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Journal article
Reasons why Australian parents choose home schooling for their children: A qualitative investigation
Issues in Educational Research, Vol.35(2), pp.611-631
2025
Abstract
This research examines the reasons why parents choose home schooling - a growing educational phenomenon in Australia. A phenomenographic analysis of qualitative data gave a rich and detailed voice to those motivations. Six categories of description summarised the findings. Parents cited both push and pull factors that contributed to their decisions to reject traditional schooling for their children, in favour of this unconventional pedagogy. The findings demonstrated a juxtaposition of unwelcome influences on their children by non-familial institutions, with the vested interests of parents in meeting their children's formative needs. Our study presents important data and findings relevant to all stakeholders on the Australian educational landscape, as to what is important to parents when considering the validity of educational practice.
Details
- Title
- Reasons why Australian parents choose home schooling for their children: A qualitative investigation
- Authors
- Terry Harding (Corresponding Author) - Queensland University of TechnologyRebekah Couper (Corresponding Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland, School of Health - Psychology
- Publication details
- Issues in Educational Research, Vol.35(2), pp.611-631
- Publisher
- Western Australian Institute for Educational Research Inc.
- Date published
- 2025
- ISSN
- 1837-6290
- Copyright note
- Published under a Creative Commons licence: Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-ND 4.0)
- Organisation Unit
- School of Health - Psychology; Student Services and Engagement
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 991186945902621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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