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Category Archives: Research Methodology
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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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
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools, Research Methodology
Tagged Brentwood, Curry Ingram Academy, Jesse Thomas, TN
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HOMESCHOOLING IN THE UNITED STATES: A Critique of Advocacy Research and Individualism
Record: T. Jameson Brewer and Christopher Lubienski, “Homeschooling in the United States: Examining the Rationales for Individualizing Education” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May/August 2017): 21-38. [Available Here] Summary: Brewer teaches in the education department at the University of North Georgia and is perhaps … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Research Methodology
Tagged Christopher Lubienski, Indiana University, Meyer v. Nebraska, National Education Policy Center, Pierce v. Society of Sisters, Proposicoes, T. Jameson Brewer, Teach For America, University of North Georgia
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A REVIEW OF RESEARCH: What Educators Might Learn
Record: Brian Ray, “A review of research on homeschooling and what might educators learn?” in Pro-Posições 28, no. 2 (May-August 2017): 85-103.[Available Here] Summary: Ray is unquestionably the most well-known researcher in the field of home education, having made this his career … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Race/Ethnicity, Research Methodology, Socialization
Tagged Brian D. Ray, Brian Ray, Proposicoes
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NCES HOMESCHOOLING DATA: First Look from 2016
Record: Meghan McQuiggan, Mahi Megra, and Sara Grady, Parent and Family Involvement in Education: Results from the National Household Education Surveys Program of 2016, (NCES 2017-2012) (U.S. Department of Education: Washington, D.C., 2017) [Available Here] Introduction: Every four or five years, the … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Pedagogy, Religion, Research Methodology, Special Needs
Tagged Mahi Megra, Meghan McQuiggan, National Center for Education Statistics, National Household Education Survey, NCES, Sara Grady
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ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS AND HOMESCHOOLING: It Depends on the Goals
Record: Ari Neuman and Oz Guterman, “Academic achievements and homeschooling—It all depends on the goals.” Studies in Educational Evaluation, 51 (2016): 1-6. [Abstract] Summary: Neuman is senior lecturer of education at Western Galilee College, in Akko, Israel, and Guterman is senior lecturer in the Department … Continue reading
Posted in Academic Achievement, Research Methodology
Tagged Ari Neuman, Oz Guterman, Studies in Educational Evaluation, Western Galilee College
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RESEARCH AND TRENDS IN STUDIES OF HOMESCHOOLING PRACTICES: Review of Selected Journals
Record: Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Norlidah Alias, and Dorothy DeWitt, “Research and Trends in the Studies of Homeschooling Practices: A Review on Selected Journals” in The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology (2015): 111-119. [Article] Summary: Jamaludin, Alias, and DeWitt are … Continue reading
Posted in Research Methodology
Tagged Ama Mazama, Christa L. Ice, Dorothy DeWitt, Education and Urban Society, Education as Change, European Journal of Education, Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, Garvey Lundy, Gifted Child Quarterly, Güler Duman, Henk Blok, Hünkar Korkmaz, Jennifer L. Jolly, Jonathan Nester, Journal of Black Studies, Karen S. Hurlbutt, Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, Khairul Azhar Jamaludin, Lauren Wold Trefethren, Lee Garth Vigilant, Linda G. Hanna, Linda Hanna, Malaysia, Michael S. Matthews, Norlidah Alias, Peter Kraftl, Procedia-Social and Behavioural Sciences, Sharon Green-Hennessy, Sjoerd Karsten, Sociological Spectrum, The Journal of Adolescence, The Turkish Online Journal of Educational Technology, Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Tyler C. Anderson, University of Malaya
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OPINIONS AND LIFESTYLE SURVEY: Characteristics of Home Educating Families in the UK
Record: Emma Smith and Jeanette Nelson, “Using the Opinions and Lifestyle Survey to Examine the Prevalence and Characteristics of Families who Home Educate in the UK” in Educational Studies, 41 (3), (2015): 312-325. [Abstract] Summary: Emma Smith is a professor of Education at the University … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Research Methodology
Tagged Badman Review, Educational Studies, Emma Smith, Jeanette Nelson, Office of National Statistics, Opinions and Lifestyle Survey, United Kingdom, University of Birmingham, University of Leicester
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The HARO 2014 Survey of Homeschool Alumni
Record: Coalition for Responsible Home Education, “A Complex Picture: Results of the 2014 Survey of Adult Alumni of the Modern Christian Homeschooling Movement” Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out (2 December 2014). Available Here. Summary: Readers of these reviews are likely familiar … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, Health, Religion, Research Methodology
Tagged CHRE, Coalition for Responsible Home Education, Fundamentalism and American Culture, George Marsden, HARO, Heather Doney, Homeschool Alumni Reaching Out, Homeschoolers Anonymous, R. L. Stollar, Rachel Coleman, Ryan Stollar, SurveyMonkey
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