Category Archives: Parental Motivation

HOME BASED EDUCATION IN NORTH CAROLINA: A Master’s Thesis

Posted on August 28, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Chelsey B. Watts, “Home Based Education in North Carolina: A Case Study of Policy, Coordination, and Social Acceptance” in Master’s Degree Studies in International and Comparative Education 17 (April, 2014).  Available here. Summary: Watts’ thesis was the result of … Continue reading →

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HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS: Do Homeschooling Laws Increase Homeschooling?

Posted on August 15, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Rachana Bhatt, “Home is Where the School Is: The Impact of Homeschool Legislation on School Choice” in Journal of School Choice 8, no. 2 (2014): 192-212. [Abstract Here] Summary:  Bhatt, an economics professor at Georgia State University, here presents … Continue reading →

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I’M KEEPING MY SON HOME: African American Males and Homeschooling

Posted on August 8, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Garvey Lundy and Ama Mazama, “‘I’m Keeping My Son Home’: African American Males and the Motivation to Homeschool” in Journal of African American Males in Education 5, no. 1 (Spring 2014): 53-74. [Available Here] Summary: Mazama and Lundy have … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION WITHOUT SCHOOLS: Home Education in the UK, part 2

Posted on July 31, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Helen E.  Lees, Education Without Schools: Discovering Alternatives (Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2014). [Abstract Here] Summary: Lees, a Visiting Research Fellow in Education and Theology at York St. John University in England and founding editor of the online journal … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION WITHOUT SCHOOLS: Home Education in the UK, part 1

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Helen E.  Lees, Education Without Schools: Discovering Alternatives (Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2014). [Abstract Here] Summary: Lees, a Visiting Research Fellow in Education and Theology at York St. John University in England and founding editor of the online journal … Continue reading →

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WHY DOES THE APPLE FALL FAR FROM THE TREE: How Children Abandon their Parents’ Views

Posted on May 9, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Elias Dinas, “Why Does the Apple Fall Far From the Tree? How Early Political Socialization Prompts Parent-Child Dissimilarity” in British Journal of Political Science (April 2014): 1-26.  Introduction: This article is not explicitly about home education.  Its central question, … Continue reading →

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CHILDREN WITH AN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER: Educating at Home in Australia

Posted on April 25, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Jasmine McDonald and Elaine Lopes, “How Parents Home Educate their Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder with the Support of the Schools of Isolated and Distance Education” in International Journal of Inclusive Education 18, no. 1 (2014): 1-17. [abstract … Continue reading →

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CLASSICAL AND CHRISTIAN: A Case Study of One Mother-Teacher

Posted on April 4, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Melissa Sherfinski, “Contextualizing the Tools of a Classical and Christian Homeschooling Mother-Teacher” in Curriculum Inquiry 4, no. 2 (March 2014): 169-203. Summary: Sherfinski, a professor in West Virginia University’s College of Education and Human Services, has published widely on … Continue reading →

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CONFUCIAN WORK AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Look at Home Education in China

Posted on March 14, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Xiaoming Sheng, “Confucian Work and Homeschooling: A Case Study of Homeschooling in Shanghai” in Education and Urban Society, XX, No. X (2013), 1-17. [abstract here] Summary: The article under review here is a condensed version of a 2011 work … Continue reading →

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THE TRANSMISSION OF VALUES: Do Homeschooled Christian Kids Keep the Faith as Adults?

Posted on February 28, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Braden Ryan Hoelzle, “The Transmission of Values and the Transition into Adulthood Within the Context of Home Education” in Journal of Research on Christian Education 22, no. 3 (2013), pp. 244-263. Summary:  Hoelzle, a doctoral student in education at … Continue reading →

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