Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices
The purpose of this study to investigate the motivations for parents to homeschool their children and to explore how parents' motivations regulate their behaviour that lead to the children learning regulations. This phenomenological study involved parents from four local homeschool families. Th...
Saved in:
Main Author: | |
---|---|
Format: | Thesis |
Language: | English English |
Published: |
2013
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/1/24%20PAGES.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/2/FULLTEXT.pdf |
Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
id |
my-ums-ep.36752 |
---|---|
record_format |
uketd_dc |
spelling |
my-ums-ep.367522023-09-14T01:58:21Z Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices 2013 Loh Su Ling LC37-44.3 Home education The purpose of this study to investigate the motivations for parents to homeschool their children and to explore how parents' motivations regulate their behaviour that lead to the children learning regulations. This phenomenological study involved parents from four local homeschool families. Their experiences on homeschool were described and interpreted through interviews, observations and document review. Parents decided to homeschool their children due to the difference in between their perception on learning in school and their own learning conception. Their belief on the conception of learning, character building, family values and a great sense of responsibility serve as well-internalized extrinsic motivation that regulate their behaviour in terms of parenting style and persistence. The parents seemed to assume the role of autonomy - supportive and provide structure in homeschooling their children which in turn help to regulate the learning behavior of their children. The children regulate their learning through personal goal setting, self-assessment and adaptive help-seeking. 2013 Thesis https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/ https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/1/24%20PAGES.pdf text en public https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/2/FULLTEXT.pdf text en validuser masters Universiti Malaysia Sabah School of Education and Social Development |
institution |
Universiti Malaysia Sabah |
collection |
UMS Institutional Repository |
language |
English English |
topic |
LC37-44.3 Home education |
spellingShingle |
LC37-44.3 Home education Loh Su Ling Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
description |
The purpose of this study to investigate the motivations for parents to homeschool their children and to explore how parents' motivations regulate their behaviour that lead to the children learning regulations. This phenomenological study involved parents from four local homeschool families. Their experiences on homeschool were described and interpreted through interviews, observations and document review. Parents decided to homeschool their children due to the difference in between their perception on learning in school and their own learning conception. Their belief on the conception of learning, character building, family values and a great sense of responsibility serve as well-internalized extrinsic motivation that regulate their behaviour in terms of parenting style and persistence. The parents seemed to assume the role of autonomy - supportive and provide structure in homeschooling their children which in turn help to regulate the learning behavior of their children. The children regulate their learning through personal goal setting, self-assessment and adaptive help-seeking. |
format |
Thesis |
qualification_level |
Master's degree |
author |
Loh Su Ling |
author_facet |
Loh Su Ling |
author_sort |
Loh Su Ling |
title |
Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
title_short |
Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
title_full |
Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
title_fullStr |
Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
title_full_unstemmed |
Parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
title_sort |
parent's motivations that contribute to homeschool practices |
granting_institution |
Universiti Malaysia Sabah |
granting_department |
School of Education and Social Development |
publishDate |
2013 |
url |
https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/1/24%20PAGES.pdf https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/36752/2/FULLTEXT.pdf |
_version_ |
1783727536909320192 |