VDM Lan Yu, L: Homeschooling in Singapore

This research seeks to scrutinize the phenomenon of homeschooling within Singapore and attempts to provide an alternate explanation for its emergence. This thesis moves from the superficial understanding of the phenomenon to a more profound analysis that considers the relationship between homeschooling and formal schooling. Rather than assuming that there is a fundamental difference between school and homeschool, this work examines the taken-for-granted notion of homeschool being fundamentally different from school and endeavor to determine the degree of divergence between school and homeschool, as well as explore the novelty of such an education. Ultimately, this study focuses on the construction of this difference based upon the concept of 'home-made' and to expound the idea that homeschooling might merely be an oscillation from one form of education to another in a bid to differentiate and achieve distinction.