Flashback: Mums and Their Tykes Learning Together [1] Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Roughly 30 years ago, I was looking for any research related to parent-led home-based education. Very few studies, back then, had directly addressed what we now call homeschooling. But one research project leapt off the pages […]
André Vieira Center of Quantitative Research in Social Sciences (CPEQS), Department of Sociology, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil, andrehpv@gmail.com Abstract This exploratory study aims to discuss the rise of the phenomenon of homeschooling in Brazil and to understand the socioeconomic conditions, motivations, and pedagogical approaches utilized by the Brazilian parents who adopt this method. […]
A Brief Review of “An Exploratory Study on Mental Health and Attitude Towards Psychotherapy Among Grown Homeschoolers and Homeschooling Parents” by Dedeaux [1] Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Dedeaux (2012) purposed to provide marriage and family therapists with current and accurate information about homeschoolers in the United States in […]
Martha López Coleman Department of Secondary Education and Educational Leadership, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, Texas mcoleman@hollins.edu Abstract Homeschooling is a growing trend in America. This historical comparative literature review traces the roots of the modern American homeschool movement through its start in the 1960s to the recent growth of online schools. A […]
Frank Schnorbus 1227 Melborn Way, Minden Nevada 89423 fandr76@aol.com Abstract Schooling and education are defined, and then the Christian origin of our modern school system in the 17th century Kingdom of Prussia is reviewed. The social and economic values of the Pietist school graduate were recognized by Prussian administrators, prompting these cameralists to engineer […]
Marek Budajczak University of Adam Mickiewicz, Poznan, Poland, putaiszy@amu.edu.pl, homeed@poczta.onet.pl Keywords: homeschooling, home education, schools, public education, compulsory education, international, law, case study, Poland Homeschooling in its inherently social character is, so to speak, “bound” to the home in two distinctly different senses. Firstly, it can be identified with the metaphorical home fireside, where […]
PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments A Brief Review of “Does Homeschooling or Private Schooling Promote Political Intolerance? Evidence From a Christian University” by Cheng Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Keywords: political, intolerance, homeschooling, private schooling Numerous scholars have averred that the practice of parent-led home-based education (a.k.a., homeschooling) will […]
Frank Schnorbus 1227 Melborn Way, Minden Nevada 89423 fandr76@aol.com Abstract Schooling and education are defined, and then the Christian origin of our modern school system in the 17th century Kingdom of Prussia is reviewed. The social and economic values of the Pietist school graduate were recognized by Prussian administrators, prompting these cameralists to engineer the […]
PERSPECTIVES – News and Comments1 A Brief Review of “Home-Schooled Children are Thinner, Leaner, and Report Better Diets …”by Cardel et al. Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Keywords: home-schooled, health, diets, children News headlines recently declared things like “traditionally schooled students more obese” and “home schooled students leaner” (Home […]
The Most Private Private Education: Home Education in Australia Rebecca English Lecturer in the Faculty of Education, Queensland University of Technology, Queensland, Australia, r.english@qut.edu.au Abstract In Australia, the decision to home educate is becoming increasingly popular (Townsend, 2012). The popularity of home education exists is in spite of a large number of publically […]