Tag Archives: Theory and Research in Education

New Homeschooling-themed Issue of the PEABODY JOURNAL OF EDUCATION

Every so often an academic journal decides to devote an entire issue to the topic of homeschooling.  Here is a list of such themed issues: International Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010). Theory and Research in Education … Continue reading

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WHY STATE SANCTIONS FAIL TO DETER HOME EDUCATION: A Look at Homeschooling in Germany

Record: Thomas Spiegler, “Why State Sanctions Fail to Deter Home Education: An Analysis of Home Education in Germany and its Implications for Home Education Policies” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 297-309 Summary: Thomas Spiegler, … Continue reading

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UNDERSTANDING HOMESCHOOLING REGULATIONS: An Minimalist Argument for Evaluating Basic Skills

Record:  Robert Kunzman, “Understanding Homeschooling: A Better Approach to Regulation” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 311-330 Summary:  Kunzman, professor of education at Indiana University and author of Write These Laws on Your Children: Inside … Continue reading

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TOO COOL FOR SCHOOL?: Gifted Children and Homeschooling

Record:  Carrie Winstanley, “Too Cool for School? Gifted Children and Homeschooling” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 347-362 Summary:  Winstanley, Principal Lecturer in Education at Roehampton University in London,  here argues that gifted children form … Continue reading

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CAN INTIMACY JUSTIFY HOME EDUCATION?: A Speculative Argument

Record:  Michael S. Merry and Charles Howell, “Can Intimacy Justify Home Education?” in Theory and Research in Education, November 2009. Summary:  Merry, professor of philosophy of education at the University of Amsterdam and author of an important recent book on … Continue reading

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