great to take things slowly. When you are reading texts for English, take the time to read them through before disecting them. Discuss the book as you read, but don't pull it apart. It will help later on to be able to look at the text in context. |
01-02-2008, 07:21 PM
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They are all my weakest subjects. That's why I had to get him a tutor!! |
01-03-2008, 08:43 AM
| | Junior Member | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Gloucestershire
Posts: 5
| | Bce/ce
Thanks again for your replies.
OK, BCE etc will take some time for me to get used to as I left school in the mid 70s. It is more for Greek history than RE, although we are doing RE as well.
Interesting what you say about books. I think you are right and we have been trying that approach, which seems to work. Nice to know I am doing something properly!
Best wishes
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