Category Archives: International

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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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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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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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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Socialization in Israel

Record: Shiri Pearlman-Avnion and Mor Grayevsky, “Homeschooling, Civics, and Socialization: The Case of Israel” in Education and Urban Society 51(2017): 970-988. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Shiri Pearlman-Avnion is a lecturer at Tel-Hai Academic College in Tel-Hai Israel. She is primarily interested in … Continue reading

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Social Lives of Teen Homeschoolers in the UK

Record: Eloise de Carvalho and Yvonne Skipper, “‘We’re Not Just Sat at Home in Our Pyjamas!’: A Thematic Analysis of the Social Lives of Home Educated Adolescents in the UK” in European Journal of Psychology of Education 34(2019): 501-516. [Abstract here] … Continue reading

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Comparing Reading Between Home and Conventionally Schooled Children

Record: Oz Guterman and Ari Neuman, “Reading at Home: Comparison of Reading Ability Among Homeschooled and Traditionally Schooled Children” in Reading Psychology 40(2019): 169-190.  [Abstract Here]. Summary: Oz Guterman is the senior lecturer of the Department of Human Resources at Western Galilee … Continue reading

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CHRISTIAN HOMESCHOOLING IN CHINA

Record: Xiaoming Sheng, “Christian Homeschooling in China” in British Journal of Religious Education 41, no. 2 (2019): 218-231. [abstract here] Summary: Xiaoming Sheng should be a familiar name to veteran readers of this blog.  We have previously covered her work on Chinese homeschool law and … Continue reading

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