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Category Archives: Curriculum
THE NEW CLASSICAL SCHOOLING: A Summary and Appraisal
Record: Peter J. Leithart, “The New Classical Schooling” in Intercollegiate Review 43, no. 1 (Spring 2008): 3-12. (Available fulltext here) Leithart, a professor at New Saint Andrews University in Moscow, Idaho, is well-placed to chronicle the emerging classical Christian Education … Continue reading
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Tagged A Beka Book, Alpha Omega, Association of Classical Christian Schools, Benjamin Rush, Bob Jones Complete, Charles Evans, Classical Christian Education, Classical Christian Home Educators, classical education, Classics, Dialectic, Dorothy L. Sayers, Douglas Wilson, Focus on the Family, Grammar, James Dobson, John Dewey, Ken Myers, Logic, Logos School, Lost Tools of Learning, Mars Hill Audio Journal, New Saint Andrews University, Peter J. Leithart, Quadrivium, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rhetoric, Robert Littlejohn, Society for Classical Learning, Susan Wise Bauer, The Lost Tools of Learning, The National Review, trivium
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INFORMAL HOME EDUCATION: A Philosophical Rationale for Liberated Pedagogy
Record: Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison, “Informal Home Education: Philosophical Aspirations Put Into Practice” in Studies in Philosophy and Education 32(2): 141-154 (2013) [Available Here] British researchers Thomas and Pattison are frequent collaborators, most significantly on the 2008 revision of … Continue reading
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Tagged Alan Thomas, Autonomous Learning, Harriet Pattison, Informal Home Education, J. C. Blokhuis, John Dewey, Natural Learning, Osmotic, Randall Curren, Unschooling
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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”
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
Posted in Academic Achievement, Civics, College/Postsecondary, Curriculum, International, Legal, Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Policy/Regulation, Public Schools, Socialization, Special Needs, Technology
Tagged Joseph Murphy, Milton Gaither, Other Education, Peabody College, Rob Kunzman, Robert Kunzman, Vanderbilt University
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MATHEMATICS AND HOMESCHOOLING: A Missed Opportunity
Record: Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Mary W. Gray, Behzad Jalali, and Matthew Pascal, “Mathematics and Home Schooling” in Notices of the AMS 59, no, 4 (April 2012): 513-521. Summary: All four authors of this paper are affiliated with American University. The … Continue reading
Posted in Curriculum, Gender, Policy/Regulation
Tagged American University, Behzad Jalali, Jim Dwyer, Judith McMullen, Kathleen Ambruso Acker, Kimberly Yuracko, Mary W. Gray, mathematics, Matthew Pascal, Notices of the AMS, South Carolina Law Review
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FORGING A FUNDAMENTALIST ‘ONE BEST SYSTEM’: The History of ACE, ABeka, and Bob Jones Complete
Record: Adam Laats, “Forging a Fundamentalist ‘One Best System’: Struggles over Curriculum and Educational Philosophy for Christian Day Schools, 1970-1989″ in History of Education Quarterly 50, no 1 (February 2010): 55-83. [Read the first page here] Summary: Laats, a professor … Continue reading
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Tagged A Beka, Accelerated Christian Education, ACE, Adam Laats, Arlin Horton, Beka Horton, Binghamton University, BJU, Bloom's Taxonomy, Bob Jones Complete, Bob Jones University, History of Education Quarterly, John Dewey, Max Rafferty, new math, original sin, Pensacola Christian Schools, phonics, progressivism, Rudolph Flesch, sex education, Sputnik, whole language
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VIRTUAL CHARTER SCHOOLS: Why Families Choose Them
Record: Carol Klein and Mary Poplin, “Families Home Schooling in a Virtual Charter School System” in Marriage and Family Review 43, nos. 3&4 (2008): 369-395. Summary: Klein and Poplin, Professor of Education at Claremont Graduate University, here offer the results … Continue reading
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Tagged California Virtual Academies, Carol Klein, CAVA, Claremont Graduate University, K12, Marriage and Family Review, Mary Poplin, Virtual Charter Schools
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