Synopses & Reviews
This significant volume studies the growing body of research on home education, and offers a broad analysis of this movement. Introductory chapters present the most current information on the demographics of the movement and on the social and academic outcomes of home education. Beyond these data, the broader implications of the movement are considered in chapters discussing legal issues and policy analysis. Additional chapters provide historical and sociological analysis of the conflicts between parents and schools that often precipitate the decision to home school. The volume ends with an anthropological analysis of learning in the informal home setting and a philosophical critique of the movement as an abandonment of a belief in the efficacy of common schooling.
Table of Contents
Home instruction : the size and growth of the movement / Patricia Lines -- The academic achievement and affective development of home-schooled children / Brian D. Ray and John Wartes -- Ideologues and pedagogues : parents who teach their children at home / Jane A. Van Galen -- Culture acquisition in an intentional American community : a single case / Mary Anne Pitman and M. Lynne Smith -- State regulation of home schooling : a policy analysis / James G. Cibulka -- The best and wisest parent : a critique of John Holt's Philosophy of education / Susan Douglas Franzosa -- The shifting roles of family and school as educator : a historical perspective / Joseph Kirschner -- Home schooling law / Sharon Nalbone Richardson and Perry A. Zirkel.