Monthly Archives: March 2020

Playful Environments and Science Education

Record: Jennifer Bachman and Lynn Dierking, “Co-creating Playful Environments That Support Children’s Science and Mathematics Learning as Cultural Activity: Insights From Home-Educating Families” in Children, Youth and Environments 21(2011): 294-311. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Jennifer Bachman is the Director of Programming and … Continue reading

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Homeschooling and Special Education Services

Record: Janet F. Carlson, “Context and Regulation of Homeschooling: Issues, Evidence, and Assessment Practices” in School Psychology 35(2020): 10-19. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Janet Carlson is a research professor and associate director of the College of Education and Human Sciences at the University … Continue reading

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Socialization in Israel

Record: Shiri Pearlman-Avnion and Mor Grayevsky, “Homeschooling, Civics, and Socialization: The Case of Israel” in Education and Urban Society 51(2017): 970-988. [Abstract here] Summary: Dr. Shiri Pearlman-Avnion is a lecturer at Tel-Hai Academic College in Tel-Hai Israel. She is primarily interested in … Continue reading

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Social Lives of Teen Homeschoolers in the UK

Record: Eloise de Carvalho and Yvonne Skipper, “‘We’re Not Just Sat at Home in Our Pyjamas!’: A Thematic Analysis of the Social Lives of Home Educated Adolescents in the UK” in European Journal of Psychology of Education 34(2019): 501-516. [Abstract here] … Continue reading

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