THE FRONTIER OF EDUCATIONAL FREEDOM: HOME SCHOOLING
The following will touch briefly on some of the factors that have stimulated the growth of home schooling and which will have abearing on its future.
SAM B. PEAVEY, HSR Volume 3 Number 2, June 1987
REVIEW OF “SCHOOLING IN PRIVATE: A STUDY OF HOME EDUCATION” BY JANE VAN GALEN
Van Galen employed the qualitative research techniques of participant observation, open ended interviewing, and document analysis to study her subjects. Her goal was to describe "the norms, values, beliefs and actions of the various actors and groups who are involved in the home-schooling issue".
Brian D. Ray, HSR Volume 3 Number 2, June 1987
ON CASE STUDIES OF FOUR FAMILIES ENGAGED IN HOME EDUCATION
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.
Brian D. Ray, HSR Volume 3 Number 1, March 1987
PRESENTING: BEVERLY SCHEMMER
PRESENTING: BEVERLY SCHEMMER.
Beverly Schemmer, HSR Volume 3 Number 1, March 1987
COMMENTS ON 1986 REPORT FROM WASHINGTON HOMESCHOOL TESTING AND DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION BY JON WARTES
Jon Wartes has presented another piece of well-executed and reported research.
Brian D. Ray, HSR Volume 3 Number 1, March 1987
REPORT FROM THE 1986 HOMESCHOOL TESTING AND OTHER DESCRIPTIVE INFORMATION ABOUT WASHINGTON’S…
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.
Jon Wartes, HSR Volume 3 Number 1, March 1987
PRESENTING: JAYN ALLIE-CARSON
[A review/summary of] “A QUALITATIVE STUDY OF THE CHARACTERISTICS OF HOME SCHOOLING FAMILIES IN…
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 order to instruct them at a place other than school (home instruction)" (p. 106) and to determine the attitudes and responses of affected school districts toward these home schoolers?
Brian Ray, HSR Volume 2 Number 4, December 1986
PRESENTING: ALAN B. ROSE
PRESENTING: ALAN B. ROSE
ALAN B. ROSE, HSR Volume 2 Number 4, December 1986
On “Adults’ cognitive demands at home and at nursery school”…
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 home with her mother in the afternoon.
Brian Ray, HSR Volume 2 Number 3, September 1986