Many parents are looking for a better way to educate their children, but they need a viable financial alternative to make it happen.
Private school sounds great, but it can be expensive. However, what if you can get a low cost high-quality private school education?
That’s where online video education comes in.
An Exploding Market
The online educational market is exploding. New resources are being created every year, and prices are falling because of an increasing number of users and few expenses after initial production.
This means parents no longer need to be experts in a subject in order to homeschool their children. Instead, they can use top-notch teachers who are making their lessons available through affordable online videos. Instead of slogging through textbooks for each subject, videos provide excellent primary instruction for students. They can and should be aided by reading assignments, but videos are a superior tool for primary instruction.
Impersonal?
Sure, online video education means less student–teacher interaction. It is not a perfect system. However, this also has its advantages.
One, there are fewer distractions from watching the lesson. Trying to pay attention can be difficult when there are 15 to 30 other students in the room, especially when some of them do not behave.
Second, videos allow you to go at your own pace. If you are sick or want to take a vacation, you don’t miss a lecture. You just take a break and pick up where you left off.
Third, wouldn’t you rather have an excellent teacher on video than a poor (or even average) teacher in person? Online education uses the best teachers—both in knowledge and in communication skills—available at a low cost. This is an amazing opportunity.
It must also be said that video education can still be personal. Many online educational websites provide ways to communicate with teachers and other students through forums and email.
Online courses can also be done in groups (with siblings or homeschool groups), and parents should be there to help guide their children in their online classes, especially when they are young.
The Good Curriculum is a flexible and comprehensive approach to education at minimal cost to parents. NT$3,600 per year will get you access for the whole family, with an additional charge of NT$1,200 per course. The Good Curriculum has student forums for each course. This provides a complete solution for an entire K–12 education.
The good news today is that parents have options.
Tom Watson