Under section seven of the 1996 Education act allows parents to
home education their children and legally do not have to have a qualifications
to do so. Parents that educate come in
many different forms and have many different reasons.
Rothermel
(2008) explains that one of the most popular reasons for home schooling is the
issues of bullying and abuse at school. The pressure of the school environment
can be too much for the child to cope with resulting in a negative effect on
their education. Many parents have stated that although they reported the
bullying taking place the issue has never been reprimanded.
Parents may feel dissatisfied with the sizes of the class
(Bartlett, 2012). Even though the Government have stated that there is a limit
of thirty students to one class. I think that the worry of a bigger ratio and
the child not getting the attention of education they need leads to being
pulled out of school.
Although
many schools now have the equipment to educate a child with special education
needs many children are withdrawn because they cannot cope with the schooling
methods or need of one on one teaching that they cannot provide. Perrot
(1982) tells us that they are a number of reports that have shown parents
removing children with dyslexia and parents feel that with guidance they are
better suited to deal with the situation.
The National Curriculum from the Education
Reform Act 1988 also causes issues. Parents feel that it is too limited and
that home education can give them a wider range of learning. Jeub (1994)
concludes that if a child wanted to learn about nature they can take them out
instead of learning it in the classroom. The issue of standardizing what a
child can and cannot learn is also a reason. I think that home schooling
removes the element of one standard for all children as each child will learn
at different paces.
Galloway (2008) discusses that religious reasons impacts
parents as they feel that their children are from a specific practising
religion which needs to be included in their day to day learning which the
school does not practice. Also another reason may be that children live too far
away from school or that they did not have a choice of the local schools in the
area.
The final
reason I feel may encourage home education is problems with teaching
staff. They feel that their child has
been picked on or excluded by the teacher.
Research by Durbin (2009) explained how a child was made to stand up in
front of the class explaining why their homework was not given in. In this case the parent felt the child was humiliated in the presence of his fellow students.
Percentage values of why parents choose to take children out of mainstream school and put into home education in the United States.
There are many different reasons as to
why parents choose home education over government run schools. I believe that
home education can be very effective and research has proven that many cases
have a higher level of education.
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