VoxBrief - November 2008 - Home Education in Australia

HOME EDUCATION IN AUSTRALIA. By Terry Harding BA, DipEd, DipCDP, MEd, MACE. Manager, Schools Department, Christian Education Ministries; home educator for 15 years with wife Diane; former principal of the Australian Christian Academy.

In all Australian states and territories and across the Western world, especially the US, Europe, NZ and South Africa, increasing numbers of parents are choosing to educate their own children at home. The home education movement has flourished over the past 30 years as families have been increasingly able to access distance education, home schooling networks, high quality curriculum materials and a wide variety of information via the internet.