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...
