Great books from history and literature should be used in place of textbooks.
Children should spend plenty of time in nature and use natural materials in education.
I want to use curriculum similar to what is used in public or private schools.
Child-led learning is important.
Early elementary years should focus on exploring the world with no formal lessons.
The parent's most important job in education is to teach the child how to learn.
Short lessons with focused attention are better than big chunks of time.
Lessons that can be used with multiple ages and grades are best.
I prefer to purchase grade-level curriculum packages that are planned out for me.
Learning is more effective when the child is interested.
Discussions are a major part of learning.
Topical studies are a great way to learn.
Instruction should be language-based with little use of screens.
Incorporating many different subjects into one study is preferable.
Early childhood should emphasize creative play and formal learning should be avoided before age 7.
A child's passion for learning should drive their education.
Living books are a great tool for learning.
I desire my children to have a rigorous education.
Social responsibility and empathy are important in my children's education.
Learning ideas are more important than memorizing facts.
Living books, projects, and activities are preferable to textbooks, workbooks, and worksheets.
The parent's role is to facilitate the child's education and not to teach.
Parents should model a love for learning, a love for work, a curious nature, and read a lot.
Learning to write clearly and use elegant language is important.
Children will learn when they are ready.
Education should include practical activities like household chores or handcrafts.
Being able to transition into a public or private school classroom is important.
Education is the child's responsibility.
Latin and logic are important subjects.
Parents should study and read while the child studies and reads.
Self-expression through art, music, role-playing, and movement is an important part of education.
Children should have long periods of uninterrupted time for child-led study.
Avoiding screens for children who are elementary age or younger is important.
Having a teacher's guide is essential.
It is better to study a wide variety of subjects than to focus mainly on reading, writing, and math.
Our learning environment looks like a mini-classroom.
Learning how to learn is a priority.
Children should learn at their own pace.
Topical studies help children make connections between subjects.
Children should spend lots of time outside.
My top three are:
Thomas Jefferson at 23 (that’s a new one on me, I’m going to have look that one up)
Unschooling at 19 (I definitely like the idea of doing it before 5 or 7 years old and then maybe continuing with it in a bit more structured manner after that, so that yes, we read, do math, study history, etc. every day, but they choose at least some of the reading we’re doing, some of the history we study and at least half their “electives”.)
Tied with Charlotte Mason at 19 (I like her daily nature walks and the idea of using living books)
So I guess I want to be an eclectic homeschooler, too! Doesn’t surprise me too much, of what I’d read already, I couldn’t find any philosophy (Charlotte Mason, Unschooling, classical, traditional, unit studies, Montessori, Waldorf are the ones I’ve read about) I liked enough to want to dive in wholeheartedly.
I gave my top four since I had a tie.
Score for Unit Studies Education: 25
Score for Montessori Education: 18
Score for Classical Education: 18
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 23
I really enjoyed this quiz!
My top 3 were
Classical – 25
Waldorf – 5
Charlotte Mason – 2
These were my only positive numbers…I have a negative number for everything else :-)…My lowest number is Unschooling – I have negative 12 for that…
Wow – i came out as Charlotte Mason. That is so NOT me. I think these questions are pretty leading. I think literature is highly important, and guide my children to do a LOT of reading. However, that is not their main education. This is overall a very interesting survey, but the questions need to be worded differently for better overall accuracy in answers.
These questions were the ones for Charlotte Mason. If you agreed with these items quite a bit, the quiz would give a high score for Charlotte Mason.
Short lessons with focused attention are better than big chunks of time.
Living books are a great tool for learning.
Learning ideas is more important than memorizing facts.
Children should spend lots of time outside.
It is better to study a wide variety of subjects than to focus mainly on reading, writing, and math.
Top 3 were Classical, Traditional and Waldorf
Not a huge surprise – LOL Thanks for the quiz!
Score for Traditional Education: -20
Score for Unit Studies Education: 18
Score for Montessori Education: 23
Score for Classical Education: 21
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 21
According to this, I don’t feel so hot about ANY type of education, LOL!
Waldorf Education: -9
Traditional Education: -21
# 1. Unit Studies Education: 9
Montessori Education: 3
Thomas Jefferson Education: 2
# 3. Unschooling: 4
Classical Education: -6
# 2. Charlotte Mason Education: 8
Looks eclectic, but I thought the top would be would be Charlotte Mason. I didn’t know about Thomas Jefferson, and the name turned me off, so that’s a surprise, also.
Your Results:
Score for Waldorf Education: 14
Score for Traditional Education: -23
Score for Unit Studies Education: 11
Score for Montessori Education: 15
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 15
Score for Unschooling: 15
Score for Classical Education: 7
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 14
Charlotte Mason and Thomas Jefferson was my first top score. but actually I havent learnt about Thomas jefferson before. very surprising. I’ll learn after write this comment.
Your Results:
Score for Waldorf Education: -3
Score for Traditional Education: -12
Score for Unit Studies Education: 12
Score for Montessori Education: 14
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 11
Score for Unschooling: 11
Score for Classical Education: 6
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 9
Unit Studies: 16
Montessori: 15
Thomas Jefferson: 14
Traditional: -14
Seems about right.
The highest score was:
Highest score was Montessori Education 14
Next highest was Charlotte Mason 8
Third was a tie between Waldorf, Unit Studies and Unschooling. all 6
We are very eclectic.
Hi! Too 3: unit studies, Charlotte Mason, Montessori. And way negative score on “traditional.” That’s what is most interesting to me about the comments here! There was such a wide range of top scores among the commenters I read; but it seemed the traditional (classroom-like) was dead last for so many. Isn’t it great we can all find our family’s fit? And so interesting, that for many of us, it looks so very UNlike a typical school setting! Hmm…(:
Charlotte Mason
Montessori
Unschooling
Hmmmm it seems my summer reading pile of unschooling books must have rubbed off a little!
Score for Traditional Education: -18
Score for Montessori Education: 15
Score for Unschooling: 23
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 14
Unit Studies 21
Charlotte Mason 16
Unschooling 10
Montessori 9
Traditional Education -3 (funny being that I spent 9 years as an educator)
Thomas Jefferson Education -6
I love unit studies. This is pretty accurate, though I really have no idea what Thomas Jefferson Education is.
Classical, Charlotte Mason and Montessori tied for second….. Pretty spot on.
My top 3 are:
Score for Unschooling: 15
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 11
Score for Montessori Education: 9
Interesting because I go for a more traditional route.
Score for Waldorf Education: 13
Score for Traditional Education: -25
☆Score for Unit Studies Education: 18
Score for Montessori Education: 15
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 17
☆Score for Unschooling: 23
Score for Classical Education: 5
☆Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 25
montessori
Unschooling
Classical
(We do classical conversations currently)
Score for Waldorf Education: 9
Score for Traditional Education: 11
Score for Unit Studies Education: 14
Score for Montessori Education: 20
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 2
Score for Unschooling: 15
Score for Classical Education: 7
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 19
Score for Unschooling: 17
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 14
Score for Unit Studies Education: 12
Classical – 20 not a surprise, I am a big proponent of Classical
Montessori -16
Obviously I have a strong showing for unit studies:
Score for Unit Studies Education: 15
Score for Montessori Education: 9
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 9
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 9
Waldorf : 8
Traditional : 0
Unit Studies : 9
Montessori : 23
Thomas Jefferson : 19
Unschooling: 8
Classical : 5
Charlotte Mason : 13
Score for Waldorf Education: 6
Score for Traditional Education: -13
Score for Unit Studies Education: 9
Score for Montessori Education: 21
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 16
Score for Unschooling: 23
Score for Classical Education: 12
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 15
Hi, thanks for this survey. Very enlightening. For future reference, when building a survey, you may want to lookup Double-barreled questions. You should avoid asking about 2 things in the same question. For example, I believe logic is very important but not Latin. There is no way for me to answer that question accurately.
Thanks again for the survey!
Score for Waldorf Education: 12
Score for Traditional Education: -9
Score for Unit Studies Education: 11
Score for Montessori Education: 17
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 6
Score for Unschooling: 18
Score for Classical Education: 11
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 18
Very interesting and I’d say accurate.
Score for Waldorf Education: 10
Score for Traditional Education: -8
Score for Unit Studies Education: 14
Score for Montessori Education: 23
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 13
Score for Unschooling: 23
Score for Classical Education: 12
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 21
I definitely agree with Montessori and Unschooling- not really sure what Charlotte Mason consists of (now I’ll have to look) the traditional score isn’t surprising, but I’m kind of surprised Waldorf wasn’t higher since that’s the curriculum type we actually use
Montessori 19
Unschooling 11
Charlotte Mason 9
CM=13
Montessori=11
Unschooling and Classical=9
Score for Unit Studies Education: 21
Score for Montessori Education: 21
Score for Classical Education: 17
Charlotte Mason – 25
Unschooling – 23
Thomas Jefferson and Montessori tied @ 15
My Top 3:
Charlotte Mason
Waldorf
Montessori
With Montessori being our highest. Actually a little surprised as I wasn’t expecting Montessori to be our highest!
Score for Waldorf Education: 5
Score for Traditional Education: -17
Score for Unit Studies Education: 18
Score for Montessori Education: 23
Score for Thomas Jefferson Education: 7
Score for Unschooling: 18
Score for Classical Education: 0
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 17
Unit Studies and Unschooling are the two I knew I would be. Charlotte Mason is one I’ve read a little about but not much so I’ll have to look into that more. The one that is surprising is Montessori with a score of 23. I’ve heard of it but know nothing about it. Thank you for the quiz, it was good food for thought!
My top three were very similar to yours! 🙂
Montessori: 21
Unschooling: 18
Unit Studies & Charlotte Mason: 17
Thank you for this quiz! What a great resource!
Happy schooling!
Nikki
Well, My scores were rather surprising. I tend to think of myself as a Classical Charlotte Mason sort… but my Charlotte Mason score was relatively low.
Classical: 23
Thomas Jefferson: 14
Montessori: 16
I really don’t know what Thomas Jefferson means.. I’ll have to look that up. And I find it surprising that I score high in Montessori. I do not have any Montessori materials and have no idea how to teach in that method. I apply some Charlotte Mason techniques, and actually really agree with alot of her pedagogy, but alas, I was a traditionally schooled child and have a VERY hard time conforming in practice to those ideals. Overall, when people ask me, I say I am an Eclectic homeschooler. 🙂 Thanks for the quiz. I am curious about Thomas Jefferson now… off to research…
Score for Montessori Education: 14
Score for Classical Education: 14
Score for Charlotte Mason Education: 19
Top 3
Unit Studies- 17
Montessori-15
Charlotte Mason-14
Charlotte Mason, Unschooling, Unit Studies/Montessori
My top three were, of course Charlotte Mason, and then following that were Montessori and Unit Study! I do LOVE unschooling, but didn’t get a very high score in that one surprisingly!
Charlotte Mason 21
Classical 17
Montessori 12
Unschooling 8
TJ 7
Waldorf 5
Unit 3
Traditional -13