The challenges of facilitating arts learning in home education
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Article Title | The challenges of facilitating arts learning in home education |
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ERA Journal ID | 20005 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | |
Author | Burke, Katie |
Journal Title | British Educational Research Journal |
Journal Citation | 45 (5), pp. 961-978 |
Number of Pages | 18 |
Year | 2019 |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0141-1926 |
1469-3518 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1002/berj.3546 |
Web Address (URL) | https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/berj.3546 |
Abstract | Home education, or home schooling, is a rapidly growing global educational phenomenon. Given the emphasis that educators, policy makers and researchers have placed upon the arts as an important element in a holistic education, the ways in which the growing home education community are facilitating arts learning warrants consideration. Facilitating quality arts learning has been found to be extremely challenging, especially for generalist classroom teachers who may not possess background learning across the range of arts subjects represented in most arts curricula. Revelations from this study on Australian home educating parents identifies a similar dilemma with the facilitation of arts learning in home contexts, and a significant proportion of the home educating participants acknowledged little to no educational or artistic training. In this project, an online survey was conducted to develop insights into the ways Australian home educators (n = 193) approach arts education, the challenges associated with facilitating arts learning and the strategies they employ in light of these challenges. The research highlights that, while home education is pedagogically unique and distinct from traditional classroom education, the challenges participants expressed regarding teaching in the arts aligned closely with those expressed by classroom teachers in wider research; however, the uniqueness of home education contexts means that support structures for classroom teachers are less helpful for home educators. Implications arising from the research are thus beneficial in understanding the nature of support that might be tailored for arts learning in home education. |
Keywords | home education; home schooling; arts education; self-efficacy |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 399999. Other education not elsewhere classified |
390101. Creative arts, media and communication curriculum and pedagogy | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Education |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q5511/the-challenges-of-facilitating-arts-learning-in-home-education
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