Why home school? : an exploration into the perspectives on education of parents who home school in Otago and Canterbury.
This thesis is the result of research carried out over a two year period between 1995 and 1997. The research, which was qualitative, was carried out in Otago and Canterbury. Five mothers were interviewed who had or who were at the time of the research, involved in home schooling their children. In a...
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University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Human Development
2009
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10092/2481 |
| Summary: | This thesis is the result of research carried out over a two year period
between 1995 and 1997. The research, which was qualitative, was carried
out in Otago and Canterbury. Five mothers were interviewed who had or
who were at the time of the research, involved in home schooling their
children. In addition three children and a father took part by participating
in interviews, conversations or a participant observation.
The thesis focused on the philosophies of education held by the home
schooling parents. These philosophies were based on beliefs of either a
pedagogical or religious nature. An analysis of these philosophies
revealed that the parents who participated in this research were all
making overt political statements by choosing to home school. They
resisted traditional notions about education by taking their children home
to educate. |
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