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Pearlman-Avnion, Shiri; Grayevsky, Mor – Education and Urban Society, 2019
The present study uses qualitative and quantitative methods to examine whether homeschooled youth in the largely urbanized social context of Israel differ in their level of civic engagement and social self-efficacy from that of their peers educated at school. Participants completed quantitative questionnaires on civic engagement and social…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Civics, Citizen Participation, Foreign Countries
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Ahi, Berat; Sengil-Akar, Seyma – Education and Urban Society, 2021
The purpose of this study is to understand the story underlying the preference of parents (mothers-fathers) for home school in Turkey and to determine the main points in this story. For this purpose, this study was conducted according to the narrative study model, one of the qualitative research designs. Within the context of this study, the…
Descriptors: Family Attitudes, Parent Attitudes, Educational Attitudes, Home Schooling
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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
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Guterman, Oz; Neuman, Ari – Education and Urban Society, 2017
In modern society, a large part of the socialization process occurs in schools. Therefore, one of the most significant questions raised with regard to homeschooling concerns the impact of this type of education on the emotional world of the child. However, there is almost no mention in the research of how the nature of the social activity of…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Emotional Problems, Behavior Problems, Socialization
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Butler, Mark H.; Harper, James M.; Call, Matthew L.; Bird, Mark H. – Education and Urban Society, 2015
Advocates of home-schooling claim a variety of positive educational and familial outcomes. Research is needed to examine possible effects of home-schooling on family relationships. We investigated family environment differences between home-schooling and public-schooling families matched in terms of family-centric orientation. Family cohesion was…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Family Environment, Family Relationship, Public Schools
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Sheng, Xiaoming – Education and Urban Society, 2015
This study conducted a case study of homeschooling in order to provide in-depth information regarding the demographic characteristics of homeschooling parents, the motivations and the process of practicing it and its outcomes in Shanghai. The public and the policy-makers, and education officials have had little substantive information in relation…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Case Studies, Parents