People seem very focused on "titles" and approaches within the "traditional" school and within the "homeschool" community. I have never EVER been married to one approach and would feel stifled by completely embracing one school of thought---it's just not how I am internally constructed. As the most NON-traditional traditional educator and now as a homeschooling parent, I voraciously pull from a variety of sources, strategies, and philosophies that build on my strengths and my children's individual needs. I approach my parenting and home educating with the notion that there isn't one best way but what best ways work for my family at that stage.
When people are staunch un-schoolers, or traditional schoolers, or whatever the new term is- I am leery. I sometimes feel that educators (home and traditional) dive so deep into an approach that when they come up for air (if they come up at all) they find themselves so far away from shore/foundation that they are ineffective.
Basically, I'm discriminating and I take a little here and there to make it right for the 2 children I have. My children are different genders, different ages, and different thinkers so why would I use the same approaches?
ec·lec·tic
noun /iˈklektik/
eclectics, plural
eclectics, plural
- A person who derives ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
adjective /iˈklektik/
- Deriving ideas, style, or taste from a broad and diverse range of sources
- - her musical tastes are eclectic
- Of, denoting, or belonging to a class of ancient philosophers who did not belong to or found any recognized school of thought but selected such doctrines as they wished from various schools
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