The Issue of Homeschooling in Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia from the Perspective of Parents of Homeschooled Children

  • Author: Piotr Mazur
  • Institution: School of Higher Education in Chełm
  • Author: Ivana Rochovská
  • Institution: Catholic University in Ružomberok
  • Author: Bibiana Kľačková
  • Institution: Catholic University in Ružomberok
  • Year of publication: 2019
  • Source: Show
  • Pages: 54-71
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/tner.19.58.4.04
  • PDF: tner/201904/tner5804.pdf

This research addresses the opinions of parents of homeschooled children on the issue of homeschooling. Through both quantitative and qualitative research - a questionnaire with 78 parents of homeschooled children from Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, their opinions on the selection of a school for their children, problems in compulsory examination, and the selection of teaching methods and forms were found out. On the basis of the research findings, it was possible to state that criteria for school selection was not related to problems in the compulsory examination of the children, and the pedagogical education of the respondents (parents) did not influence the selection of didactic methods or forms.

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