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Monthly Archives: November 2012
EXPERIENCES OF PARENTS: Autism Spectrum Disorder and Homeschooling
Record: Karen S. Hurlbutt, “Experiences of Parents Who Homeschool Their Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders” in Developmental Disabilities 26, no. 4 (December 2011): 239-249. Summary: Hurlbutt, who now goes by the name of Karen Eastman, is a Special Education professor … Continue reading
Posted in Special Needs
Tagged ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Disabilities, Karen S. Eastman, Karen S. Hurlbutt, Minnesota State University
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HOMESCHOOLING PARENTS: Practices and Beliefs about Vaccinations
Record: Elizabeth L. Thorpe, et al., “Homeschooling Parents’ Practices and Beliefs about Childhood Immunizations” in Vaccine, 30, no. 6 (February 2012): 1149-1153. Summary: This paper, written by a group of physicians and medical researchers, noting the rise both in occurrences … Continue reading
Posted in Health
Tagged American Academy of Pediatrics, Elizabeth L. Thorpe, Vaccine, vaccine preventable disease
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LINKING PARENTAL MOTIVATIONS: Comparing Parents who Homeschool with Those who Don’t
Record: Christa L. Ice and Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey, “Linking Parental Motivations for Involvement and Student Proximal Achievement Outcomes in Homeschooling and Public Schooling Settings” in Education and Urban Society 43, no. 3 (May 2011): 339-369. [Abstract available here] Summary: Hoover-Dempsey … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Public Schools
Tagged Christa L. Ice, Education and Urban Society, Kathleen V. Hoover-Dempsey
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EDUCATION ON THE HOME FRONT: The European Union and Home Education
Record: Colin Koons, “Education on the Home Front: Home Education in the European Union and the Need for Unified European Policy.” Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, 20, no. 1 (2010): 145-174. Summary: Koons, a recent graduate from Indiana University … Continue reading
Posted in International, Legal
Tagged Amanda Petrie, Colin Koons, European Convention on Human Rights, European Court of Human Rights, European Union, Indiana International and Comparative Law Review, Indiana University School of Law, Konrad and Others v. Germany, United Nations, Universal Declaration of Human Rights
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LEGITIMATE PERIPHERAL PARTICIPATION: How Commitment to Homeschooling Grows
Record: Leslie Safran, “Legitimate Peripheral Participation and Home Education” in Teaching and Teacher Education 26, no. 1 (2010): 107-112. Summary: Safran, a British researcher who has written a few other works on homeschooling and in 2008 completed her doctoral dissertation, … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Socialization
Tagged 1996 Education Act, England, Great Britain, Jennifer Lois, John Holt, Lave, legitimate peripheral participation, Leslie Safran, Ruth Morton, Situated Learning: Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Teaching and Teacher Education, United Kingdom, Wengar
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THE TEMPORAL EMOTION WORK OF MOTHERHOOD: How Homeschooling Mothers Deal with the Time Crunch
Record: Jennifer Lois, “The Temporal Emotion Work of Motherhood: Homeschoolers’ Strategies for Managing Time Shortage” in Gender and Society, 24, no. 4 (August 2010): 421-446. Summary: Lois, a professor of sociology at Western Washington University, here continues her work focusing … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation
Tagged Gender and Society, Jennifer Lois, problematic emotions, savoring, sequencing, Sharon Hays, temporal emotion work
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HOME EDUCATION IN THE POST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES: the Czech Republic
Record: Yvona Kostelecká, “Home Education in the Post Communist Countries: Case Study of the Czech Republic” in International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 3, no. 1 (October 2010). Available Here. Summary: Kostelecká, a member of the education faculty at Charles … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation, Special Needs
Tagged Charles University, Czech Republic, International Electric Journal of Elementary Education, NCES, Yvona Kostelecka
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THE BUSINESS OF EDUCATION: Home Study Programs in the 1920s-1930s and Today
Record: Robert Hampel, “The Business of Education: Home Study at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin in the 1920s and 1930s.” in Teachers College Record 112, no. 9 (September 2010): 2496-2517. Summary: Hampel, a professor at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in College/Postsecondary, History, Public Schools
Tagged Columbia University, Nicholas Murray Butler, Robert Hampel, Teachers College Record, University of Deleware, University of Wisconsin
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IS HOME SCHOOLING ‘IN THE BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD?’: Divorce and Homeschooling
Record: Charles J. Russo, “Is Home Schooling ‘in the Best Interests of the Child?’ The Supreme Court of New Hampshire Answers – Not When Divorced Parents Disagree!” in Private School Monitor 33, no. 2 (Fall 2011). Summary: Russo, a prolific … Continue reading
Posted in Legal
Tagged Charles J. Russo, Gertler v. Gertler, In re Kurowski, Morgan v. Morgan, New Hampshire, Private School Monitor
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HOME EDUCATION: Three Types of Homeschoolers
Record: Ruth Morton, “Home Education: Constructions of Choice” in International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010) Available Here. Summary: Morton, a doctoral student at the University of Warwick whose dissertation is a qualitative study of homeschooling … Continue reading
Posted in International, Parental Motivation
Tagged International Electric Journal of Elementary Education, Jane Van Galen, Mitchell Stevens, Ruth Morton, University of Warwick
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