The Gift of Homeschooling: Adult Homeschool Graduates and Their Parents Conceptualize Homeschooling in North Carolina

Autor/inn/en	McCabe, Marta; Belánová, Andrea; Machovcová, Katerina
Titel	The Gift of Homeschooling: Adult Homeschool Graduates and Their Parents Conceptualize Homeschooling in North Carolina
Quelle	In: Journal of Pedagogy, 12 (2021) 1, S.119-140 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	2719-5651
DOI	10.2478/jped-2021-0006
Schlagwörter	Home Schooling; COVID-19; Pandemics; Graduates; Mother Attitudes; Young Adults; Educational Attitudes; Educational Benefits; Barriers; Educational Experience; Parent Child Relationship; State Legislation; Educational Resources; Skill Development; Parent Attitudes; Personal Autonomy; Decision Making; Interpersonal Competence; Educational Trends; North Carolina + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Graduate; Absolvent; Absolventin; Hochschulabsolvent; Hochschulabsolventin; Mutterliebe; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Educational attitude; Bildungsverhalten; Erziehungseinstellung; Bildungsertrag; Bildungserfahrung; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Landesrecht; Bildungsmittel; Kompetenzentwicklung; Qualifikationsentwicklung; Elternverhalten; Individuelle Autonomie; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Interpersonale Kompetenz; Bildungsentwicklung
Abstract	Although still a marginalized practice, homeschooling is on the rise internationally and across socio-economic groups. Moreover, the current COVID-19 pandemic has shifted additional attention to homeschooling. However, much of the available research is primarily concerned with the current day-to-day practice of homeschooling and little attention is paid to adult homeschool graduates. This exploratory study, based on qualitative interviews with mothers and adult children from 12 families, examines young adults' overall evaluation of their past homeschooling experience and aims to understand how parents and children view the pros and cons of homeschooling in hindsight. The data analysis revealed that homeschoolers approach education more broadly than focusing strictly on the academic side and it identified the common theme of "gifting," which challenges the prevailing conceptualization that homeschooling is a "sacrifice." Respondents viewed their homeschooling experience as a mutually beneficial process of giving and receiving rather than a unidirectional act of "sacrifice." (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01