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’ pedagogical motivations. This article, like his 2016 report, draws on a very large sample (n=1055) who took an online survey with both quantitative and qualitative aspects, a survey Thomas originally created for his 2015 doctoral dissertation.
For this article Thomas wanted to know more about the relationship between religious motivation to homeschool and willingness on the part of homeschooling parents (actually mothers. His sample is 97% female) to enroll their children part time in public schools. Continue reading