Home Schooling and Socialization of Children. ERIC Digest. THIS DIGEST WAS CREATED BY ERIC, THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ERIC, CONTACT ACCESS ERIC 1-800-LET-ERIC Home schooling is defined by Preiss (1989) as "the educational alternative in which parents/guardians assume the primary responsibility for the education of their children." This Digest will offer some background information on home schooling and discuss conflicting viewpoints culled from research on the socialization of home-schooled children.RAPIDLY ESCALATING NUMBERSWhile a Department of Education study in 1990-91 concluded that between 250,000 and 300,000 school-age children were being educated at home, "USA Today"...
