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Direct linkDavies, Scott; Aurini, Janice – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
Homeschooling is becoming increasingly popular in Canada. Drawing on a variety of secondary sources and our own data from the province of Ontario, we advance three arguments. First, homeschooling is gaining legitimacy from the increasingly pluralistic nature of educational politics. Second, the lobbying tactics of homeschool advocates increasingly…
Descriptors: Individualism, Parent Rights, Home Schooling, Foreign Countries
Villalba, Cynthia M. – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
The paper first introduces the national and local framework for compulsory-level "undervisning pa annat satt" [teaching/education otherwise than in school] education in Sweden. According to national statistics in Sweden, every year an average of 100 children are registered as receiving their education at home, arranged in some cases by…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Politics of Education
Monk, Daniel – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
The right of parents to home educate is sometimes described as a "human right." Underlying this "rights claim" is the perception that attempts to restrict home education are both unnecessary and dangerous. "Unnecessary," because home education does not harm children or deprive them of the right to education and…
Descriptors: Parent Rights, Civil Rights, Critical Reading, Democracy
de Waal, Esther; Theron, Tinie – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
This paper studies homeschooling as an alternative form of educational provision in South Africa and USA to determine what knowledge and experiences from research on homeschooling in the USA may be relevant to the South Africa situation. Homeschooling in the USA has a sound legal foundation and has become an acceptable educational alternative.…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, Home Schooling, Foreign Countries, Emotional Development
Lubienski, Chris – Evaluation and Research in Education, 2003
The remarkable spread of home education needs to be considered in light of the arguments driving its growth. While acknowledging that there are many good reasons for individuals to choose home education, this analysis examines some of the most prominent assumptions and claims that advance the practice as a mass movement. Specifically, arguments…
Descriptors: Home Schooling, Role of Education, Parent Rights, Social Sciences
