Dr Rebecca English, Senior Lecturer Faculty of CI, Education & Social Justice, QUT. Work in the home education field is principally concerned with choice. It explores who chooses to home educate and why. Much of this work is qualitative (cf English, 2016; 2019; 2021a; 2021b), and much of it is concerned with participants’ accounts for […]
‘Hey Water’ is a super book for younger children to learn science from without trying. What is water, where can we see it and find it? All are encompassed within these pages in an accessible and engaging manner. A superb resource for a young would be scientist. The skillful manner in which the author makes […]
‘We Planted a Pumpkin’ is a story about discovery and excitement: two small children excitedly plant a seed and with typical childlike lack of patience wait expectantly for it to grow in time for Hallowe’en. Along the way they discover how important insects, sunshine and water are for the plant. A book for early readers […]
‘Milly Cow Gives Milk’ from the ‘follow my food’ range is a delightful introduction to where milk comes from, which presents the facts in an easily absorbed way suitable for younger readers. The design of ‘Milly Cow Gives milk’ is richly appealing, as we expect from Scallywag children’s books. Not only should this appeal to […]
It is with much pride and excitement that I write to introduce our new team of Trustees and supporting Associate Trustees. As was widely publicised, we made the decision to implement a very detailed selection process to attract additional officers from a wide spectrum of society, each with a diverse set of skills and personalities. […]
Dear Mr Halfon MP, The Education Committee report on home education came out on 28th July 2021 and recommends exactly what the committee chair told us it would at the very start of his inquiry. There are a number of disturbing recommendations which range from a call to arms for compulsory registration through to […]
Full report link Following on from publication of our preliminary report on trends in home education, this report examines continuing trends in parental choice to home educate their children and how Covid 19 arrangements have affected those choices. Home educating families tell us that narratives around home education have shown signs of increasing positivity during […]
‘Valletta and the Year of Changes’ is a beautifully illustrated book suitable for 7 to 11 year old children. We particularly liked the illustrations of Alberta and the rather cross cat, but were disappointed at the pawcity of filled spaces on the endpiece family tree. Perhaps the Author intends to fill those spaces with her […]
We are currently seeing a rapid rise in home educating families being lulled into listening to those who peddle what they refer to as ‘common law’ and ‘freeman’ rights. These groups are acting against the interests of every home educating family, as by peddling these untenable ideas they feed into public body fears about home […]
At Education Otherwise we know that home educated children are highly visible and engaged within their communities. The following key findings from a dissertation submitted to the University of Derby in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a degree of Master of Arts in Education by Jennifer Alburey in January 2021, confirm this. These findings […]
