Tag Archives: Other Education

BECOMING A HOME-EDUCATOR IN A NETWORKED WORLD: What the Internet Does to Homeschooling

Posted on April 27, 2020 by Milton Gaither

Record: Amber Fensham-Smith, “Becoming a Home-Educator in a Networked World: Towards the Democratization of Education Alternatives?” in Other Education 8(1): 27-57. [Available Here]. Summary: Fensham-Smith, a Lecturer in Childhood and Youth Studies at the Open University in Milton Keynes, England, here presents results … Continue reading →

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UNSCHOOLING AND SOCIAL JUSTICE/MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION

Posted on February 26, 2019 by Marissa Donlevie

Record: Kristan Morrison, “Unschooling and Social Justice/Multicultural Education: (Un)Realized Potential” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 7, no. 2 (2018): 97-117 [available here] Summary: Morrison of Radford University performed an online survey to discover how social justice curriculum is integrated into the … Continue reading →

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AAISHAH’S CHOICE: Muslim Home Education in Australia

Posted on March 29, 2016 by Robert Lyon

Record: Rebecca English, “Aaishah’s choice: Muslims choosing home education for the management of risk” in Other Education: The Journal of Educational Alternatives 5, no. 1 (2016): 55-72. [Article] Summary: In this article, English, a Lecturer in Education at Queensland University of Technology, analyzes an interview with an … Continue reading →

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EDUCATION WITHOUT SCHOOLS: Home Education in the UK, part 1

Posted on July 18, 2014 by Milton Gaither

Record: Helen E.  Lees, Education Without Schools: Discovering Alternatives (Bristol, UK: Policy Press, 2014). [Abstract Here] Summary: Lees, a Visiting Research Fellow in Education and Theology at York St. John University in England and founding editor of the online journal … Continue reading →

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HOMESCHOOLING AND SOCIALIZATION REVISITED

Posted on July 19, 2013 by Milton Gaither

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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Joseph Murphy Reviews Kunzman and Gaither, “Homeschooling: A Comprehensive Survey of the Research”

Posted on March 1, 2013 by Milton Gaither

Joseph Murphy, is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair of Education and Associate Dean at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University.  He has authored over 20 books, including, most recently, Homeschooling in America: Capturing and Assessing the Movement, of which you can read … Continue reading →

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Summaries of Two Recent European Home Education Conferences

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Milton Gaither

In November of 2012 two important conferences, one in Berlin, Germany and the other in Madrid, Spain, were held.  Both were concerned primarily with fostering a political climate of openness to home education in European countries.

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