by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Oct 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 4
I am currently working on a master’s degree in Family Relations and Child Development at Oklahoma State university. I am in the process of developing my research. Basically, I will be using a family systems framework to look at family cohesion,...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Oct 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 4
Purpose and Procedure The purpose of Rose’s research “… was to determine why parents/guardians have removed their child/children from either the public or private schools in...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Oct 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 4
Dr. Rose is an Australian citizen who has studied and participated in various other activities in the United States. He received his Ph.D. in Education Administration in 1985 from the University of South Carolina. His research dealt with home school families in...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 3
Tizard, Hughes, Pinkerton, and Carmichael (1982) were interested in four-year-olds as they compared adults’ cognitive demands on girls at home and at nursery school. The two treatments for each girl were being at nursery school with a teacher(s) in the morning and at...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 3
Edmund Husserl’s phenomenology suggests that a person should set himself apart from or objectively “bracket” a phenomenon in order to understand it before making a value judgment related to it. This appears to be the approach utilized by Michael Shepherd as he...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jul 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 3
Purpose of the Study. This paper is a narrative of various activities in the American home schooling movement focusing on the period from the 1970s to the present. It demonstrates how both alternative school advocates and “religious right” groups participate in the...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 2
Alaska’s Centralized Correspondence Study Program (CCS) “…is a complete K-12 education program delivered to students at home through the mails” and is operated by the Alaska Department of Education (ADE) (ADE, 1986, p. 3). It is open to any Alaskan resident who...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 2
I sometimes introduce myself as a “public school counselor who was originally opposed to homeschooling but is now homeschooling my own children.” Initially I thought home schooling could not possibly work because of the importance of highly qualified teachers to the...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 2
Taylor’s study (see above) is an empirical study of interest to the education profession in general. The areas of specialization include the affective domain and home schooled children. Purpose. “This study sought to analyze the relationship which...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1986 | Volume 02, Issue 2
The home schooling movement appears to be in an upward trend in America. It has arisen to the notice of parents, educators, legislatures, and judicial systems. Legitimate questions have been raised regarding the home school. Many of the answers, however, have been...
