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Jackson, Glenda M. – Cogent Education, 2016
Self-regulation is a core life quality and human right in democratic societies. The views and experiences of Australian students who had transitioned between home education and conventional schools were sought to explore the similarities and differences between two educationally diverse systems. Through qualitative research using guided interview…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Home Schooling, Self Management, Educational Opportunities
Patterson, Margaret Becker – Adult Education Quarterly: A Journal of Research and Theory, 2018
Despite a highly developed U.S. adult education system, 90% of adults aged 20 years and older considered the least educated did not participate recently in formal or nonformal education. What are nonparticipants' characteristics, learning backgrounds, and skill levels? What predicts their likelihood of "not" participating in recent…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Participation, Individual Characteristics, Probability
Florencio-Wain, Autumn Joy Joy – AERA Online Paper Repository, 2017
This multiple case study utilizes interviewing, shadowing, classroom observation and document review to investigate holistic educators' perspectives on essential outcomes of holistic education, how desired outcomes are supported, perceived self-efficacy and perceived likelihood of success. Participants include kindergarten and upper elementary…
Descriptors: Holistic Approach, Child Development, Teaching Methods, Montessori Method
EdChoice, 2022
This poll was conducted between June 15-June 21, 2022 among a sample of 2,198 adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Among the key findings are: (1) School parents were much more likely in June than in May to…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education, Adults
EdChoice, 2022
This poll was conducted between November 10-14, 2022 among a sample of 2,200 adults. The interviews were conducted online and the data were weighted to approximate a target sample of adults based on gender, educational attainment, age, race, and region. Among the key findings are: (1) In November, economic issues dominated voting priorities at the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Public Opinion, Elementary Secondary Education, Adults
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
White, E. Jayne – International Journal of Early Childhood, 2015
If the eye is a window to the soul, an important question to ask in the early years is "What do children see?" in their encounters with the world. Gaining a better understanding of children's interpretations is central to the pedagogical task of early childhood teachers, yet children are seldom asked to provide their points of view…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Child Development, Photography, Learning Processes
Campbell, Pamela Lou Rogers – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Researchers have spent a relatively small amount of time focusing on homeschooling. The few studies which have been completed regarding homeschooling have skirted the question of the decision-making process taken by parents as they choose to begin or discontinue homeschooling. The void in the academic knowledge regarding this growing trend in…
Descriptors: Parents, Decision Making, Home Schooling, Qualitative Research
Riley, Gina – Cogent Education, 2016
This article explores the theories of Self-Determination, Cognitive Evaluation, and Intrinsic Motivation as it applies to home education. According to Self-Determination Theory, intrinsic motivation is innate. However, the maintenance and enhancement of intrinsic motivation depends upon the social and environmental conditions surrounding the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Self Determination, Cognitive Processes, Student Motivation
Aram, Dorit; Meidan, Inbal Cohen; Deitcher, Deborah Bergman – Reading Psychology, 2016
The study characterized children's literacy, mothers' beliefs, and writing mediation of homeschooled compared to formally schooled kindergartners. Participants were 60 children (ages 4-6) and their mothers (30 in homeschooling). At the children's home, we assessed children's literacy, maternal beliefs, and video-recorded mother-child joint writing…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Mothers, Literacy, Young Children
D'Arcy, Kate – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2014
The difficulties Traveller pupils experience in school are well documented. Yet those in home educating go unreported. Monk suggests this is because some groups are overlooked; that gypsies and Travellers are often not perceived as home educators. This article highlights how the move to home education is seldom a free choice for Traveller…
Descriptors: Minority Groups, Equal Education, Inclusion, Ethnicity
Cornelius, Chelsea – Online Submission, 2017
This report provides a longitudinal analysis of enrollment patterns and development of English proficiency among AISD International High School students.
Descriptors: International Schools, High School Students, School Districts, Longitudinal Studies
McQuiggan, Meghan; Megra, Mahi – National Center for Education Statistics, 2017
This report presents findings from the Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey of the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016 (NHES:2016). The Parent and Family Involvement in Education Survey collected data on children enrolled in public or private school for kindergarten through 12th grade or homeschooled for these grades.…
Descriptors: Educational Attainment, National Surveys, Parent Participation, Family Involvement
Ray, Brian D. – National Home Education Research Institute, 2015
Homeschooling--that is, parent-led home-based education--is an age-old traditional educational practice that a decade ago appeared to be cutting-edge and "alternative" but is now bordering on "mainstream" in the United States. It may be the fastest-growing form of education in the United States. This article describes the…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Educational Practices, Educational Research, Educational Trends
Wearne, Eric – Journal of School Choice, 2016
"Hybrid home schools" are schools in which students attend school with other students for 2 or 3 days per week in traditional classroom settings, and are homeschooled the balance of the week. This exploratory study presents self-reported reasons parents choose these schools, using an electronic survey of parents from four such schools…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Conventional Instruction, School Choice, Blended Learning