Parents' Motivations for Homeschooling in the Czech Context Cover Image

Motivace rodičů k domácímu vzdělávání v českém kontextu
Parents' Motivations for Homeschooling in the Czech Context

Author(s): Yvonna Kostelecká, Ondrej Kaščák, Tereza Komárková, Veronika Klapálková
Subject(s): Education, Educational Psychology, Family and social welfare, Sociology of Education
Published by: Sociologický ústav - Slovenská akadémia vied
Keywords: Home education; parents’ motivation; education system; Czech Republic;

Summary/Abstract: The crisis of public education caused by school lockdowns during Covid-19 pandemic caused cultural shock but also opened the space for alternative modes of education such as homeschooling. Legitimacy of homeschooling and its popularity among parents and policymakers has already been increasing in the last decades. The aim of the study is to identify motives for homeschooling by a research design based on in-depth interviews with (grand)parents of homeschooled children. The results of analysis distinguished two types of motives: motives related to dissatisfaction of families with the performance of school system and motives related to family values and life-style.

  • Issue Year: 55/2023
  • Issue No: 5
  • Page Range: 496-521
  • Page Count: 26
  • Language: Czech
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