Reliable or risky?: competing arguments framing home education's regulation

Krogh, Chris; Liberto, Giuliana

Title: Reliable or risky?: competing arguments framing home education's regulation
Creator: Krogh, Chris; Liberto, Giuliana
Relation: Global Perspectives on Home Education int he 21st Century p. 229-249
Relation: Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education (AECKE)
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6681-7.ch015
Publisher: IGI Global
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2021
Description: The global and growing phenomenon of home education is regulated differently in different countries and different states. Where is it legal the regulatory burden on home educators ranges from low to moderate to high. A range of commentators, including home educators, work to shape the frames through which home education is understood and subsequently regulated. Using an illustrative case study, this chapter shows that regulation impacts on child wellbeing and that home educators take different motivational postures based on a range of factors, of which their relationship with the regulator is one. The degree to which regulators cultivate a cooperative relationship is proposed as a critical factor in developing a positive regulatory environment. Co-production of home education regulations, as was previously undertaken in Tasmania, Australia, is presented as an effective and more acceptable approach to regulation. This is recommended as a model of practice to be undertaken in other settings.
Subject: home educators; regulation; child wellbeing; Australia; best practice
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1419266
Identifier: uon:37436
Identifier: ISBN:9781799866817
Language: eng
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