Educational Practice Outside the System: Exploring the Legalization Dilemma of Chinese-styled Homeschooling

Xingyu Liu

doi:10.54097/ijeh.v5i2.2183

Authors

Xingyu Liu

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v5i2.2183

Keywords:

Homeschooling, Chinese education system, Alternative educational method, Educational legitimacy.

Abstract

Meeting the increasingly unique and different educational requirements of people has become a genuine problem for education in all countries as society develops and advances. The growth of alternative educational approaches globally is an investigation of this topic, and China's basic education reform urgently needs to learn from the positive experiences of the rest of the world. In recent years, the phenomenon of "home schooling" has quietly emerged in mainland China, but the ensuing issue of the legality and legitimacy of "home schooling" has attracted widespread attention. This paper analyses the legality and legitimacy of home schooling on the basis of the right to education and national legislation, and offers suggestions for the future legalisation of home schooling in China from both legal and policy perspectives, with a view to benefiting basic education in China.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

References

S. Bielick, Homeschooling in the United States: 1999. US Department of Education, Office of Educational Research and Improvement, 2001.

Beijing Consensus on “homeschooling” in China（2014）, 2014.

Ren Jie-hui, “Keeping Watching outside the System: Educational Predicament of Chinese-styled Homeschooling———A Case Study of Ｒ School in Beijing,” Journal of Ｒesearch on Education for Ethnic Minorities, vol. 26, no. 110–117, pp. 1689–1699, 2015, doi: 10.15946/j.cnki.1001-7178.2015.05.019.

L. Qing and X. Su, “Reflections on the Legalized Homeschooling in Taiwan, China,” Education Science, vol. 33, no. 3, pp. 20–26, 2017.

H. Ying, “Legal Analysis of Homeschooling in Compusory Education Period in China,” Journal of Educational Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 32, 2012, doi: 10.14082/j.cnki.1673-1298.2012.04.004.

Y. Ya-feng and R. Guo-jun, “The Realistic Demands and the Legislation of Home Schooling in Compulsory Education ———Taking Beijing as an Example,” Beijing Social Sciences, pp. 1–239, 2015, doi: 10. 13262 / j. bjsshkxy. bjshkx. 151213.

W. Qiuxiao, “The Problem Research on the Homeschooling children socialization——A case study on Xiaoyi Yuan,” Southwest university, 2005.

Z. Mingqi, "Research on family education rights claims and legal regulation in China," Graduate School of Southwestern University, 2014.

M. Fullan, The new meaning of educational change. Routledge, 2007.

R. Kraut, Aristotle: political philosophy. Oxford University Press on Demand, 2002.

H. Wuhua, “Deep Analysis of"Home Schooling" in China:The Comparison beteween China and Amerca,” Zhejiang Soxial Sciences, vol. 2012, no. 11, p. 32, 2012, doi: 10.14167/j.zjss.2012.11.023.

F. Translating, E. Focus, H. Study, and P. Science, “From Translating to Exploring: Focus of Homeschooling Study in China KANG,” Journal of Southwest Jiaotong University (Social Science ), vol. 18, no. 1, pp. 12–17, 2017.

M. W. Apple, “Homeschooling, democracy, and regulation: An essay review of Homeschooling,” Education Review, vol. 27, no. 2019, 2020.

W. Jia-jia, "'Home schooling' still has legal problems to be solved," Legal Daily No. 005, pp. 13-14, Mar. 02, 2017.

D. Binbin, “On the Legitimacy of Family Education,” Journal of Central China Normal University (Humanities and Social Sciences), vol. 57, no. 2, pp. 178–185, 2018.

L. Song, “The study of China ‘home schooling’phenomenon,” Jiangxi Normal University, 2013.

J. WANG and Z. Yao, "Policy deficiencies and responses to quality assurance of 'home schooling' education in China," Education Exploration, vol. 8, no. 302, pp. 23-25, 2016.

W. Jia-jia, “Homeschooling Movement and Responses of College in America,” JFudan Education Forum, vol. 10, no. 3, pp. 77–81, 2012, doi: 10.13397/j.cnki.fef.2012.03.017.

J. WANG and Z. Yao, "A review of curriculum content differences between Chinese and American 'home schooling,'" vol. 2015, pp. 1-239, 2015.

W. Jiajia, “Controversies on Homeschooled Children’s Socialization Problem in America,” Studies in Foreign Education, vol. 39, no. 259, pp. 28–35, Nov. 2012, doi: 10.1088/1751-8113/44/8/085201.

W. Jiajia and H. Tian, “Analysis of the Operating Mechanism of Virtual Charter Schools in the United States,” International and Comparative Education, vol. 335, no. 8, pp. 29–43, 2019.