EDUCATION / Home Schooling

Paper · Semantic Scholar

This paper foregrounds the experiences of multilingual families in Australian schooling and their capacity to contribute significantly to their children’s education through a research-informed home language intervention. For many migrant parents, especially those on temporary skilled employment visas, concerns about English and the unfamiliar school curriculum can lead to a sense of being ill-equipped to assist thei…

Reference · Wikidata

form of education in the home

Encyclopedia · Wikipedia

Homeschooling or home schooling, also known as home education or elective home education, is the education of school-aged children in places other than a traditional school. Homeschooling is usually conducted by a parent, tutor, or online teacher. The practice of homeschooling varies considerably: the spectrum ranges from highly structured forms based on traditional school lessons to forms such as unschooling, which…

Book · DOAB

A review of research on “not-school” learning that investigates what is distinctive in the quality of learning in these settings. Schools do not define education, and they are not the only institutions in which learning takes place. After-school programs, music lessons, Scouts, summer camps, on-the-job training, and home activities all offer out-of-school educational experiences. In Learning at Not-School, Julian Se…

Full text · Open Library

Image · DPLA

Higgins, a Lawrence, Massachusetts mother of four, recalls her experiences with home schooling. She discusses her decision to teach her children at home, curriculum, advantages and disadvantages, difficulties, legalities, and support groups.