Author Archives: Milton Gaither

Home Educators and Arts Education

Record: Katie Burke, “The Challenges of Facilitating Arts Learning in Home Education” in British Educational Research Journal 45, no. 5 (October 2019): 961-978, Summary: Burke, a lecturer at the School of Education at the University of South Queensland, Australia, here presents her third piece … Continue reading

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Virginia Communities and Homeschooling

Record: Luke C. Miller, “Community Characteristics of Homeschooling: The Case of Virginia” in G. K. Ingram and D. A. Kenyon, eds., Education, Land, and Location (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2014), pp. 386-416 [available here]. Summary: Miller is Associate Professor … Continue reading

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Arts Teaching and Home Education

Record: Katie Burke and David Cleaver, “The Art of Home Education: An Investigation Into the Impact of Context on Arts Teaching and Learning in Home Education” in Cambridge Journal of Education 49(2019): 771-788. [Abstract Here] Summary: Dr. Katie Burke and David Cleaver are lecturers of at … Continue reading

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The Influence of Parents’ Interests and Attitudes on Their Choice to Homeschool

Record: Baidi Baidi, “The Role of Parents’ Interests and Attitudes in Motivating Them to Homeschool Their Children” in Journal of Social Studies Education Research 10(2019): 156-177. [Abstract here] Summary: I was unable to locate any information about this author, and the … Continue reading

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Autonomy Within the Unschooling Movement

Record: Lorena Sánchez Tyson, “Trusting Children: Lifelong Learning and Autonomy within the Unschooling Movement” in Journal of Unschooling and Alternative Learning 13(2019): 23-40. [Abstract here] Summary: Lorena Tyson is pursuing her doctoral degree in Education, Practice, and Society at the University College London … Continue reading

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Homeschool for Sustainable Educational Development in Nigeria

Record: Abdulrahman Y. Maigida, “Homeschooling in the Non-formal Education of Nigeria: A Mechanism for Sustainable Educational Development”. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Abdulrahman Maigida is a professor of educational foundations at the University of Port Harcourt in Nigeria.  He won a competition … Continue reading

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Expanding Future Farmers of America Membership to Homeschoolers

Record: Matthew J. Kararo and Neil A. Knobloch, “An Analysis of Education-related Policies Regarding the Participation Potential of Homeschool Students in Agricultural Education and FFA” in Journal of Agricultural Education 59(2018): 36-57. [Abstract here] Summary: Matthew Kararo is a Postdoctoral Research … Continue reading

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Pennsylvania Christian Homeschooling Communities’ Perceptions of Vaccines

Record: Jeremiah D. McCoy, Julia E. Painter, and Kathryn H. Jacobsen, “Perceptions of Vaccination Within A Christian Homeschooling Community in Pennsylvania” in Vaccine 37(2019): 5770-5776. [Abstract here] Summary:  George Mason University graduate Jeremiah McCoy is the Health Policy Analyst at Better … Continue reading

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BECOMING A HOME-EDUCATOR IN A NETWORKED WORLD: What the Internet Does to Homeschooling

Record: Amber Fensham-Smith, “Becoming a Home-Educator in a Networked World: Towards the Democratization of Education Alternatives?” in Other Education 8(1): 27-57. [Available Here]. Summary: Fensham-Smith, a Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, here presents results … Continue reading

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Flexischooling in Scotland

Record: Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, “Flexischooling in Scotland: What We Did and Why” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 8(2019): 58-67. Summary: The Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang is a Facebook group formed in 2017 of four women … Continue reading

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