Seeking Interviewees For Survey on Boat Schooling Options

Created by doina. Last modified on 2007-07-09 09:36:33
Topic: Cruising Families

My name is Courtney Woods and for a large portion of my life I was home schooled as my family and I travelled around South East Asia. We have currently stopped for a while in Phuket, Thailand, where I am going to a nearby international school and studying for my IGCSEs (International General Certificate of School Education).

For my IGCSE English coursework, I have to write an informative article based on interviews with a number of sources. The topic I have chosen is home schooling for kids who live on boats, or learn via home schooling in some way because of boats. The article will inform people who are considering home school of options open to them, providing the pros and cons from the view of actual students.

If you are still being home-schooled or were recently, I would greatly appreciate it if you would fill out the interview below with as much detail as possible, as this goes towards my end of year grades.

If you have any questions regarding the interview questions, please contact me at jasmaana@hotmail.com

Thanks, Courtney

Name:

Age:

Nationality:

Boat type & name:

(1) What style of home schooling did/do you do? (Distance Education, subjects from different curriculums, taught by parents, etc)

(2)What were your reasons for using this particular style?

(3)Have you ever change your home schooling style?

(4)Do/did you have anyone learning alongside you?

(5)Do/Did they use the same style of home schooling? If not, do you know their reasons for following this curriculum and what were they?

(6)How many years of home schooling have you done, and at which years? (Example answer: 3 years of primary (years 3-6) and one year of highschool (year 7))

(7) Could you describe a typical home schooling day?

(8)Have you been to a traditional school? (With a classroom, classmates, etc) If not, skip ahead to question 12

(9)How many years of traditional schooling have you done, and at which years? (Example answer: 3 years of primary (years 3-6) and one year of highschool (year 7))

(10)What was it like transitioning either from home school to traditional school or vice versa?

(11) Did you have any problems with whichever style of school you transferred to? (making friends, curriculum, etc)

(12)What are your favourite subjects and why?

(13)Which subjects are/were easiest to complete during home schooling?

(14)Which subjects are/were hardest to complete during home schooling?

(15) What do/did you like/ dislike about home schooling?

(16)What do/did you like/ dislike about traditional schooling?

(17)Do you have any advice to someone considering starting home schooling?