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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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