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Tag Archives: Meca Williams
AFRICAN AMERICAN HOMESCHOOLING: A Large-Scale Study
Record: Ama Mazama and Garvey Lundy, “African American Homeschooling and the Quest for a Quality Education” in Education and Urban Society 20, no. 10 (2013): 1-22. [Abstract here] Summary: Mazama, a professor of African American studies at Temple University, and … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged African Americans, Ama Mazama, Atlanta, Bridgeport, Cheryl Fields-Smith, Chicago, Columbia, DE, educational protectionism, Florence, Garvey Lundy, Meca Williams, Monica Wells Kisura, Montgomery County Community College, New York City, Philadelphia, Qualitative, racism, SC, snowball sampling, Temple University, Washington D.C.
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HOME IS WHERE THE SCHOOL IS: The Emotional Lives of Homeschooling Mothers, Part 2
Record: Jennifer Lois, Home Is Where the School Is: The Logic of Homeschooling and the Emotional Labor of Mothering(New York University Press, 2013). Summary: This book was summarized in my first post, which can be read here. Appraisal: First, a … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation, Religion
Tagged believers, Cheryl Fields-Smith, closed communion, ideologues, inclusives, Joseph Murphy, Linda Hanna, Meca Williams, open communion, oxytocin, pedagogues, snowball sampling, theoretical generalizability, theoretical saturation
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BLACK PARENTS’ DECISIONS TO HOME SCHOOL: Four Key Themes
Record: Cheryl Fields-Smith and Meca Williams, “Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents’ Decisions to Home School” in Urban Review 41 (2009): 369-389 Summary: Fields-Smith, a professor at the University of Georgia, and Williams, at Georgia Southern, here offer an … Continue reading
Posted in Parental Motivation, Race/Ethnicity
Tagged Afrocentric, Afrocentrism, Cheryl Fields-Smith, community-nomination process, liberation theology, Meca Williams, Urban Review
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