Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context

Parents’ motives for home education are one of the most researched topics within home education research. The focus of this article is on the question of the degree to which the results regarding these motives are influenced and shaped by the applied methods and the social context. The empirical...

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Main Author: Thomas Spiegler
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Kura Publishing 2010-10-01
Series:International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
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Online Access:https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/239
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description Parents’ motives for home education are one of the most researched topics within home education research. The focus of this article is on the question of the degree to which the results regarding these motives are influenced and shaped by the applied methods and the social context. The empirical basis is a meta-analysis of twelve research examples from the last two decades. It is concluded that the diversity within the results can partly be traced back to fundamental differences in the methodological design, to the absence of detailed theoretical modelling and remarkable differences of the survey instruments and that the role of the social environment and the process of the construction of motives in a certain social context deserve more attention.
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Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education
home education
home schooling
parents’ motives
reasons
title Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
title_full Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
title_fullStr Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
title_full_unstemmed Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
title_short Parents’ motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context
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topic home education
home schooling
parents’ motives
reasons
url https://iejee.com/index.php/IEJEE/article/view/239
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