Why Do Parents Homeschool? A Systematic Examination of Parental Involvement

Autor/inn/en	Green, Christa L.; Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen V.
Titel	Why Do Parents Homeschool? A Systematic Examination of Parental Involvement
Quelle	In: Education and Urban Society, 39 (2007) 2, S.264-285 (22 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0013-1245
DOI	10.1177/0013124506294862
Schlagwörter	Questionnaires; Parent School Relationship; Home Schooling; Parent Participation; Parent Attitudes; Elementary School Students; Motivation; Parent Role; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fragebogen; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Elternmitwirkung; Elternverhalten; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Parental role; Elternrolle; USA
Abstract	Although homeschooling is growing in popularity in the United States, little systematic research has focused on this population. Grounded in the parental involvement literature, this study examines why parents decide to home-school. Parents of 136 homeschooled elementary children completed questionnaires assessing constructs derived from the parental involvement literature and personal beliefs identified in the homeschooling literature as important to parents decisions to homeschool. Results suggest that home-schooling parents' appear to be motivated by an active role construction, strong sense of efficacy for helping the child learn, and positive perceptions of life context. Homeschool parents' beliefs about the values, content, adequacy, and methods of public school education appear to be implicated less strongly in their decisions. Findings are discussed with reference to the development of a systematic and theoretically grounded knowledge base on parents' motivations for involvement in their children's education. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10