Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
CROATIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION-HRVATSKI CASOPIS ZA ODGOJ I OBRAZOVANJE, cilt.24, sa.4, ss.1137-1173, 2023 (SSCI)
This study aims to find out the reasons for preference of homeschooling by Turkish parents who are reluctant to send their children to school, the reasons for their choice of homeschooling, and their opinions regarding homeschooling. The study was carried out in phenomenological design among qualitative research patterns. Semi-structured interviews were conducted face-to-face with nine mothers who were contacted through social networking sites. The results indicated that the participants do not want to send their children to school mainly because they think existing public schools do not provide well-equipped teachers or learning environments. Also, they revealed that they favour homeschooling as it maintains a learning continuum compliant with human nature, in a learning environment that takes individual characteristics into consideration, so that children can grow up as free-thinking, self-confident individuals with higher self-esteem and awareness of democracy, without losing their intrinsic motivation for learning. Finally, the study disclosed the parents’ need for an alternative education environment for their children.