Tag Archives: Jennifer Lois

GENDER, RELIGION, AND HOMESCHOOLING: Michael Apple Weighs In

Record: Michael W. Apple, “Gender, Religion, and the Work of Homeschooling” in Zehavit Gross, Lynn Davies, and Al-Khansaa Diab, eds., Gender, Religion and Education in a Chaotic Postmodern World (Springer, 2013). Abstract Here. Summary: Apple, an education professor at the … Continue reading

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BENEFICIAL OUTCOMES BUT EDUCATORS DO NOT PROMOTE IT: A Rebuttal of Homeschooling Critiques

Record: Brian D. Ray, “Homeschooling Associated with Beneficial Learner and Societal Outcomes but Educators Do Not Promote It” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 324-341. Summary: Ray is without question the most influential researcher in homeschooling given … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING AND SOCIALIZATION REVISITED

Record: Richard G. Medlin, “Homeschooling and the Question of Socialization Revisited,” in Peabody Journal of Education 88, no. 3 (2013): 284-297. Summary: Medlin, a psychology professor at Stetson University, here continues a line of inquiry he began in one of the … Continue reading

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HOMESCHOOLING IN AMERICA: A Book-Length Survey of Homeschooling Research

Record: Joseph Murphy, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement (Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin, 2012). Murphy, Associate Dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University and author of many, many books and articles on a wide range of … 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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HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS: The Emotional Lives of Homeschooling Mothers, part 1

Record This is the first of two posts dedicated to Jennifer Lois’ new book Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering(New York University Press, 2013).  This post summarizes the book.  Part … Continue reading

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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

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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

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EMOTIONALLY LAYERED ACCOUNTS: How Homeschooling Mothers Justify Their Actions

Record:   Jennifer Lois, “Emotionally Layered Accounts: Homeschoolers’ Justifications for Maternal Deviance” in Deviant Behavior 30, no. 2 (February 2009): 201-234 Summary:  Lois, a sociology professor at Western Washington University, here investigates how homeschooling mothers deal with criticisms of their … Continue reading

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