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Glenda Jackson has complied a very thorough summary paper on research on home education in Australia.
If you come across any links to research on home education on the internet please email Beverley and she'll include them below.
From the UK:
Home-Education: comparison of home and school educated children on PIPS Baseline Assessments by Paula Rothermel
Abstract
This article reports on the performance of reception-aged, home-educated children. Media reports tend to focus on older home-educated children withdrawing from school but very little is known about younger children many of whom have never been to school. This research sought insight into the learning experience of these young children. The study involved 35 home-educated children aged between four and five years of age, from diverse socio-economic backgrounds. The children were assessed using the Performance Indicators in Primary Schools (Start and End of Reception). Whilst the home-educated children outscored their school counterparts, those from lower socio-economic groups outperformed their middle class peers. It appeared that a flexible approach to education, and a high level of parental attention and commitment, regardless of their socio-economic group and level of education, seemed the most important factors in the children's development and progress.
Thanks to Marina for compiling the following list of links.
- http://www.abc.net.au/rn/science/ockham/or241196.htm
- http://www.alternative-learning.org/research/performance-in-homeschooling
- http://epaa.asu.edu/epaa/v7n8/
- http://www.education-otherwise.org/Links/Research%20Papers/ResearchIndex.htm
- http://www.apologia.com./homewsj.htm
- http://www.hslda.org/docs/study/comp2001/HomeSchoolAchievement.pdf
- http://www.hslda.org/hs/international/UnitedKingdom/200501130.pdf
- http://www.lifesite.net/ldn/2003/oct/03102903.html
- http://www.stanfordalumniorg/news/magazine/2000/novdec/articles/homeschooling.html
- http://www.tnhomeed.com/LRSocial.html
- http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/homeschool.pdf
- http://aca.ninemsn.com.au/stories/1388.asp
- Legal advice can be obtained from the Home Education Association: http://www.hea.asn.au/
The Why and How of Australian Home Education by John Barratt-Peacock, Latrobe University, 1997 This PhD Thesis investigates the methods and the reasons behind homeschooling in Australia.
Homeschool Research Overview - A Guide to Significant Research About Homeschooling from Around the World - a comprehensive summary of over 300 research studies into homeschool from around the world, compiled by Australian homeschooling father, Martin Howard in 2003.
NHERI - National Home Education Research Institute is the premier American center for research into homeschooling. They have a wealth of information available from their site. The following are Fact Sheets containing snippets and brief statistics about homeschooling.
NHERI Fact Sheet I
NHERI Fact Sheet IIb
NHERI Fact Sheet IIIb
A Sampler of Homeschool Research
The Fraser Institute in Canada published a report called "Home Schooling from Extreme to mainstream".
"Investigating Young Children's Perceptions of Homeschooling" Interview based research from 1998 where children were asked about their views and experiences of home education.
Homeschooling - Back to the Future? Published by the Cato Institute, Policy Analysis No. 294, January 7, 1998. examined the growing numbers of home educated children attending Universities and concluded that home education could produce superior results at a fraction of the cost to the state.
Beverley Paine is a mother of three young adults and a prolific writer of homeschooling articles and has published several titles. More articles and essays can be found in her books, available from the Always Learning Books online bookstore.
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