Explaining home education: Parents' accounts of their decisions to teach their own children

Galen, Jane A. Van

doi:10.1007/bf01111877

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“…In particular, the parents stated they are better able to facilitate students learning, choose appropriate curriculum, regulate scheduling and teach moral, ethical, cultural and spiritual principals. Green and Hoover-Dempsey (2007), Ray (2000), Thomas (2001), Van Galen (1987 all stated similar issues when studying populations of home educators.…”

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Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School

Fields‐Smith¹,

Williams

2008

Urban Rev

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Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School

Fields‐Smith¹,

Williams

2008

Urban Rev

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“…The modern homeschooling movement in the United States has been fueled by justifiable parental concerns for: (a) regard for child safety at public institutions (Bielick, 2008;Lines, 2000;Ray, 1999), (b) desire to impart religious virtues and values (Collom, 2005;Kunzman, 2009;Marchant, 1993;Ray, 2013;Romanowski, 2006;Van Galen, 1987), (c) dissatisfaction with academic instruction (Ballmann, 1995;Bielick, 2008;Ray, 2002), and (d) interest in offering individual affordances via the Internet (Collins & Halverson, 2009;Meighan, 1997;Valery, 2011). Medlin (2000Medlin ( , 2013, Romanowski (2006), andMcDowell (2000) also state students are sufficiently involved in a variety of experiences that positively develop their socialization skills.…”

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“…Homeschoolers typically disapprove of public education's inclusion of evolution and sex education into the curriculum (Van Galen, 1987).…”

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“…Homeschool parents usually incorporate learning into routine activities and blend the children's interests with the curriculum (Ray, 2002). Parents seek out help from community experts to support and provide scaffolding for their children (Medlin, 1996;Van Galen, 1987). Numerous homeschool families utilize resources from their communities and collaborate with others to educate their children (Muldowney, 2011;J.…”

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Present-Day Challenges in Homeschooling Specialists’ Training in Canada

Свиридова¹

2021

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The article deals with the results of the recent scientific research concerning training of experts for homeschooling in general and its today’s challenges in particular. Canada has been chosen as a target country due to its specific attitude towards homeschooling and its significant experience in specialist and/or teacher training for homeschooling. The urgency of the problem has recently aggravated because of the present-day situation with covid-19 worldwide restrictions in education and subsequent increase in the number of homeschooling families that need expert advice from certified specialists. The purpose of the article is to highlight the actual state of homeschooling specialist training in Canada in order to decide on a possibility to apply the experience of Canada in those counties which face similar challenges. To conduct the scientific results such methods as a continuous sampling method and a data classification method were used. The present research resulted into revealing current challenges in the realm of teacher training for homeschooling in Canada along with possible ways of overcoming of all the revealed difficulties with the help of various institutions that provide pedagogical education or practical support within the process of specialist training for homeschooling. The article considers acquiring skills and knowledge necessary for organizing family (home) education from colleges, institutes, universities, teacher training courses, associations, homeschooling support groups, etc. Some relevant educational programs provided by these establishments are under consideration as well. Thus, the following conclusions were inferred from the results of the research: the system of Homeschooling Specialists’ Training in Canada is highly-developed and well-prepared to cope with the difficulties connected with the Present-day Challenges.

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“…In most cases, the decision to homeschool is made by the parents, and not children. Accordingly, much of the research has examined the practice of homeschooling from the perspective of parents, seeking to understand how they perceive homeschooling, why they opt for it, how they implement homeschooling in practice, and how they evaluate it (Arai, 2000;Bielick, Chandler, & Broughman, 2002;Cai, Reeve, & Robinson, 2002;Collom, 2005;Foster, Froyen, Skibbe, Bowles, & Decker, 2016;Hanna, 2012;Knowles, 1991;Litcher & Schmidt, 1991;Mayberry & Knowles, 1989;McGraw, Bergen, & Schumm, 1993;Van Galen, 1987).…”

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Ask the Young: What Homeschooled Adolescents Think About Homeschooling

Neuman

2020

Journal of Research in Childhood Education

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Home schooling is a growing practice in many Western countries. Examination of the practice has entailed collection of "hard" data, such as academic achievements and success rates in higher education, as well as investigation of the practice from the perspective of parents. It is very important to examine homeschooling from the perspective of the children studying in this framework, yet only a few studies of this type have been conducted. The purpose of the present research was to examine how adolescents evaluate homeschooling. Semi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 young people (ages 16-22) who were raised in a homeschooling setting. The interviews included a series of questions intended to examine how adolescents evaluate homeschooling. The findings indicated diverse themes that can be divided into four main superthemes: contents and methods of instruction and learning; outcomestraits; outcomesfamily; and outcomessociety. Regarding the first supertheme, the interviewees noted both advantages and disadvantages. For the second and third themes, they cited only advantages. With regard to the fourth theme, only disadvantages were mentioned. The findings suggest that some of the themes refer to constructivist learning and some of them reflect overall aims of educationsocialization and individuation.

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Explaining home education: Parents' accounts of their decisions to teach their own children

Cited by 27 publications

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Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School

Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School

Present-Day Challenges in Homeschooling Specialists’ Training in Canada

Ask the Young: What Homeschooled Adolescents Think About Homeschooling

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