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Abstract: The aim of this study was to explore the situation of homeschooling in Iranian system of education. The results of this study derived from a qualitative research performed in 2012. The research population was selected by snowball method. The participants were interviewed. The interviews were semi-structured. The concepts in each interview were extracted. The study showed that all parents in the sample come from middle and upper-middle class of the Iranian society and are highly educated. Participants’ involvement in the education of their children and risk-taking in this regard was high. They didn’t have a positive view toward the formal system of education, but their decision for homeschooling their children were mostly educational, not ideological. They consider the formal system of education as a unilateral system, which destroys the creativity of children, merely emphasizes memorization, and neglects some subject like sport, English language, music and arts. According to them, school is a closed space where everybody should take a seat, just listen and hide their real personality. The Iranian homeschooling method is not limited to the textbooks and carries on mostly in natural space. It is mainly based on short-term skills, is not time-bounded and is flexible like its global counterparts. The findings show that this kind of education has increased parents’ relationship with themselves and their children. Their children are self-adjusted and independent in learning. However, because of the novelty of this kind of education, and its non-legal state, it is not accepted by the society at this stage. Occasionally, the homeschooling children and their parents confront several different challenges including mocking, anxiety about the future of their children etc.
 

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The present research aims to study, understand and explain the experiences of parents of students and school administrators from parent participation in school affairs of children. This research is conducted in a descriptive phenomenological approach. For this purpose, 8 managers and 6 students from Hamedan schools were selected by targeted method and data were collected by semi-structured interview. The collected data were analyzed by Straubert and Carpenter (2003). Findings show that in both groups there is no identical definition of participation and people refer to the funds of participation. In the structure, administrators rely on parent associations and coaches as formal institutions and parents focus on personal relationships with school agents. The fields of participation in schools are diverse and factors such as the motivation and parenting of parents, the positive interaction of managers and the existence of a participatory culture in the school organization can strengthen it.