{"id":26043,"date":"2021-08-06T16:57:08","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T20:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nche.com\/?p=26043"},"modified":"2021-08-23T11:18:25","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T15:18:25","slug":"blog-reasons-to-homeschool-creativity-encouraged-and-inspired","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/blog-reasons-to-homeschool-creativity-encouraged-and-inspired\/","title":{"rendered":"Razones para educar en casa: creatividad estimulada y fomentada"},"content":{"rendered":"

por Jessica Frierson, agosto de 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"De las muchas razones por las que nuestra familia eligi\u00f3 la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar, la creatividad es mi favorita. A diferencia de las aulas tradicionales, el entorno de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar es especialmente propicio para fomentar e inspirar la creatividad. As\u00ed como en un invernadero donde las plantas tiernas son engatusadas y nutridas con el objetivo de producir frutos deliciosos o flores hermosas, la educaci\u00f3n de nuestros ni\u00f1os se nutre para sacar a relucir los talentos y habilidades ocultos dentro de ellos.<\/span><\/p>\n

Mucha gente limita el concepto de creatividad a las \u00e1reas de las artes. Otros podr\u00edan definirlo como imaginaci\u00f3n. Richard Foster, profesor de Yale y director em\u00e9rito de McKinsey & Company, ha hecho una <\/span>estudiar<\/span><\/a> de la creatividad, concluyendo que se trata de hacer algo nuevo. \u201cCuando encuentras una idea creativa\u201d, dice, \u201cla mayor\u00eda de las veces desencadena otras ideas de la misma manera\u201d. Los padres que educan en el hogar com\u00fanmente ven este efecto domin\u00f3 cuando a sus hijos se les permite explorar sus intereses y se les alienta a seguir las ideas que ellos idean en el entorno libre que ofrece la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar.<\/span><\/p>\n

Foster contin\u00faa: "Una clave para ser creativo es la capacidad de encontrar asociaciones entre diferentes campos del conocimiento, especialmente aquellos que parecen radicalmente diferentes al principio". Este pensamiento es una maravillosa descripci\u00f3n del popular m\u00e9todo de estudios de unidad de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar. Los estudios de unidad est\u00e1n disponibles en una mir\u00edada de temas, pero nuestros favoritos personales de la familia comenzaron con mis hijos haciendo preguntas sobre un tema que llev\u00f3 a otro. Viajes a la biblioteca, transmisi\u00f3n de videos y montones de libros m\u00e1s tarde, a menudo completamos nuestra investigaci\u00f3n espont\u00e1nea con una presentaci\u00f3n familiar. Los jugos creativos revueltos pueden resultar en proyectos de arte, construcciones de LEGO, una recreaci\u00f3n con Playmobil o una presentaci\u00f3n de diapositivas de PowerPoint. El tema actual de nuestra semana escolar a menudo se evidencia en la ropa que mis hijos m\u00e1s peque\u00f1os dise\u00f1an para ellos mismos. No es raro ver una tribu de indios, un grupo de peregrinos, una compa\u00f1\u00eda de soldados o una colecci\u00f3n de \u201canimales\u201d corriendo por nuestro patio. Mis pensamientos de \u201c\u00bfQu\u00e9 pensar\u00e1n los vecinos?\u201d se disiparon cuando uno me confi\u00f3 que ten\u00edan mucha envidia de la escolarizaci\u00f3n aventurera que experimentaron mis hijos y la alegr\u00eda que les produjo al observarla.<\/span><\/p>\n

david elkind<\/span><\/a>, un reconocido psic\u00f3logo, <\/span>enfatiza<\/span> el valor del juego creativo. \u201c<\/span>D\u00e9cadas de investigaci\u00f3n han demostrado que el juego es crucial para el desarrollo f\u00edsico, intelectual y socioemocional en todas las edades. Esto es especialmente cierto en la forma m\u00e1s pura de juego: el tipo desestructurado, automotivado, imaginativo e independiente, donde los ni\u00f1os inician sus propios juegos e incluso inventan sus propias reglas\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

lo biol\u00f3gico <\/span>explicaci\u00f3n<\/span><\/a> para la creatividad es compartido por el Dr. Jonathan Fineberg de la Universidad de las Artes en Filadelfia: \u201c<\/span>Los humanos absorben mucha informaci\u00f3n del mundo que nos rodea: vistas, olores, sonidos y m\u00e1s. La creatividad se trata de poder juntar esas piezas de una manera nueva\u201d. Libre de las restricciones del sal\u00f3n de clases (si\u00e9ntese quieto, forme una fila, no hable sin levantar la mano, guarde sus pensamientos para usted mismo), el estudiante de educaci\u00f3n en el hogar puede procesar libremente la informaci\u00f3n y dar \u00edmpetu a la inspiraci\u00f3n a medida que llega. A medida que pasan de los estudios al juego, el conocimiento aprendido se reorganiza en sus mentes y los estimula a crear nuevas ideas utilizando ese conocimiento.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>La investigaci\u00f3n respalda esto, y <\/span>estudios<\/span><\/a> hecho para comparar los niveles de creatividad de los educadores en el hogar con sus contrapartes de escuelas p\u00fablicas mostr\u00f3 superioridad en los tres tipos de creatividad medidos en los estudiantes educados en el hogar. De hecho, la creatividad mostrada en los conceptos matem\u00e1ticos aument\u00f3 en relaci\u00f3n con la cantidad de a\u00f1os que los ni\u00f1os fueron educados en el hogar. Los investigadores creen que la raz\u00f3n radica en que los m\u00e9todos de ense\u00f1anza empleados por los padres que educan en el hogar \u201cpromueven la creatividad matem\u00e1tica al fomentar la independencia y un enfoque similar al de un juego para resolver problemas\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuando presento nuevos conceptos matem\u00e1ticos a mis hijos, a menudo los convierto en un juego; lo hace m\u00e1s agradable y crea una sensaci\u00f3n de intriga en sus mentes mientras trabajan en los problemas. A medida que miran m\u00e1s all\u00e1 de los n\u00fameros en la p\u00e1gina, se despierta su inter\u00e9s y se sienten motivados a investigar por s\u00ed mismos c\u00f3mo funcionan las matem\u00e1ticas en el mundo que los rodea. En el mundo centrado en la tecnolog\u00eda de hoy, la creatividad en matem\u00e1ticas y ciencias es un bien m\u00e1s valioso que la memorizaci\u00f3n de hechos.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Otra ventaja del aula en casa es la libertad de moverse con frecuencia. Lo que ser\u00eda disruptivo en un sal\u00f3n de clases convencional es una actividad normal en un hogar. Esto no solo es mucho m\u00e1s agradable para los ni\u00f1os, sino que tambi\u00e9n tiene una correlaci\u00f3n con su rendimiento acad\u00e9mico. Las matem\u00e1ticas y la lectura se ven afectadas por la actividad f\u00edsica porque dependen de una funci\u00f3n ejecutiva eficiente y eficaz, que se potencia con la actividad f\u00edsica, como <\/span>anotado <\/span><\/a>por el Instituto Nacional de Salud.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Una cr\u00edtica com\u00fan de la educaci\u00f3n en el hogar es que el ni\u00f1o se perder\u00e1 muchas oportunidades. Ir\u00f3nicamente, con los recortes que las escuelas han hecho en cosas como el recreo, la m\u00fasica, el arte y la educaci\u00f3n f\u00edsica, muchos estudiantes educados en el hogar tienen una gran cantidad de salidas creativas.\u00a0<\/span>disponible para ellos en una escuela convencional. La libertad de las limitaciones necesarias en un entorno institucional abre las puertas de par en par para la expresi\u00f3n creativa. El fruto de esto puede revelarse en una hermosa obra de arte, una deliciosa mezcla culinaria, el desarrollo de una aplicaci\u00f3n inform\u00e1tica, \u00a1o tal vez incluso un futuro avance m\u00e9dico! No hay l\u00edmite para la profundidad del potencial creativo que reside en la mente de nuestros hijos, as\u00ed que no limitemos sus caminos hacia el descubrimiento.<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Jessica Frierson, August 2021 Of the many reasons our family chose to homeschool, creativity is my favorite. Unlike traditional classrooms, the homeschool environment is particularly conducive to encouraging and inspiring creativity. Just as in a greenhouse where tender plants are coaxed and nourished with the goal of bearing luscious fruit or beautiful flowers, our children\u2019s education is nurtured to bring out the hidden talents and skills within them. Many people limit the concept of creativity to areas of the arts. Others might define it as imagination. Richard Foster, Yale lecturer and emeritus director of McKinsey & Company, has made a study of creativity, concluding that it is about making something new. \u201cWhen you find one creative idea,\u201d he says, \u201cmore often than not it triggers other ideas in the same fashion.\u201d Homeschool parents commonly see this domino effect when their children are permitted to explore their interests and encouraged to follow the ideas they devise in the free environment homeschooling provides. Foster continues, \u201cA key to being creative is the ability to find associations between different fields of knowledge, especially ones that appear radically different at first.\u201d This thought is a wonderful description of the popular homeschool method of unit studies. Unit studies are available on a myriad of subjects, but our personal family favorites have begun with my children asking questions about one topic that led to another. Trips to the library, streaming videos, and stacks of books later, we often complete our spontaneous investigation with a family presentation. The creative juices stirred up may result in art projects, LEGO constructions, a re-enactment with Playmobil, or a PowerPoint slideshow. The current theme of our school week is often evidenced by the apparel my younger children devise for themselves. It is not unusual to see a tribe of Indians, a group of Pilgrims, a company of soldiers, or a menagerie of \u201canimals\u201d running through our yard. My thoughts of \u201cWhat will the neighbors think?\u201d were dispelled when one confided in me that they were quite envious of the adventurous schooling my children experienced and the joy it brought as they observed it. David Elkind, a renowned psychologist, emphasizes the value of creative play. \u201cDecades of research has shown that play is crucial to physical, intellectual, and social-emotional development at all ages. This is especially true of the purest form of play: the unstructured, self-motivated, imaginative, independent kind, where children initiate their own games and even invent their own rules.\u201d\u00a0 The biological explanation for creativity is shared by Dr. Jonathan Fineberg of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia: \u201cHumans take in so much information from the world around us\u2014sights, smells, sounds, and more. Creativity is about being able to put those pieces together in a new way.\u201d Free from classroom restrictions\u2014sit still, line up, don\u2019t talk without raising your hand, keep your thoughts to yourself\u2014the homeschool student can freely process information and give impetus to inspiration as it hits. As they turn from studies to play, the knowledge learned is reorganized in their minds and spurs them on to create new ideas using that knowledge. \u00a0Research backs this up, and studies done to compare the levels of creativity of homeschoolers to their public school counterparts showed superiority on all three kinds of creativity measured in the homeschooled students. In fact, the creativity displayed in math concepts increased in relation to the number of years the children were homeschooled. Researchers believe the reason for that lies in that the teaching methods employed by the homeschool parent \u201cpromote math creativity by encouraging independence and a game-like approach to problem-solving.\u201d\u00a0 When presenting new math concepts with my children, I often turn them into a game; it makes it more enjoyable and creates a sense of intrigue in their minds as they are working on the problems. As they look beyond the numbers on the page, their interest is aroused, and they are motivated to investigate for themselves how math works in the world around them. In today\u2019s technology-centered world, creativity in math and science is a more valuable commodity than rote memorization of facts.\u00a0 Another advantage of the home classroom is the freedom to move around frequently. What would be disruptive in a conventional classroom is normal activity in a home. Not only is this much more enjoyable for children, but it also has a correlation with their academic achievement. Math and reading are affected by physical activity because they depend on efficient, effective executive function, which is enhanced with physical activity, as noted by the National Institute of Health.\u00a0 A common critique of homeschooling is that the child will miss out on so many opportunities. Ironically, with cuts that schools have made in things like recess, music, art, and physical education, many homeschooled students have an abundance of creative outlets\u00a0unavailable to them in a conventional school. Freedom from the constraints necessary in an institutional setting opens the doors wide for creative expression. The fruit of this may be revealed in a beautiful work of art, a tasty culinary concoction, the development of a computer app\u2014or maybe even a future medical breakthrough! There is no limit to the depth of creative potential residing in our children\u2019s minds so let us not limit their pathways to discovery.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":18592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_wpcom_ai_launchpad_first_post":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[233,105,113,145,147,151,154,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reasons-to-homeschool","category-nche-blog","category-encouragement","category-considering-homeschooling","category-high-school","category-math","category-young-children","category-middle-school"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgvs5H-6M3","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26406,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26043\/revisions\/26406"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nche.com\/es_pr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}