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Barratt-Peacock, John – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
If home education is not just school in another place, how can we conceptualise it and how does it work? This paper considers the peculiar set of relationships that characterise home-educating families and traces their extension out into the wider community. It further shows how, through the ongoing family conversation, experiences gained from…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Family Environment, Socialization
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Princiotta, Daniel; Bielick, Stacey – National Center for Education Statistics, 2006
This report represents the latest survey information from the National Center for Education Statistics on the prevalence of homeschooling in the United States. This document uses the Parent and Family Involvement Survey of the 2003 National Household Education Surveys Program (NHES) to estimate the number and percentage of homeschooled students in…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, Home Schooling, Student Characteristics, Family Environment
Park, Clara C., Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed.; Lee, Stacey J., Ed.; Rong, Xue Lan, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2007
This research anthology is the fourth volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. This series explores and explains the lived experiences of Asian…
Descriptors: Asian Americans, Acculturation, Asian American Students, High School Students
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Brabant, Christine; Bourdon, Sylvain; Jutras, France – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
In Canada, until now, no studies have focused on the practice of home education in the francophone province of Quebec. While the home-educating population in that province is tangible, it has remained largely unknown. Quebec's distinctive character on three fronts-- political, historical and cultural--make the application of results from the rare…
Descriptors: Area Studies, Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Curriculum Enrichment