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Direct linkWang, Qiu; Langager, Mark W. – International Journal of Comparative Education and Development, 2023
Purpose: Given the less mature homeschooling ecosystem in China, together with the similarity of purpose, the current study examined the lived experiences of curricular choice making in the USA and China and categories of respective families (homeschools), as a way of understanding curricular flexibility. In addressing these features, based on an…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Curriculum Development, Motivation
Sheng, Xiaoming – Pedagogy, Culture and Society, 2020
There is little literature which provides any analysis regarding the relationship between cultural order and home education. Research reported here found that home education has grown steadily in recent decades and that parents' motivation for home education was closely associated with cultural order. It was noticeable that Christian and Confucian…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Middle Class, Cultural Influences, Parent Attitudes
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
Xiaoxuan Fang; Davy Tsz Kit Ng – Education and Information Technologies, 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic forced Chinese cross-border students in Hong Kong to participate in online homeschooling for three years while local students attended face-to-face schooling when the situation released. Previous studies have explored the learning challenges or educational inequity among students in online learning during the pandemic.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, Barriers
Download full textde Beer, Louw; Vos, Deon; Myburgh, Jeannine – Bulgarian Comparative Education Society, 2020
Homeschooling is an alternative method of teaching where parents take the responsibility of education and teach their children at home. This method of education is increasing worldwide. Various authorities around the world have taken note of this trend and recognized homeschooling as an alternative method of education in their legislation. The…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Comparative Education, Parents as Teachers, Parent Attitudes
Sheng, Xiaoming – Educational Review, 2019
Home education, in particular Confucian home education, has been increasing steadily in China over the past decades. However, research relating to home-schooling families has largely been ignored. In particular, the literature grounded in empirical study and focusing on the development of Confucian home education is negligible in the educational…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Confucianism, Home Schooling, Cultural Influences
Sheng, Xiaoming – British Journal of Religious Education, 2019
The literature focusing on Christian home schooling has been entirely ignored in the educational context of China, because practising home schooling is illegal and such families have strong religious beliefs. In particular, in China, studies grounded in empirical research and dealing with the development of Christian home schooling are negligible.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Religious Education, Home Schooling, Christianity
National Association of Scholars, 2021
The National Association of Scholars believes that higher education should gather scholars and students to cultivate excellence and pursue the truth, transmit the heritage of Western civilization to a new generation, prepare cultured and virtuous citizens, and train students for vocational success. American colleges and universities should embody…
Descriptors: Educational Legislation, Federal Legislation, Higher Education, Educational Finance
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
NORDSCI, 2020
This volume includes four sections of the 2020 NORDSCI international conference proceedings: (1) Education and Educational Research; (2) Language and Linguistics; (3) Philosophy; and (4) Sociology and Healthcare. Education and Educational Research includes 15 papers covering the full spectrum of education, including history, sociology and economy…
Descriptors: Teacher Competencies, Preservice Teacher Education, Language Teachers, Second Language Instruction
Kommers, Piet, Ed.; Issa, Tomayess, Ed.; Issa, Theodora, Ed.; Chang, Dian-Fu, Ed.; Isias, Pedro, Ed. – International Association for Development of the Information Society, 2014
These proceedings contain the papers of the International Conferences on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014), and Sustainability, Technology and Education (STE 2014). The International Conference on Educational Technologies (ICEduTech 2014) is the scientific conference addressing the real topics as seen by teachers, students, parents and…
Descriptors: Conference Papers, Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Technology, Sustainability
Feng, Luo – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2006
In this article, the author aims to develop a macro level understanding of home education and its research in China. The author analyzes the background, the reasons of revival, special features, and major contents of home education research in the late 70s and early 80s of the 20th century, and explores the development in the succeeding three…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Research, Educational History, Intellectual History
Yuexiang, Chen; Hongfang, Zhou – International Journal of Progressive Education, 2006
In this article, the authors explore the life history and home education of Lu Wei, a top student in the 2004 Guangdong Province College entrance examination. The authors argue that the following issues of Lu's home education played an important role in Lu's success: emphasis and nurture of intellectual development in the early years of life,…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Case Studies, Biographies, College Entrance Examinations
Romanowski, Michael H. – Online Submission, 2007
Although an established alternative form of American education, the concept of home schooling is just beginning to surface in China. Few Chinese have knowledge of home schooling yet alone consider this form of education. However, graduate students studying in the field of education are aware of this unusual alternative to traditional schooling,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Graduate Students, Student Attitudes
Chang, Ping-Tung – 1996
Rapidly changing technology is affecting mathematics instruction in both the People's Republic of China and the United States. This study examines methods used in the two countries, addresses common problems facing both countries, and suggests alternative approaches for meeting these challenges. The study investigated class size and teaching load,…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Comparative Education, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Practices
