The Kids Are Alright: Part 2
A Review of a study by Jillene Seiver and Elisa Pope
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After roughly 40 years into the modern homeschool movement in the United States, scholars, friends of
homeschool families, and the general public still ask the question, What about socialization?
Scholars Seiver and Pope (2022) addressed this question by examining the extracurricular activities,
information about leadership, and political participation during K-12 and young adulthood of adults who were home educated, public schooled, and private schooled while growing up. Their work expands on the base of studies that address the topic of the social, emotional, and psychological development of students who are home educated (e.g., Ray, 2017).
Methods
The researchers recruited respondents via
online college and university class postings in the Puget Sound area, homeschool group chat boards in Washington State, and via social media. They collected data from 18-25 year olds who reported the type of schooling they predominantly experienced during the elementary years, the middle school years, and the high school years. The scholars determined their schooling type by their most common response across the three age brackets; 52 were homeschooled, 51 were public schooled, and nine were
private schooled.
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Findings
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Formerly homeschooled adults reported significantly more club activities than the publicly schooled, but not significantly more than the privately schooled. The homeschooled had the highest rate of political participation, and significantly more than the privately schooled but not significantly more than the publicly schooled.
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