Interesting study on homeschoolers

[Dana Grant]

First of all, I am only posting this article because I think it is an interesting article. Most of you know that mine is a homeschooling family, and I just wanted to make it clear that I'm not posting it with a "see, I told you so" attitude at all. And I'm not trying to bring up the whole homeschool versus private school versus public school discussion!! I'm just posting for information purposes only, OK? Thanks!!

Also, if the link does not work, I'll remove the post (or I will ASK someone to remove the post -- I don't think I can do that!! -- edit). It is from an email newsletter that I receive, so I'm not sure that the link will work.


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[Wilson L. Deaton]

And I'm not trying to bring up the whole homeschool versus private school versus public school discussion!! I'm just posting for information purposes only, OK? Thanks!!

The linked article states:

One of the criticisms lobbed at the home-schooling community/movement is that home-schooled children are being shielded from diversity and a multitude of challenging influences which will ultimately handicap them in their ability to function in the “real world.” In other words, “How will these children function in our diverse, multicultural society when they are raised in a setting with monolithic views and beliefs?”

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They compared Christian college freshmen who had previously been home-schooled with a matched sample of traditionally schooled Christian freshmen on the College Adjustment Scale.

Given what the study was trying to discover, I think the study would have been more significant had it been done at non-Christian colleges.

Wilson

[Dana Grant]

The linked article states:



Given what the study was trying to discover, I think the study would have been more significant had it been done at non-Christian colleges.

Wilson


I agree, Wilson. I was wondering why the study was done only at Christian colleges, because there are many homeschoolers from non-Christian families. People tend to think of homeschooling as being only a Christian phenomenon, but that is far from accurate. Interesting, very interesting.