Category Archives: Parental Motivation

Virginia Communities and Homeschooling

Record: Luke C. Miller, “Community Characteristics of Homeschooling: The Case of Virginia” in G. K. Ingram and D. A. Kenyon, eds., Education, Land, and Location (Cambridge, MA: Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, 2014), pp. 386-416 [available here]. Summary: Miller is Associate Professor … 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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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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Homeschooling in Wisconsin

Record: Denton Marks & David M. Welsch,  “Homeschooling Choice and Timing: An Examination of Socioeconomic and Policy Influences in Wisconsin.” Journal of School Choice, 13, no. 1 (2019): 33-57 [Abstract Here] Summary: Marks and Welsch were both economics professors at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater at … Continue reading

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RELIGIOUS HOMESCHOOLERS AND PART-TIME PUBLIC SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Record: Jesse Thomas, “Perspectives of Homeschoolers Motivated by Religious and Moral Reasons” in Journal of Research on Christian Education 28, no. 1 (2019): 21-42. Summary: Thomas, a math teacher at Curry Ingram Academy in Brentwood, TN, previously wrote a 2016 report  on homeschooling parents’ … 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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HOW I STARTED: Parental Motivations in Parents’ Own Words

Record: Ari Neuman and Oz Guterman, “How I Started Home Schooling: Founding Stories of Mothers Who Home School Their Children,” in Research Papers in Education 34, no. 2, (2019): 192-207. [abstract here] Summary: Neuman and Guterman, who have been on … Continue reading

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THE HOMESCHOOLING CONTINUUM: Redefining Homeschooling for the 21st Century

Record: Jennifer L. Jolly and Michael S. Matthews, “The Shifting Landscape of the Homeschooling Continuum” in Educational Review (2018). [Abstract Here] Summary: Jolly, Associate Professor of Gifted Education at the University of Alabama, and Matthews, Director of Gifted Programs at UNC Charlotte, … Continue reading

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METAPHORS AND EDUCATION: Comparing Homeschooling and Schooling Parents

Record: Ari Neuman & Oz Guterman, “Metaphors and education: comparison of metaphors for education among parents of children in school and home education,” Pedagogy, Culture, & Society, Vol. 26 no. 3 (2018): 435-447. ISSN 1468-1366 [abstract available here] Summary: Neuman and Guterman … Continue reading

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HOW “GOOD PARENTS” USE THEIR TIME

Record: Andrea Beláňová, Katerina Machovcová, Yvona Kostelecká, & Marta McCabe, “Justifying homeschooling in Czech Republic: How “good parents” and their children use their time,” in Childhood, vol. 25, no. 4 (2018), pp. 530-543. [available here] Summary: Beláňová, Machovcová, Kostelecká, and McCabe of Charles … Continue reading

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