Open AccessHome Education and Social Integration
Author(s) -
Christian W. Beck
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
outlines/critical social studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1904-0210
pISSN - 1399-5510
DOI - 10.7146/ocps.v10i2.1973
Subject(s) - norwegian , socialization , openness to experience , attendance , social integration , sociology , order (exchange) , home education , pedagogy , social psychology , psychology , political science , business , philosophy , linguistics , finance , anthropology , law
If school attendance is important for social integration,then a particular out of school practice like homeeducation could possibly represent a threat to socialintegration. The findings of a Norwegian research projectthat surveyed socialization among Norwegian homeeducated students from different regions are presentedand discussed using socialization theory and a theory ofcultural order. Among the conclusions are the following:Pragmatically motivated home educated studentsare often socially well integrated. Religiously motivatedhome educated students that hold values distant fromthe values of society are not necessarily socially isolated.With more openness and more communicationbetween society and home educators home educatedstudents could meet criteria for social integration even more so than is presently the case.