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Originally Posted by minn_stat
This article refutes the idea that home schooling leads to postponed social development.
http://www.ericdigests.org/1995-1/home.htm
One of the key quotes:
"This echoes the findings of Taylor (1987). Using one of the best validated self-concept scales available, Taylor's random sampling of home-schooled children (45,000) found that half of these children scored at or above the 91st percentile--47% higher than the average, conventionally schooled child. He concludes: "Since self concept is considered to be a basic dynamic of positive sociability, this answers the often heard skepticism suggesting that home schoolers are inferior in socialization" (Taylor, 1987)."
The reference is:
Taylor, John Wesley (1987). Self-Concept in Home Schooling Children (Doctoral Dissertation, Andrews University, 1986). Dissertation Abstracts International, 47, 2809A. |
Self concept is the basic dynamic of positive sociability? What about knowing how to relate to others. That is hardly the end-all be-all. You'll have to do better than that.
What about the fact, that many, not necessarily all, are simply weird in social settings. It doesn't matter if they have a positive self image, if the stomp all over others, and act strangely if somebody says, "boobie".
The article hardly "refutes" the idea. In fact the article which just loosely summarizes two studies concludes:
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At this point, more research on home schooling is necessary--what we have is inconclusive about many of its aspects. Although more and deeper studies are certainly called for, the population to be studied is not readily accessible to researchers. And the types of research that can be done are still limited to case studies of families or to surveys of self- reports by participants.
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