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Jolly, Jennifer L.; Matthews, Michael S. – Educational Review, 2020
In 1988, Van Galen proposed two distinct categories to describe homeschooling parents -- ideologues and pedagogues. Her model has been widely cited in the homeschooling literature. In the 30 years since the introduction of these identifiers, homeschooling in the United States has experienced tremendous growth due to a number of intersecting…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Informal Education, Academically Gifted, Educational Change
Green-Hennessy, Sharon; Mariotti, Emily C. – Educational Review, 2023
While a controversial practice internationally, homeschooling is not uncommon in the United States' educational system. Although myriad reasons exist for choosing to homeschool one's children, a framework highlighting reactive versus proactive motivations has emerged to explain why some families choose to homeschool. Using prospective,…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Decision Making, Influences, Motivation
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
STEM Educational Activities and the Role of the Parent in the Home Education of High School Students
Gann, Courtney; Carpenter, Dan – Educational Review, 2019
This qualitative case study examined the homeschool STEM educational activities and the role of the parent in those activities. Twenty-nine homeschooling parents from within a purposefully selected homeschool cooperative learning group in a southern community in the United States participated in the study. Data were collected using an open-ended…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Home Schooling, Parent Role, High School Students
Carpenter, Dan; Gann, Courtney – Educational Review, 2016
Using a qualitative case study approach, this study looked at the educational activities that constitute a typical day in a homeschool family and the role that the parent has within those activities. Three homeschooling families with high school students in a single community in a southern state in the United States participated in the case study.…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Case Studies, Home Schooling, Parent Child Relationship
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Mayberry, Maralee – Educational Review, 1989
In the United States parents in the typical home-schooling family are well educated, live in small towns or rural areas, and are in professional or skilled occupations. They are motivated by religion, quality of socialization, quality of education, or an alternative life-style. (JOW)
Descriptors: Educational Quality, Home Schooling, Nontraditional Education, Parent Student Relationship