Parents’ Voices: Virtual Classroom Bridging Homeschooling to Public Schools

This research examined to what extent homeschooling parents believed that virtual classrooms have bridged the home and public-schooling systems via a case study. Data were drawn from an online survey as well as Skype and personal interviews with ten participants who were parents of home-schooled chi...

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Published inJournal of educational technology development and exchange Vol. 13; no. 2
Main Authors Norman, Dennis, Luo, Tian, Salim Muljana, Pauline
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2020
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Summary:This research examined to what extent homeschooling parents believed that virtual classrooms have bridged the home and public-schooling systems via a case study. Data were drawn from an online survey as well as Skype and personal interviews with ten participants who were parents of home-schooled children with an understanding of the virtual learning process. Participants reported both benefits and challenges of virtual homeschooling from parents’ perspectives. Discussion and implications to educational practitioners are included.
ISSN:1941-8035
1941-8035
DOI:10.18785/jetde.1302.01