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The Homeschool Research Review is the official newsletter of the Global Home Education Exchange's research committee. This e-newsletter will be published six times a year and is intended to inform GHEX members and scholars around the world about important issues, data, and research related to home education.
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Featured Research
Homeschooling for gifted students in particular has little research, and the findings from the few studies that are available suggest that these families start homeschooling for different reasons compared to the general homeschool population. While research on homeschooling gifted students from the USA dominates, not much is heard about homeschooling research in Australia and even less is evident from the Chilean homeschooling experience. In this scenario, more research is needed about gifted homeschooling and the inner experiences these families and children face.
This paper reports the research findings from an online survey of parents of primary-age pupils in Northern Ireland during the COVID-19 pandemic. The aims of the study were to explore how parents supported their children’s home learning; to ascertain the communication, guidance and resources between home and school; and to learn from the experiences of parents to enable more effective practices to be established should similar circumstances arise in the future.
Memory Lane
by Jacque Ensign
There has been widespread concern that parents who are not trained in special education cannot adequately teach children with special needs. This article chronicles the academic development of 6 special education students and examines their parents' educational backgrounds and pedagogical approaches. I conclude that these students have not followed the expected patterns for students with their classifications and they have not been taught with the same assumptions and techniques used by special educators. These cases raise serious questions about the stereotypes that influence current practices in special education.
Books
Global Perspectives on Home Education in the 21st Century is an edited collection that focuses on the major factors behind the global rise of the home education movement and explores many of the current issues faced in relation to homeschooling. The book examines key themes that include parents’ and children’s experiences of home education, how and why families choose to home educate, and what happens to home educated children once they are finished. Including topics such as unschooling, self-directed learning, willed learning, and holistic education, this book is primarily intended for home educators, school administrators, policymakers, researchers, academicians, and students. Read more>>>
Data
This chapter describes survey data available for studying homeschooling. The focus is principally on nationally representative cross-sections of U.S. schoolchildren, especially the National Household Education Survey. This chapter also discusses what is known about the number of homeschooled children in the United States, and how the number has changed over time. Finally, there are suggestions for future research, drawing on using the data currently available. Read more>>>
Organizations
The original and best database of homeschool organizations and support groups, arranged by state and country. Updated regularly. Read more>>>
Popular Press
Parents have various reasons for homeschooling their children, but it seems the pandemic caused a big shift for some school divisions. As of March of this year, 11% of U.S. households were homeschooling their children, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Just six months before — in September 2020 — the percentage was 5.4%. Read more>>>
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