The social adjustment of home schooled children

M.Ed.The goal of educational research is to extend the researcher's understanding and knowledge so that this may be used to benefit and improve education (Donald, Lazarus & Lolwana, 1997: 98). The educational psychologist uses this newly acquired knowledge by interpreting it and translating it into practice. Therefore, by presenting the new knowledge on a practical level, they make it more accessible so that it may lead to the improvement of educational practice. In this specific context, the aim of this study serves two purposes. Firstly, the researcher intends to explore and describe how home schooled children experience home schooling and the impact that it has on their socialisation and furthermore gain an understanding of the opportunities that they are presented with to socialise. Secondly, to develop guidelines for the educational psychologist to aid parents of home schooled children to facilitate their children's socialisation