Home Education and Social Integration
<span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><p align="left">If school attendance is important for social integration,</p><p align="left">the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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The Outlines Association
2008-08-01
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| Series: | Outlines |
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| Online Access: | http://ojs.statsbiblioteket.dk/index.php/outlines/article/view/1973 |
| Summary: | <span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><p align="left">If school attendance is important for social integration,</p><p align="left">then a particular out of school practice like home</p><p align="left">education could possibly represent a threat to social</p><p align="left">integration. The findings of a Norwegian research project</p><p align="left">that surveyed socialization among Norwegian home</p><p align="left">educated students from different regions are presented</p><p align="left">and discussed using socialization theory and a theory of</p><p align="left">cultural order. Among the conclusions are the following:</p><p align="left">Pragmatically motivated home educated students</p><p align="left">are often socially well integrated. Religiously motivated</p><p align="left">home educated students that hold values distant from</p><p align="left">the values of society are not necessarily socially isolated.</p><p align="left">With more openness and more communication</p><p align="left">between society and home educators home educated</p><p>students could meet criteria for social <span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-family: TimesLTStd-Italic; font-size: xx-small;"><p align="left">integration even more so than is presently the case.</p></span></span></p></span></span> |
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| ISSN: | 1399-5510 1904-0210 |