Monthly Archives: April 2013

QUIVERFULL: A Journalist’s Account of a Homeschooling Sub-Culture, Part 3

This post is the final installment of my treatment of Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. In my first post I summarized the book’s content.  In my second post I offered a few critiques and generalizations.  Here I’d … Continue reading

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QUIVERFULL: A Journalist’s Account of A Homeschooling Sub-Culture, Part 2

This post continues my review of Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement. In part 1 I summarized Joyce’s book.  Here I will offer three criticisms and then try to generalize a bit from her data.  In part 3 I’ll … Continue reading

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QUIVERFULL: A Journalist’s Account of a Homeschooling Sub-Culture, Part 1

Record: Kathryn Joyce, Quiverfull: Inside the Christian Patriarchy Movement (Boston: Beacon Press, 2009). Joyce, a freelance journalist based in New York City, here pens an important book on one of the most dynamic subcultures within the homeschooling world: “quiverfull” families … Continue reading

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THE MYTH OF AMERICAN RELIGIOUS FREEDOM: A Sweeping Look at the History Behind the U.S. Culture Wars

Record: David Sehat, The Myth of American Religious Freedom (New York: Oxford University Press, 2011). Summary: Sehat is Assistant Professor of History at Georgia State University. Sehat takes one idea and traces its history from the American founding to the … Continue reading

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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Christian Homeschooling in America, Part 2

This post continues my review of Robert Kunzman, Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling(Boston: Beacon, 2009). In part one I summarized the book’s contents and offered a few tepid critiques.  Here I’d like … Continue reading

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WRITE THESE LAWS ON YOUR CHILDREN: Christian Homeschooling in America, Part 1

Record: Robert Kunzman, Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside the World of Conservative Christian Homeschooling (Boston: Beacon Press, 2009). Kunzman, Associate Professor of Education at Indiana University, Bloomington and author of many works on religion, ethics, and education, here … Continue reading

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THROUGH THE LENS OF HOME-EDUCATED CHILDREN: Insights from Children About What Motivates Them to Learn

Record:  Tara Jones, “Through the Lens of Home-Educated Children: Engagement in Education” in Educational Psychology and Practice (2013): 1-15 [Abstract Available Here] Summary: Jones is a PhD student at the University of the West of Scotland.  Here she presents the … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING THE GIFTED: Thirteen Families Explain their Actions

Record: Jennifer L. Jolly, Michael S. Matthews, and Jonathan Nester, “Homeschooling the Gifted: A Parent’s Perspective” in Gifted Child Quarterly 57, no. 2 (December 2012): 121-134. [Abstract available here] Summary: Jolly is Associate Professor of Elementary and Gifted Education at … Continue reading

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