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Sheng, Xiaoming – Education and Urban Society, 2018
Home education is at an early stage for the public, researchers, media and educational authorities in China. Yet the research relating to the development of home education has been entirely ignored. In particular, the literature focusing on the legal status of home education is negligible in the educational context of China. There is no literature…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Educational Legislation, Compulsory Education
Gaither, Milton, Ed. – John Wiley & Sons, Inc, 2016
"The Wiley Handbook of Home Education" is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad. This book presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government…
Descriptors: Guides, Home Schooling, Academic Achievement, Socialization
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Varnham, Sally; Squelch, Joan – Education and the Law, 2008
Education is both a right and a responsibility. International instruments such as the "International covenant on civil and political rights" and the "International convention on the rights of the child" affirm the right of all children to education. This right is spelt out in the education legislation of all states and…
Descriptors: School Choice, Home Schooling, Responsibility, Childrens Rights
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Smyth, Ciara; Blaxland, Megan; Cass, Bettina – Journal of Youth Studies, 2011
A common theme in the literature on care-giving is the issue of "hidden" carers, that is, people who undertake caring roles and responsibilities, yet do not identify themselves as carers. One reason people do not recognise themselves as carers relates to the nature of the caring relationship. When providing care for a family member,…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Caregivers, Identification (Psychology), Social Attitudes