From the Extreme to the Mainstream
9 oktober 2007
Er is een nieuw overzicht gepubliceerd van onderzoeksresultaten over thuisonderwijs. Het rapport is geschreven door het onafhankelijke Fraser Institute in Toronto: Home Schooling: From the Extreme to the Mainstream, 2nd Edition.
Ik maak me er even met een jantje-van-leiden vanaf door eenvoudigweg delen van het persbericht te citeren, want dat behandelt in een paar passages drie veelgestelde vragen.
Vraag 1
Missen thuisonderwijskinderen geen sociale contacten en vaardigheden?
‘[…] a growing body of new research also calls into question the belief that home schooled children are not adequately socialized.
The average Canadian home schooled student is regularly involved in eight social activities outside the home. Canadian home schooled children watch less television than other children, and they show significantly fewer problems than public school children when observed in free play […]
Vraag 2
Je kunt toch alleen goed thuisonderwijs geven als je zelf een hbo- of wo-opleiding hebt gevolgd?
‘Poorly educated parents who choose to teach their children at home produce better academic results for their children than public schools do. One study we reviewed found that students taught at home by mothers who never finished high school scored a full 55 percentage points higher than public school students from families with comparable education levels.’
‘The research shows that the level of education of a child’s parents, gender of the child, and income of family has less to do with a child’s academic achievement than it does in public schools.’
Vraag 3
Voldoen thuisonderwijskinderen wel aan het niveau van hun leeftijdsgenoten?
‘Research shows that almost 25 per cent of home schooled students in the United States perform one or more grades above their age-level peers in public and private schools. Grades 1 to 4 *) home school students perform one grade level higher than their public- and private-school peers. By Grade 8, the average home schooled student performs four grade levels above the national average.’
‘The study also reports that students educated at home outperform their peers on most academic tests and are involved in a broad mix of social activities outside the home.’
Als je de hele publicatie wilt lezen, staat hier de directe link naar het pdf-bestand; 24 pagina’s heel leesbaar Engels.
Hier meer Veelgestelde Vragen.
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*) De grades zijn vergelijkbaar met ons oude niveau van klassen op de lagere school. Grade 1 komt overeen met groep 3, de oude ‘eerste klas’, grade 2 met de tweede klas (groep 4), enzovoorts.
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