1. a.
How many children are there in these age groups?
0-5____
5-11____
11-16____
16-18____
b. How
many children in your family in these age groups are home educated?
0-5____ 5-11____
11-16____ 16-18____
2. Do
any of the children who are home-educated have:
Special
educational needs Yes No
Physical
disability or long-term illness Yes No
If yes
how would you describe the particular need or disability?
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3. a.
Would you describe your family as having access to an income from all
sources in the range of:
under
£5.000; £5,000 - £10.000; £10,000 - £15,000; £15,000
- £20,000; £20,000 - £25,000; £25,000 - £30,000; £30,000
- £35,000; £35,000 - £40,000; £40,000 - £50.000; over
£50,000
b. Do
you claim benefits other than child benefit? Yes No
If yes,
please list (e.g. disability allowance, working family tax credit etc)
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c. If
one or more adults in your family work part or full time, please list
the nature of employment (eg part time sales person; full time musician
etc)
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4. Would
you describe your family as (tick as many as apply):
Lone parents Part
of an active extended family Travellers
Dual Parents
Same sex parents
Nuclear
family Living in a community Other (please list below)
5. How
would you describe your ethnicity?
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1. Do
you follow the National Curriculum (please tick)
As fully
as possible In part Not at all?
2.
Do you follow a timetable (please tick)
Closely
Flexibly Not at all?
3. Do
you use curriculum style textbooks
Frequently
Sometimes Never ?
4. In
general, who initiates areas of learning?
Parents
Children Mixture ?
5. In
terms of the home education offered, would you describe your family
as (please tick all those which apply)
Formal Structured
Flexible Autonomous Unschooling
Other
6. Which
of these resources do you use? (Please tick as many as apply)
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rarely
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never
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Text books
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Fiction books
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Non fiction books
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Internet/web
sites
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Educational television
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General television
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Educational videos
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General videos
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Educational CD ROM's
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Games CD ROM's
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Museums
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Historic sites
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Libraries
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Theatres
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Concert halls
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Cinemas
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Swimming pools
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Sports facilities
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Arts centres
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Community centres
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Uniformed groups
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Evening classes
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Private tutors
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Online tuition
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Skill swaps
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Work experience (including
informal arrangements)
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Voluntary work
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Other
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1. Do
you subscribe to any of the following ? (please ring all those which
apply)
EO; HEAS
Schoolhouse; Education Now; Herald; Choice in Education;To be free; Taking
Children Seriously; Other (please specify)_____________
2. Do you attend local meetings for home educators?
Weekly
or more At least once a month
Less
than once a month Occasionally Never
3. Do you use any of the following websites for information or support?
4.
Do you use home ed. Internet mailing lists Yes No
If
YES please list the Internet lists you subscribe to which are relevant
to home education
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5. Please list any books, you have read in the last 2 years specifically
related to home education?
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What do home educating parents and children mean by 'success'?
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What is the role of outcomes and/or spin offs in home educator's
philosophies?
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How do the perceptions of educational success that exist within
the HE community differ, if at all, from those of mainstream educational
practice?
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Is socialisation a problem for home-educated children?
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Does society benefit from home-education?
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What questions do home educators face in relation to welfare issues
and are these valid?
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What are the range of systems and methods of educational delivery
that form the basis of home educating approaches?
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Who is education for?
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What are the main cultural, societal and political influences acting
against the growth of home education?
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What are the main cultural, societal and political influences acting
to promote the growth of home education?
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What do home educators want in terms of support, information, networking
and organisations?
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