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Tan, Mia Huan – Educational Studies, 2020
Despite the achievement of the Singapore education system as one of the top performers in international achievement tests, there remains a group of parents who choose to homeschool their children. While this number is increasing, there is a lack of studies conducted in Singapore on why parents decide to homeschool their children. Thus, this study…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Parent Attitudes, Decision Making
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Reaburn, Robyn – Issues in Educational Research, 2021
Homeschooling, where parents take on the prime responsibility for their children's education, is a growing phenomenon in Australia. Homeschooling is different from distance education or the education at home that has taken place in the COVID-19 pandemic in that the parents make all the decisions about their children's education, including…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Parent Participation, Academic Achievement
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Ray, Brian – Journal of Pedagogy, 2021
The purpose is to briefly summarize forty years of research on the learner outcomes of the modern homeschooling movement and address whether educators should be promoting home education. Studies show that homeschooling (home education) is generally associated with positive learner outcomes. On average, the home educated perform better than their…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Outcomes of Education, Academic Achievement, Correlation