Why Do Parents Educate Children at Home? Motives for Home Education in the Light of Own Research Cover Image

Dlaczego rodzice edukują dzieci w domu? Motywy podjęcia edukacji domowej w świetle badań własnych
Why Do Parents Educate Children at Home? Motives for Home Education in the Light of Own Research

Author(s): Kinga Lendzion, Agnieszka Wołk
Subject(s): Social Sciences, Education, School education, Sociology of Education
Published by: Towarzystwo Naukowe KUL & Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski Jana Pawła II
Keywords: home education; alternative education; motivations; system school

Summary/Abstract: The article presents the results of quantitative research conducted using an online survey technique among 393 parents who educate their children at home. The article includes both a brief socio-demographic characterisation of the parents and an analysis of the motives for transferring children from system schools to home schooling. The motives indicated by the parents surveyed were analysed according to the classification accepted in the literature into positive motives (pull factors) and negative motives (push factors). It is worth noting that among the five most frequently indicated motives, the following dominated the push factors out of the system schools – lack of individual approach to the child at school, excessive learning overload and the pursuit of grades and competition between students at school.

  • Issue Year: 51/2023
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 51-69
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Polish