Setting The Record Straight: Interviews With a Hundred British Home Educating Families

dc.creator	Paula Rothermel
dc.date	2011-06-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:12:21Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:12:21Z
dc.identifier	1916-8128
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/db352ae7dd384b988e66b48adf00f737
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/15168
dc.description	This study provides the first in-depth insight into home educators' thoughts in the UK. One hundred UK-based home-educating families were interviewed, 33 twice, mostly in their own homes, after having been randomly selected from a larger sample of families responding to an initial home-education questionnaire (Rothermel 2002). Participating families were from diverse socio-economic groups, family structures and cultural backgrounds. The interviews were undertaken with a view to exploring issues within home-educating families that would not necessarily have become apparent through the questionnaires alone. The interviews revealed clear friction in some families, both within the home-educating family and between them and their extended family, which directly related to home-education. Generally however, the home-educating families were satisfied with their choice and relished the close family relationships engendered. These extensive interviews underline the view that viewing home educators as 'types' is useful only to those local authorities aiming to integrate children into school.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	Nipissing University
dc.relation	http://www.nipissingu.ca/jual/NewIssue/v52102.asp
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/1916-8128
dc.source	Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning, Vol 5, Iss 10, Pp 20-57 (2011)
dc.subject	home education
dc.subject	home educators
dc.subject	home-education
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Special aspects of education
dc.subject	LC8-6691
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Setting The Record Straight: Interviews With a Hundred British Home Educating Families
dc.type	article