Category Archives: Socialization

New Homeschooling-themed Issue of the PEABODY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

Posted on July 10, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Every so often an academic journal decides to devote an entire issue to the topic of homeschooling.  Here is a list of such themed issues: International Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010). Theory and Research in Education … Continue reading →

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TYPES OF SUPPORT: Homeschooling Pedagogy and Student Motivation

Posted on June 26, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Debra A. Bell, “Types of Home Schools and Need-Support for Achievement Motivation” (PhD Dissertation, Temple University, 2012) [Avaliable Here] Summary: Bell is a homeschooling veteran with a strong internet presence and full speaking schedule at homeschooling events.  In the … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLING IN AMERICA: A Book-Length Survey of Homeschooling Research

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Joseph Murphy, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012). Murphy, Associate Dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University and author of many, many books and articles on a wide range of … Continue reading →

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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Milton Gaither

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 →

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THE PRIMA FACIE CASE AGAINST HOMESCHOOLING: A Critique, Part 2

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Record: Randall Curren and J. C. Blokhuis, “The Prima Facie Case Against Homeschooling” in Public Affairs Quarterly, 25, no. 1 (January 2011): 1-19. Summary: In my previous post I argued against the historic backstory Curren and Blokhuis provide as the … Continue reading →

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A RISING TIDE LIFTS ALL BOATS: A New Cardus Survey of Homeschooling in Canada

Posted on December 14, 2012 by Milton Gaither

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 →

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WHEN ‘I DO’ BECOMES ‘YOU WON’T’: Homeschooling and Divorce

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Milton Gaither

Record: Anthony Barone Kolenc, “When ‘I Do’ Becomes ‘You Won’t!’–Preserving the Right to Home School After Divorce” in Ave Maria Law Review 9, no. 2 (2010-2011): 263-302. Summary: Kolenc is a professor at Florida Coastal School of Law, homeschooling father … Continue reading →

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LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION: How Commitment to Homeschooling Grows

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Milton Gaither

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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PREVIOUSLY HOMESCHOOLED COLLEGE FRESHMEN: How Do They Compare?

Posted on September 27, 2012 by Milton Gaither

Record:  Mary K. Saunders, “Previously Homeschooled College Freshmen: Their First Year Experiences and Persistence Rates” in Journal of College Student Retention 11, no. 1 (2009-2010): 77-100. Summary:  Saunders here uses results from a survey of 261 college freshmen at Wheaton … Continue reading →

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SOCIAL CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGE: A Social Theory of Homeschooling

Posted on September 20, 2012 by Milton Gaither

Record:  Patricia M. Greenfield, “Linking Social Change and Developmental Change: Shifting Pathways of Human Development” in Developmental Psychology 45, no. 2 (March 2009): 401-418 Summary:  Greenfield is a luminary in the field of psychocultural research, the comparative study of psychology … Continue reading →

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