by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 2
I am currently a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oregon. Since I began my doctoral studies in 1984, I have been extremely interested in the sociology of education and have focused on this area in both teaching and...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 2
By its very definition, an overview purports to provide a general survey of the topic in hand. As such, Patricia Lines provides a very credible and seemingly objective view of the home schooling movement. Because of the nature of an overview there is an...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 2
PRESENTING: SAM B. PEAVEY I was born and reared in Iowa. After high school in Des Moines, I worked on a railroad maintenance crew (section gang) until I accumulated sufficient funds...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Apr 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 2
Home educators, conventional educators, and school officials are offered substantive information for contemplation in Jane Van Galen’s 1986 Ph.D. dissertation “Schooling in private: A study of home education•. Van Galen employed the qualitative...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 1
Purpose “The purpose of this study was to give a description of the curricula and methods used in the home school of home educators and evaluate by means of case studies the effects of home education upon those included in the study” (p. 1). Within this...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 1
PRESENTING: BEVERLY SCHEMMER Editor’s Note: Beverly Schemmer completed her Ed.D. dissertation, Case studies of four families engaged in home education, at Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana in July of 1985. She is now principal at the North...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 1
Jon Wartes has presented another piece of well-executed and reported research. The methodology is clearly explained in the report and he carefully presented considerations of sampling error in a special section entitled “For other researchers — some information about...
by Brian D. Ray, Ph.D. | Jan 10, 1987 | Volume 03, Issue 1
Purpose The purpose of this project was to provide (a) base line information about the achievement levels of Washington home schoolers and (b) descriptive information about those who choose this educational option. Population and Sample Washington...
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...
