Open research questions in Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
183 unresolved questions extracted from the limitations and future-work sections of 2,147 Diverse Education Studies and Reforms papers in our library. Each links back to the study that raised it.
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Yet, few studies have been conducted about the ways homeschooled children relate to their family members and understand the family.
The authors suggest that future research should focus on testing the relevance of their theoretical construct. They highlight the importance of understanding the limits of hierarchical orders.
The authors identify a gap in the understanding of the role of hierarchical orders in educational practices. They highlight the need for a theoretical construct to assess the relevance of hierarchical orders.
Financial challenges are a significant issue for breadwinner mothers. Psychosocial challenges are also faced by breadwinner mothers. The lack of financial literacy is a challenge for breadwinner mothers.
The lack of understanding of the challenges faced by breadwinner mothers is a significant gap. The study aims to address this gap by exploring the experiences of breadwinner mothers.
The paper identifies a gap in current pedagogical approaches, which often rely on hope and fear. The author argues that a pedagogy of action from principle can fill this gap.
The lack of essential life skills among today's youth limits their ability to navigate personal, social, and economic challenges. The focus of secondary education on academic achievement, exams, and honors over practical life preparation leaves students academically capable but ill-prepared for independent adulthood.
Students’ Application of Curriculum-Based Home Economics Competencies in Everyday Living · 2026 · DOIThe paper identifies a research gap in the understanding of socialization processes between siblings in large families. The study highlights the lack of research on the significance of siblings in large families. The paper emphasizes the need for further investigation into the complex interactions between siblings in large families.
The need for a new pedagogical approach considering current global challenges. The lack of understanding of the interconnections between family education, disinformation phenomena, and hegemonic dynamics.
La famiglia nella metamorfosi del mondo, tra educazione, disinformazione ed egemonia culturale · 2026 · DOIFuture research can explore the long-term effects of cultivating spirituality in early childhood education. Further studies can investigate the relationship between socioemotional skills and spirituality in different educational settings.
There is a need to understand the role of spirituality in socioemotional skills development in early childhood education. The paper identifies a gap in the literature regarding the importance of spirituality in early childhood education.
The study identifies a gap in the understanding of how the Conselho Tutelar has been instrumentalized by homeschooling defenders. The study highlights the need for critical examination of the role of the Conselho Tutelar in protecting children and adolescents.
The paper identifies the challenge of collecting data from home-schooling parents. The study faces the challenge of ensuring the validity and reliability of the Parents' Perceptions of Home-Schooling scale. The paper notes the challenge of interpreting the results due to the limited number of respondents to some items.
Due to missing data, numbers do not equal 93, - The number of respondents in the Satisfaction with the Government Home Education Moderator was limited at 25, - Interpretation of the Alpha for this scale needs to be made with caution
Most specifically, the purpose of this essay is to answer the following questions: Who teaches Black homeschooled children? How are they taught? And, what are they taught? What emerges is that while African American homeschooling practices vary widely based on parents’ teaching and learning philosophies and ultimate objective, a common tendency is the implementation of a curriculum inclusive of African/African American history and culture.
The complex notion of the public/private distinction of social spheres has not been systematically investigated in sociolinguistics; particularly in the case of bidialectal kindergarten age children and how they construct their social lives around this distinction in a public environment such as that of school.
Maya the Bee, Scooby Doo and other stories: How the public and private distinction is depicted in children’s bidialectal interactions in kindergarten · 2013 · DOIHome schooling has sparked passionate and rancorous debates, yet other than general demographics, relatively little is known about the families who choose to educate their children at home (Welner, 2002).
The results of the study uncover areas for further research into the role of education professionals on student experiences, the place of home education in relation to formal education and assessment of collaborative educational programmes which combine aspects of formal education with home education.
Home education transitions with formal schooling: Student perspectives · 2007dewey Larry Cuban-and defines an issue which, arguably, has not been explored as systematically in the 100 years that have followed the publication of The Educational Situatio.
There is a lack of understanding about the reasons behind parents' decisions to teach their own children. The study seeks to address this gap by exploring the motivations and beliefs of home-schooling parents.
Explaining home education: Parents' accounts of their decisions to teach their own children · 1987 · DOIThe relationship between housing tenure and political values has not been studied in Canada before. The existing research on the topic is limited, and there is a need for empirical studies to establish the relationship between housing tenure and political values.
Lack of evidence was apparent even in the now-classic "Pygmalion Study" (Rosenthal & Jacobson, 1968), which claimed to show that teachers" expectations affect student intelligence.
The paper identifies the challenge of balancing authority and freedom in education. It notes the limitations of leftist critiques of American schooling. The paper highlights the need for nuanced approaches to teaching and learning.
The paper identifies a gap in leftist critiques of American schooling. It argues that proposals for change are needed to address the shortcomings of the current system.
The paper identifies a gap in the understanding of the historical context of the educational system and its underlying theories. The paper also identifies a gap in the analysis of the influence of psychological theory on educational policy.
Educational Expansion, Curriculum Reform and Psychological Theory: Australia in the 1930s · 1986 · DOI
Most-cited papers in Diverse Education Studies and Reforms
- ‘It's all becoming a habitus’: beyond the habitual use of habitus in educational research · British Journal of Sociology of Education · 2004 · 881 citations
- Student Social Class and Teacher Expectations: The Self-Fulfilling Prophecy in Ghetto Education · Harvard Educational Review · 1970 · 827 citations
- Note to Educators: Hope Required When Growing Roses in Concrete · Harvard Educational Review · 2009 · 394 citations
- Adolescents' theories of education. · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1985 · 318 citations
- Authentic Pedagogy and Student Performance · American Journal of Education · 1996 · 314 citations
- Political Socialization and the High School Civics Curriculum in the United States · American Political Science Review · 1968 · 295 citations
- Social Education in the Classroom: The Dynamics of the Hidden Curriculum · Theory & Research in Social Education · 1979 · 277 citations
- Literacy and Learning Out of School: A Review of Theory and Research · Review of Educational Research · 2001 · 253 citations
- Mapping the Complexity of Public Pedagogy Scholarship · Review of Educational Research · 2011 · 246 citations
- Cultural capital or habitus? Bourdieu and beyond in the explanation of enduring educational inequality · Theory and Research in Education · 2014 · 220 citations
Most recent work
- A Systematic Review of the Empirical Research on Selected Aspects of Homeschooling: Updated 2017–2026 · Peabody Journal of Education · 2026
- A Nationwide Study on the Academic Achievement of Homeschool Students and Parents’ Reasons for Homeschooling · Peabody Journal of Education · 2026
- Homeschooling: Beyond Academic Achievement · Peabody Journal of Education · 2026
- Home Education in Ireland: The Who, The Why, and The How. A Feasibility Study · Peabody Journal of Education · 2026
- Individual Teaching Philisophy of Parents of Homeschooled Children in Comparison with Primary School Teachers · Pedagogika-Pedagogy · 2026
- The Global Rise of Homeschooling: Emerging Research and Perspectives · Peabody Journal of Education · 2026
- A HUMAN DEVELOPMENT PRACTICEF FOR A TEACHER IN HOME-BASED PEDAGOGICAL SUPPORT (HPS) THROUGH THE LENS OF EXISTENTIAL EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY · Artefactum - revista de estudos interdisciplinares · 2026
- Examining Homeschoolers’ Academic Achievement: The Role of Family and Child Characteristics · Journal of School Choice · 2026
- Espaços sociais e a aprendizagem de crianças com dificuldades: uma perspectiva psicopedagógica · Revista ft · 2026
- The Total Institution - Day School Contimuum: A Model for Adapting and Updating the "Ideal Commune" · Communal Societies · 2026
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