Investigating parental motivation for alternative education
Enquêter sur les choix des parents pour les éducations alternatives
Published on Monday, June 24, 2019
Abstract
What are parents’ motives to educate without school ? Among the most spontaneously questions addressed to homeschooling, this question has been one of the most researched by scholars, particularly in the United States. Thinking in terms of parental “choice”, “reasons”, “motivations” or “decisions” electing alternative education leads however to conceptual and empirical challenges. To discuss these theoretical and methodological issues of the scientific study of “parental alternative choices”, the workshop gathers researchers whose investigations, about parents who home educate and/or parents who school their children in alternative schools, use diverse concepts or techniques.
Announcement
Argument
What are parents’ motives to educate without school ?
Among the most spontaneously questions addressed to homeschooling, this question has been one of the most researched by scholars, particularly in the United States.
Thinking in terms of parental "choice", "reasons", "motivations" or "decisions" electing alternative education leads however to conceptual and empirical challenges.
To discuss these theoretical and methodological issues of the scientific study of "parental alternative choices", the workshop gathers researchers whose investigations, about parents who home educate and/or parents who school their children in alternative schools, use diverse concepts or techniques.
This workshop is funded by the University of Paris-Seine Cergy-Pontoise (INEX-2018-PE80) and by the French National Research Agency (ANR-18-CE28-0014).
Registration
Access is free under previous registration through the following link: https://goo.gl/forms/keW1BXx6z49tc11D3
Exchanges will be mainly in English, but synthetic translations may be collectively provided.
Program
- 9h00-9h30 : Coffee
- 9h30-9h45 Philippe Bongrand (ÉMA, Université Paris Seine Cergy-Pontoise) : Introduction
- 9h45 - 10h15 Milton Gaither (ICHER & Messiah College) : Motivation for Home Education Around the World. An Historical Orientation
- 10h15-11h15 Daniel Gabaldón Estevan (Universidad de Valencia) : Family Characteristics and Early Schooling Decisions : the Case of the City of Valencia
- 11h15-11h30 : Coffee Break
- 11h30-12h30 Pauline Proboeuf (OSC, Sciences Po) : From Parenting Choices to School Choices. Lessons From a Survey Research About French Parents Favoring Alternative Education
12h30-13h30 : lunch
- 13h30-14h30 Florence Bouillon (Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis, AUS/LAVUE) : "Better than nothing" ? An Ethnography of Parental Decision to School Their Children in a French Sudbury Valley School »
- 14h30-15h30 Inántsy-Pap Ágnes (Saint Athanasius Greek Catholic Theological College) : School Choice in the Byzantine Rite Catholic Schools in Hungary
- 15h30-15h45 Coffee Break
- 16h-17h Christine Brabant (Université de Montréal), Philipp Bubenzer (ETH Zürich), Tristan Donzé (HEP-BEJUNE) Electing Home Education in Switzerland
- 17h-17h30 Philippe Bongrand, Milton Gaither : Conclusion
Subjects
- Education (Main category)
- Society > Sociology
- Zones and regions > America > United States
- Zones and regions > Europe
- Mind and language > Epistemology and methodology
Places
- ZAC des Barbanniers, avenue Marcel-Paul
Gennevilliers, France (92)
Date(s)
- Friday, June 28, 2019
Attached files
Keywords
- school choice, homeschooling, alternative education
Contact(s)
- Philippe Bongrand
courriel : philippe [dot] bongrand [at] cyu [dot] fr
Reference Urls
Information source
- Philippe Bongrand
courriel : philippe [dot] bongrand [at] cyu [dot] fr
License
This announcement is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal.
To cite this announcement
« Investigating parental motivation for alternative education », Study days, Calenda, Published on Monday, June 24, 2019, https://doi.org/10.58079/133i
