Children Learning at Home
Published on 1. August 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
216 pages
978-1-85000-812-5 (ISBN)
Description
Opening with a review of the historical, legal and theoretical background to home-education, this book continues by examining contemporary issues using data obtained from interviews with home-educating families and other interested parties. Issues covered include the reason for undertaking home-education, the reason for the large number of qualified-teacher-parents involved, what is studied, how it is structured and what resources are used, the relationships between families and LEAs, how home-education affects the socialization of children and their ability to find employment and how answering these questions can illuminate features of orthodox educational systems.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
550 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85000-812-5 (9781850008125)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Theoretical and historical background; an introduction to the research; choice of research method; reasons for change; making the break; family influence on the choice of what to learn; other constraints on choice of what to learn: the LEA, and resources; the 'how' of home-based education; activities with others; relationships between families and the LEA; What next?; the relationship between home-based education and society in general.