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Homeschooling Approach: How Do Parents Decide?

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Letitia (Tish) Walters David P. Daves The University of Southern Mississippi, tish1w@gmail.com   Abstract This study examined the factors influencing parental selection of homeschooling approaches for their children. Factors explored were parental motivators for selecting homeschooling approaches, and parental reasons for choosing to homeschooling.  The population consisted of a sample size (n = 228) that […]

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Homeschool Curriculum Choices: A Phenomenological Study

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Sarah Pannone Wallace State Community College, sarahjeanneohman@hotmail.com   Abstract The purpose of this transcendental phenomenological study was to describe the factors influencing homeschool curriculum choices. Within the study, three research questions were asked: 1) How do select home educators describe the factors that influence their curricular choices? 2) How do select home educators’ beliefs affect […]

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Comments on “Are Homeschooled Adolescents Less Likely to Use Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs?” by Vaughn et al.

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Comments on “Are Homeschooled Adolescents Less Likely to Use Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs?” by Vaughn et al. [endnote 1] Brian D. Ray National Home Education Research Institute, Salem, Oregon, USA Many homeschooling parents have been prodded with this leading question: “Why do you want to shelter your child from the world so much?” Sheltering […]

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Parents’ Perspectives on Homeschooling: A Case Study in Southern U.S.

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Shaghayegh Setayesh and MingTsan Pierre Lu University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Shaghayegh.Setayesh1@utb.edu; MingTsan.Lu@utrgv.edu   Abstract We all have heard or known of families who homeschool their children.  We have our assumptions about why they choose homeschooling, and how they do it.  In this study, two current homeschooled families with over one year of homeschooling […]

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Homeschooling in Brazil: The Demographics and Motivations of Parental Educators

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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. […]

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Left, Right, and Online: A Historic View of Homeschooling

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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 […]

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Whose Children? Rethinking Schools and Education

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 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 […]

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Economic Impact of Home and Private Schooling on the Public Education System: Iowa as a Case Study

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Economic Impact of Home and Private Schooling on the Public Education System: Iowa as a Case Study    Douglas P. Dotterweich Professor of Economics and Eastman Credit Union Fellow in the Department of Economics and Finance, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee,  dotterwe@etsu.edu   Michael M. McKinney Associate Professor of Management in the Department […]