Learning Freely Network

Study funded by
Canadian Centre for Home Education 2009

 
 
 
Abstract

First-generation Canadian graduates of home-based education, who were involved in the 1994
study of their homeschooling experiences, were invited to respond to a survey addressing their economic, educational, occupational, social, civic, life satisfaction, and lifestyle characteristics. Their views on their experience with home education were also collected. Where possible, [...]

It is hard to say exactly what the direct effect on homeschooling the current push for more school data will have but the organizational power and money behind the effort says all parents should watch closely. An article published by Education Week gives us a look into the workings and thinking of eductional research:

New Head [...]

Curiosity plays a big part in preschoolers' lives. A new study that explored why young children ask so many "why" questions concludes that children are motivated by a desire for explanation.

The study, by researchers at the University of Michigan, appears in the November/December 2009 issue of the journal Child Development.
The researchers carried out two studies [...]

Nearly half of 14-year-olds in England have experienced some sort of bullying, a study of 10,000 teenagers for the government suggests

Boys were more likely to face physical intimidation than girls..
Name calling and cyberbullying – where the victim faces threats and insults via mobile phones and the internet – were the most common forms.
After these came [...]

ScienceDaily (Sep. 23, 2009) — Parents, get ready to say OMG and watch your teens roflol.

This will prolly comes as a bit of a shock to UR system, but findings from a group of University of Alberta researchers show that language commonly used in instant messaging has no effect on your child’s spelling abilities. If [...]

ScienceDaily (Sep. 10, 2009) — Interim results from an international research project which looks at bilingual education reveal that children can learn a second language as early as preschool.

The University of Hertfordshire is one of nine European partners in ELIAS (Early Language and Intercultural Acquisition Studies) which was awarded €300,000 by the European Union last [...]

ScienceDaily (Aug. 30, 2009) — Almost 15 percent of preschoolers have atypically high levels of depression and anxiety, according to a new study published in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. The five-year investigation also found that children with atypically high depression and anxiety levels are more likely to have mothers with a history [...]

From Science Daily

ScienceDaily (Aug. 9, 2009) — Teaching children how to be more resilient along with regular classroom instruction can improve children’s outlook on life, curb depression and boost grades, according to a researcher who spoke at the American Psychological Association’s convention August 8.

"In the last 50 years, the U.S. population has seen an increase [...]

“Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in school.”
Albert Einstein
Ask Naomi
Parenting Without Struggle 
by Naomi Aldort
Q: Our daughter is four and a very curious and social child. Even though we are planning to homeschool and I am at home with the baby (her brother), we signed her up [...]

by Glenda M. Jackson
Bachelor of Education, Avondale College
Masters of Educational Studies, Monash University
A thesis submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Education, Faculty of Education,
Monash University,
Clayton, Victoria, 3800, Australia, 2009.

ABSTRACT

Home schooling is a growing phenomenon in many countries throughout the world. Despite this, little attention has been paid [...]