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Category Archives: International
LE CHANGEMENT EN EDUCATION: Building Community among Home Educators in Quebec
Record: Christine Brabant and Sylvian Bourdon, “Le Changement en Éducation et la Gouvernance réflexive. Expérimentation d’un Modèle d’Appropriation du Changement pare des Groupes de Parents-Éducateurs au Quèbec” in Education et Francophonie XL: 1 (Printemps 2012): 32-55. Summary and Appraisal: This … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Socialization
Tagged Canada, Christine Brabant, community, dialogic, Education et Francophonie, Helen Lees, Leslie Safran, Marc Maesschalck, Mitchell Stevens, Quebec, Sylvian Bourdon, United Kingdom, York St. John University
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GEOGRAPHIES OF ‘ALTERNATIVE’ EDUCATION: A Look at UK Home Educators
Record: Peter Kraftl, “Towards Geographies of ‘Alternative’ Education: A Case Study of UK Homeschooling Families” in Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers 38, no. 3 (July 2013): 436-450. [Abstract here] Summary: Kraftl, a geography professor at the University of Leicester, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy
Tagged critical theory, Geography, Peter Kraftl, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, University of Leicester
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PARENTAL EDUCATION RIGHTS IN THE U.S. AND CANADA: a Doctoral Dissertation
Record Julio Alberto Lagos, “Parental Education Rights in the United States and Canada: Homeschooling and its Legal Protection” (J.C.D. Dissertation, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, 2011) [Available Here] Lagos’ dissertation seeks to explain the understandings that have emerged in … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal, Policy/Regulation
Tagged 1982, Alberta, British North America Act, Canada, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Catherine J. Ross, Constitution Act, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Courtenay E. Moran, Deborah R. Schwarzer, Julio Alberto Lagos, Kimberly Yuracko, Meyer v. Nebraska, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Quebec, R. v. Jones, Sean Gates, Tanya Dumas, Timothy Waddell, Troxel v. Granville, Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Wiebe, Wisconsin v. Yoder
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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”
Joseph Murphy, is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He has authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, of which you can read … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, College/Postsecondary, Curriculum, International, Legal, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Socialization, Special Needs, Technology
Tagged Joseph Murphy, Milton Gaither, Other Education, Peabody College, Rob Kunzman, Robert Kunzman, Vanderbilt University
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Gretchen Abernathy Reviews (in English) Elizalde, Urpí, and Tejada, “Diversidad, Participación y Calidad Educativas”
Record: Elizalde, M., Urpí, C., and Tejada, M., “Diversidad, participación y calidad educativas: necesidades y posibilidades del Homeschooling”[“Diversity, Parent Involvement and Quality Education: Needs and Possibilities of Homeschooling”], in Estudios sobre educación, vol. 22 (2012), pp. 55-72. [Available here] María … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Policy/Regulation
Tagged Carme Urpí, María Ángeles Sotés Elizalde, María del Coro Molinos Tejada, Spain, Universidad de Navarra
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Summaries of Two Recent European Home Education Conferences
In November of 2012 two important conferences, one in Berlin, Germany and the other in Madrid, Spain, were held. Both were concerned primarily with fostering a political climate of openness to home education in European countries.
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Berlin, Berlin Declaration, Carme Urpí, Global Home Education Conference, Harriet Pattison, Home School Legal Defense Association, HSLDA, Madrid, Other Education, The New American, Third National Conference on Family Education/Homeschooling, Universidad de Navarra, University of Birmingham
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BAD EVIDENCE: Faulty Research Uncovered by Home Educating Parents
Record: Bruce Stafford, “Bad Evidence: the Curious Case of the Government-Commissioned Review of Elective Home Education in England and How Parents Exposed its Weaknesses” in Evidence and Policy 8, no. 3 (August 2012): 361-381. [Abstract Here] Stafford, a Professor of … Continue reading
Posted in International, Policy/Regulation, Research Methodology
Tagged and Families, and Families Bill, Bruce Stafford, Children, DCSF, Department fo Children, Disability Services, Freedom of Information Act, Gordon Brown, Graham Badman, Kent County Council, LEA, Local Education Authorities, Schools, University of Nottingham
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HEEDING THE VOICES OF LEARNERS: A Qualitative Look at One Child’s Experience
Record: Lizebelle van Schalkwyk and Cecilia Bouwer, “Homeschooling: Heeding the Voices of Learners” in Education as Change 15, no. 2 (December 2011): 179-190. Summary: van Schalkwyk and Bouwer, both professors at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, here try … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Cecelia Bouwer, Education as Change, KONOS, Lizebelle van Schalkwyk, Love2Learn, Thematic Apperception Test, University of Pretoria
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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: A New Cardus Survey of Homeschooling in Canada
Record: R. Pennings, et al., “A Rising Tide Lifts all Boats: Measuring Non-Government School Effects in Service of the Canadian Public Good” (Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2012). Available for free download here. Summary: Back in 2011 I reviewed the first Cardus … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, International, Public Schools, Socialization
Tagged Academic Achievement, Brian Ray, Canada, Cardus Survey, Environmentalism, Life Satisfaction, R. Pennings
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FREE TO LEARN: Homeschooling in Albania
Record: Timothy Hagen, “Free to Learn: The Rationale for Legalizing Homeschooling in Albania” in Central European Journal of Public Policy 5, no. 2 (December 2011): 50-85 [available fulltext here] Summary: Hagen, a professor of economics at Epoka University in Albania, … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Albania Constitution, Aquinas, Central European Journal of Public Policy, Communism, Convention on the Rights of the Child, Epoka University, HSLDA, Natural Law, Rights of the Child, Timothy Hagen, Universal Declaration, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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