International Perspectives on Home Education [electronic resource] : Do We Still Need Schools? /
Rothermel, P.editor.
This collection brings together the research of an eclectic mix of leading names in home-based education studies worldwide. It uses home education to explore contemporary education outside of school and place it into a global, political and critical context, and will be essential reading for home educators, academics and policymakers alike.
Cover; Half-Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; Part I Home Education: The LearningProcess; 1 Home Educating Parents: Martyrs orPathmakers?; 2 Reflections on Australian HomeEducation Research and VygotskianLearning Theory; 3 Parental and Children's Views onMathematical Learning within theHome Environment; 4 The Informal Acquisition andDevelopment of Literacy; 5 How Are New Technologies ImpactingElective Home Learners?; Part II Home Education: Tensions andCriticisms; 6 Home Education and SocialIntegration
7 A Case of Mistaken Identity:Perspectives of Home Educators andState Officials in England and Wales,and Florida, USA8 Validity of High Stakes StandardizedTest Requirements for Homeschoolers:A Psychometric Analysis; 9 Does Home Education 'Work'?Challenging the Assumptions behindthe Home Education Movement; Part III Political Conflict; 10 Home Education versus CompulsorySchooling in Germany: TheContribution of Robert K. Merton'sTypology of Adaptation to anUnderstanding of the Movement andthe Debate About its Legitimacy; 11 Home Education: A Human Right?
12 Home Education and the EuropeanConvention on Human Rights13 Home Education: A DesperatelyDangerous Notion; Part IV Home Education: Lifestyle andChoice; 14 Homeschooling - The Choice and theConsequences; 15 Reflections and ComparativeAssessments on Home Education inThree Colombian Families; Part V Home Education: Models: War,Poverty and Necessity; 16 Home-Based Schools: Increasing theAccess of Education to Afghan Girlsand Women; 17 Minimally Invasive Education:Pedagogy for Development in aConnected World; 18 Black Homeschoolers: Nowhere Leftto Go
19 Education as God Wants It: Gender,Labour and Home SchoolingPart VI Home Education: Cultural andIntercultural Relations; 20 Carnival of Blogs: An Example ofFacilitating Intercultural Relations inHispanic Home Education; 21 Homeschooling and the InterculturalWorld in Which I Live; Author Index; Subject Index
Includes indexes.
This collection brings together the research of an eclectic mix of leading names in home-based education studies worldwide. It uses home education to explore contemporary education outside of school and place it into a global, political and critical context, and will be essential reading for home educators, academics and policymakers alike.
Educational psychology.
Education-Psychology.
Learning.
Instruction.
Educational sociology .
Education and sociology.
Educational sociology.
Teaching.
School management and organization.
School administration.
Educational Psychology.
Learning & Instruction.
Sociology of Education.
Sociology of Education.
Teaching and Teacher Education.
Administration, Organization and Leadership.