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Category Archives: International
EDUCATION ON THE HOME FRONT: The European Union and Home Education
Record: Colin Koons, “Education on the Home Front: Home Education in the European Union and the Need for Unified European Policy.” Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 20, no. 1 (2010): 145-174. Summary: Koons, a recent graduate from Indiana University … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Amanda Petrie, Colin Koons, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, Indiana University School of Law, Konrad and Others v. Germany, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION: How Commitment to Homeschooling Grows
Record: Leslie Safran, “Legitimate Peripheral Participation and Home Education” in Teaching and Teacher Education 26, no. 1 (2010): 107-112. Summary: Safran, a British researcher who has written a few other works on homeschooling and in 2008 completed her doctoral dissertation, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Socialization
Tagged 1996 Education Act, England, Great Britain, Jennifer Lois, John Holt, Lave, legitimate peripheral participation, Leslie Safran, Ruth Morton, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Teaching and Teacher Education, United Kingdom, Wengar
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HOME EDUCATION IN THE POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: the Czech Republic
Record: Yvona Kostelecká, “Home Education in the Post Communist Countries: Case Study of the Czech Republic” in International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 3, no. 1 (October 2010). Available Here. Summary: Kostelecká, a member of the education faculty at Charles … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Special Needs
Tagged Charles University, Czech Republic, International Electric Journal of Elementary Education, NCES, Yvona Kostelecka
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HOME EDUCATION: Three Types of Homeschoolers
Record: Ruth Morton, “Home Education: Constructions of Choice” in International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010) Available Here. Summary: Morton, a doctoral student at the University of Warwick whose dissertation is a qualitative study of homeschooling … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged International Electric Journal of Elementary Education, Jane Van Galen, Mitchell Stevens, Ruth Morton, University of Warwick
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WHY STATE SANCTIONS FAIL TO DETER HOME EDUCATION: A Look at Homeschooling in Germany
Record: Thomas Spiegler, “Why State Sanctions Fail to Deter Home Education: An Analysis of Home Education in Germany and its Implications for Home Education Policies” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 297-309 Summary: Thomas Spiegler, … Continue reading
Posted in International
Tagged Adolf Hitler, Friedensau Adventist University, Rob Reich, Theory and Research in Education, Thomas Spiegler
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THE HOME-EDUCATION OF CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS: A British Perspective
Record: Sarah Parsons and Ann Lewis, “The Home-Education of Children with Special Needs or Disabilities in the UK: Views of Parents from an Online Survey” in International Journal of Inclusive Education 14, no. 1 (February 2010): 67-86. Summary: Parsons, research … Continue reading
Posted in International, Special Needs
Tagged Ann Lewis, ASD, Autistic Spectrum Disorder, British National Curriculum, England, Great Britain, International Journal of Inclusive Education, personalization, Sarah Parsons, Special Education, University of Birmingham
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REGULATING HOME EDUCATION: The Legal Situation in Great Britain
Record: Daniel Monk, “Regulating Home Education: Negotiating Standards, Anomalies, and Rights” in Child and Family Law Quarterly 21, no. 2(2009): 155-184 Summary: Monk, Senior Lecturer at the School of Law, Birbeck at the University of London, has been studying homeschooling … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged and Families, Child and Family Law Quarterly, Daniel Monk, DCFS, Department for Children, Education Act of 1996, Education and Inspection Act, England, European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms, European Convention of Human Rights, Great Britain, Konrad v. Germany, Leuffen v. Germany, Local Authorities, Rob Reich, Schools, UN Convention on teh Rights of the Child, University of London
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TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL?: Gifted Children and Homeschooling
Record: Carrie Winstanley, “Too Cool for School? Gifted Children and Homeschooling” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 347-362 Summary: Winstanley, Principal Lecturer in Education at Roehampton University in London, here argues that gifted children form … Continue reading
Posted in International, Special Needs
Tagged Carrie Winstanley, England, Gifted Education, Roehampton University, Theory and Research in Education
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STUDENT PERSPECTIVES ON HOME EDUCATION TRANSITIONS WITH FORMAL SCHOOLING
Record: Glenda Jackson, “Home Education Transitions with Formal Schooling: Student Perspectives” in Issues in Educational Research 17 (2007) (Available fulltext here) Summary: Jackson, director of the Australian Home Education Advisory Service, here conducts three case studies of homeschooled students transitioning … Continue reading
Posted in International, Public Schools, Socialization
Tagged Accelerated Christian Education, ACE, Australia, Australian Home Education Advisory Service, Glenda Jackson
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