Author Archives: Marissa Donlevie

METAPHORS AND EDUCATION: Comparing Homeschooling and Schooling Parents

Record: Ari Neuman & Oz Guterman, “Metaphors and education: comparison of metaphors for education among parents of children in school and home education,” Pedagogy, Culture, & Society, Vol. 26 no. 3 (2018): 435-447. ISSN 1468-1366 [abstract available here] Summary: Neuman and Guterman … Continue reading

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UNSCHOOLING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Record: Kristan Morrison, “Unschooling and Social Justice/Multicultural Education: (Un)Realized Potential” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 7, no. 2 (2018): 97-117 [available here] Summary: Morrison of Radford University performed an online survey to discover how social justice curriculum is integrated into the … Continue reading

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HOW “GOOD PARENTS” USE THEIR TIME

Record: Andrea Beláňová, Katerina Machovcová, Yvona Kostelecká, & Marta McCabe, “Justifying homeschooling in Czech Republic: How “good parents” and their children use their time,” in Childhood, vol. 25, no. 4 (2018), pp. 530-543. [available here] Summary: Beláňová, Machovcová, Kostelecká, and McCabe of Charles … Continue reading

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HOME EDUCATION IN CHINA

Record: Xiaoming Sheng, “Home Education and Law in China” in Education and Urban Society 50, no. 6 (2018): 575-592 [available here] Summary: Xiaoming Sheng, Ph.D., analyzes the legal status of home education in China. Though homeschooling is not supported by Chinese law, there has … Continue reading

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ARTS TEACHING IN HOME EDUCATION

Record: Katie Burke & David Cleaver, “‘Authentic’ Arts Teaching and Learning: An Investigation Into the Practices of Australian Home Educators,” Journal of Educational Alternatives, Vol. 7 no. 1 (2018): 18-41. ISSN 2049-2162 Summary: Katie Burke and David Cleaver of the University of Southern Queensland, … Continue reading

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LGBTQ IDENTIFICATION AND HOMESCHOOLING

Record: Gina Riley, “A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences of Individuals Who Have Identified as LGBTQ and Who Have Homeschooled or Unschooled,” Journal of Educational Alternatives, Vol. 7 (2018): 3-17. ISSN 2049-2162 [Available here] Summary: Riley is an educational psychologist and Clinical Professor of Adolescent … Continue reading

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THE CHRONICLES OF HOMESCHOOLING GIFTED LEARNERS

Record: Jennifer L. Jolly & Michael S. Matthews, “The Chronicles of Homeschooling Gifted Learners,”  Journal of School Choice, vol. 12, no. 1 (2018): 123-145.  DOI: 10.1080/15582159.2017.1354644 Summary: Jolly, an associate professor of gifted education at the University of Alabama and Association Editor … Continue reading

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IS HOMESCHOOL COOL? Current trends in American homeschooling

Record: Angela R. Watson (2018) Is homeschool cool? Current trends in American homeschooling in Journal of School Choice, 12:3, 401-425, DOI: 10.1080/15582159.2018.1490378 Summary: Watson, a distinguished doctoral fellow at the University of Arkansas, presents her analysis of recent trends in national home … Continue reading

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