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Tag Archives: snowball sampling
DISTURBING THE DATA: Gender and Family Size Matters with Evangelical Homeschooling
Record: Melissa Sherfinski and Melissa Chesanko, “Disturbing the Data: Looking into Gender and Family Size Matters with US Evangelical Homeschoolers” in Gender, Place & Culture: A Journal of Feminist Geography, 7, no. 14 (2014): 1-18. [Abstract Here] Summary: Sherfinski is an assistant professor in … Continue reading
Posted in Gender, Religion
Tagged Duggar, Evangelical, Kathryn Joyce, large families, Melissa Chesanko, Melissa Sherfinski, Quiverfull, snowball sampling, West Virginia University
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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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THROUGH THE LENS OF HOME-EDUCATED CHILDREN: Insights from Children About What Motivates Them to Learn
Record: Tara Jones, “Through the Lens of Home-Educated Children: Engagement in Education” in Educational Psychology and Practice (2013): 1-15 [Abstract Available Here] Summary: Jones is a PhD student at the University of the West of Scotland. Here she presents the … Continue reading
Posted in Pedagogy
Tagged grounded theory, Photovoice, snowball sampling, Tara Jones, United Kingdom, University of the West of Scotland
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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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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
Posted in Gender, Parental Motivation
Tagged counterfactual reasoning, emotional epiphany, intensive mothering, Jennifer Lois, sandwich generation, snowball sampling, Teaching Parents Association, time-sensitive identity, TPA, Western Washington University
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