Remote Online Homeschooling : Social effects on the students

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Introduction : The number of homeschooling students is growing every year all around the world.

For example, 11.1% of students are homeschooled in the United States in 2021. Abderrahman ELARFAOUI was also homeschooled for his entire education before university.

Many famous people were homeschooled such as Thomas Edison, Graham Bell (Telephone Inventor), Justin Bieber, Emma Watson, Agatha Christie, and many more.

Homeschooling has a lot of advantages, but it also has some disadvantages, such as social isolation and a decrease in focus for some students. The purpose of this study is to understand the needs of homeschooled students and suggest virtual solutions to solve personal, social, and academic effects. 1.1.

Objectives : Find and solve social, mental and academic problems within homeschooling students. 1.2.

Statements of the problem : Homeschooling has sometimes negative effects on its students. 1.3.

The Methods : Collect data with surveys targeting homeschool students and Case Study. 2.

Information Gathering The 5 articles : 1.

"The Social Effects Of Homeschooling" Southernearlychildhood, Sharon (2022) 2.

"Is homeschooling socially harmful?" New internationalist, (2021) 3.

"Social Skills for Homeschooling Students" Scientific Research, Sameer Abuzandah (2020) 4.

"Homeschooling effects on a child’s social skills" Birla Brainiacs, 2022 5."Homeschooled children are far more socially engaged than you might think" THE CONVERSATION, Kate Burton and Dr Eileen Slater, 2019 2.1 Summary of the 1st article : This article talks about the fact that Homeschooling has grown in popularity as a choice for families in recent years. Parents may decide to homeschool their kids for a variety of reasons, but one of the most popular ones is the notion that it would better equip them for the future.

It states that homeschooling is generally benefical for student's social devlopment, Homeschooled pupils are able to study more in their prescribed curriculum since there are no time restraints.

Students succeed academically at greater levels as a result.

It also suggets that There are a number of studies that suggest that homeschooled kids have better social skills than their counterparts who attend traditional schools. 2.2 Summary of the 2nd article : Research has identified methods used by home educators to foster socializing possibilities, including the formation of learning cooperatives in which kids take classes with others taught by the same parent or by a licensed instructor.

In my study of black homeschoolers in Metro-Atlanta and MetroDC, I discovered that parents clearly understood the need of socializing and, as a consequence, they made a range of choices for their kids to engage in meaningful contacts with others.

The children who were homeschooled also took part in extracurricular activities, church functions, or neighborhood clubs like 4-H Club1 and Scouting.

Parents planned family-friendly activities for their kids, like chess instruction with a local Grandmaster.

Last but not least, the majority of the study's home educators resided in areas with re-segregated public schools that mostly served pupils and instructors of color.

As a result, homeschooling increased kids' chances to interact with kids from varied racial, linguistic, and cultural backgrounds. 2.3 Summary of the 3rd article: This study aimed to shed light on how homeschooling affected the social lives of homeschooled youngsters.

The study uses learning theories from a variety of academics and theorists, including Lev Vygotsky and Jean Piaget, to explain the foundation of homeschooling in terms of a child's social development.

The study's methodology involved many case studies with 12 participants, half of them were currently homeschooled pupils and the other four were parent teachers.

Data from interviews that were semi-structured were collected.

The study's conclusions demonstrated that homeschooling generally helps kids develop strong morals and values, which are crucial in interpersonal interactions. However, it soon became clear that in order to promote a child's cognitive growth, one must offer them the opportunity to physically engage with peers, albeit in supervised settings.

The study comes to the conclusion that homeschooling can improve a child's social abilities, if the parent teacher adopts the proper teaching method to encourage positive social interactions with classmates. 2.4 Summary of the 4th article: Socialization is the ongoing process of receiving and spreading ideology, norms, and practices.

Numerous characteristics of socialization.... »