Homeschooling the Gifted: A Parent's Perspective

Autor/inn/en	Jolly, Jennifer L.; Matthews, Michael S.; Nester, Jonathan
Titel	Homeschooling the Gifted: A Parent's Perspective
Quelle	In: Gifted Child Quarterly, 57 (2013) 2, S.121-134 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0016-9862
DOI	10.1177/0016986212469999
Schlagwörter	Talent; Gifted; Public Schools; Home Schooling; Parent Attitudes; Educational Research; Interviews; Identification; Family Role; Parent School Relationship; Mothers; Parent Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabung; Hochbegabung; Begabter, Hoch Begabter; Public school; Öffentliche Schule; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Elternverhalten; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Identifikation; Identifizierung; Parent-school relationship; Parent school relationships; Parent-school relationships; Parent-school relation; Parent school relation; Eltern-Schule-Beziehung; Mother; Mutter; Parental role; Elternrolle
Abstract	Homeschooling has witnessed a dramatic growth over the past decade. Included in this population are gifted and talented students, yet despite this growth there has been no appreciable increase in the research literature. To better understand the gifted homeschooling family, researchers interviewed 13 parents of homeschooled children their parents identified as being gifted. Four major themes emerged from the data: (a) "parents know best," (b) "isolation," (c) "challenges," and (d) "family roles." Findings reveal that these parents decided to homeschool only after numerous attempts to work in collaboration with the public school and that the mothers bore the primary burden of responsibility for homeschooling in these families. Though the move to homeschooling alleviated many of the issues experienced in public school, it brought a different set of challenges to these families. This exploratory study establishes a better understanding of why parents of gifted children ultimately decide to homeschool. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10