In addition, any of these methods involves the student's ability to choose trainings
and clubs, depending on their interests (gymnastics, swimming, oratory skills, etc.).
Thus, we believe, family education is a system of formation of the basic human's
life guides, his thinking, personal preferences, views, beliefs and positions in which a
family is an active participant that defines the goals, tasks and contents of the
educational process, makes decisions deliberately, taking into account the child's
opinion, and parents have a strong relationship with the child throughout the course of
study.
Formation of leadership qualities of students in conditions of family form
of education. John Taylor Gatto noted that "schools are not capable of introducing
programs that require self-discipline and self-education, without family support. A
family curriculum is a way of vision that involves many different types of activities.
Such a program admits that parents are a key factor in the growth of the child
physically and mentally healthy "[8].
According to the survey offered to the homeschoolers’ parents during the study,
the following conclusions were obtained regarding the reasons for the children’s
transition to the home-based form of education: table 2 provides the reasons and the
number of parents’ answers.
Table 2 The most common reasons for the transition to home education
(based on the parents’ survey)
Reasons of transition to homeschooling
Number of
responses, %
To provide the child with better education, to convey certain spiritual
and moral values
4
To take into account the psychological and physical features of the
child's development
19
To eliminate the negative influence of classmates (violence) in a
traditional school
6
To create a learning environment for the child, in which he will be able
to maximize his development potential
63
To form flexible curriculum / pair training for children
8
Source: developed by the author
The main reasons among the responses of 350 respondents are the desire to create
a learning environment for the child, in which he will be able to maximize his
development potential, the need of considering the psychological and physical
characteristics of the child's development and the formation of flexible curricula for
learning.
During the study, the following questionnaire was conducted: "Can a child receive
education in a family without attending school?". 100 people took part in it segmented
into 3 groups:
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I group - 20 parents of one child of preschool age;
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II group - 20 parents of a child-schooler (or several school-age children);
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