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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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Research Methodology
Tagged Dorothy Moore, John Holt, Lincoln Institute of Land Policy, Luke C. Miller, Raymond Moore, Rousas Rushdoony, University of Virginia, Virginia
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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
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged IAIN Surakarta, Indonesia, Journal of Social Studies Education Research
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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
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Public Schools, Special Needs
Tagged Conney Gollek, Dumfries and Galloway Parenting Science Gang, Flexischooling, Lancaster University, Mark J. Schafer, National Center for Education Statistics, NCES, Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives, Scotland, Shana S. Khan, Tara Jones, University of the West of Scotland, Wellcome Trust
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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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools, Religion, Research Methodology
Tagged Catholic, David M. Welsch, Denton Marks, Economics, Journal of School Choice, Rational Choice, Roman Catholic, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
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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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Tagged Brentwood, Curry Ingram Academy, Jesse Thomas, TN
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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
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged British Journal of Religious Education, China, Jane Van Galen, Junya Zhao, Mastura Badzis, Xiaoming Sheng
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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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Tagged Educational Review, ideologues, Jane Van Galen, Jennifer L. Jolly, Jonathan Nester, Michael S. Matthews, pedagogues, University of Alabama, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
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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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Tagged Andrea Beláňová, Charles University, Childhood, Czech Republic, good parents, intensive mothering, Katerina Machovcová, Marta McCabe, Sharon Hays, Yvona Kostelecka
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