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Title International perspectives on home education : do we still need schools? / edited by Paula Rothermel
Published [Basingstoke] : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

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Contents PART I: HOME-EDUCATION: THE LEARNING PROCESS -- 1. Home Educating Parents: Martyrs Or Pathmakers? / Leslie Safran Barson -- 2. Reflections On Australian Home Education Research And Vygotskian Learning Theory / Glenda Jackson -- 3. Parental and Children's Views on Mathematical Learning within the Home-Environment / Noraisha Yusof -- 4. The Informal Acquisition And Development Of Literacy / Alan Thomas and Harriet Pattison -- 5. How are New Technologies impacting Elective Home Learners? / Andew McAvoy -- PART II: HOME-EDUCATION: TENSIONS AND CRITICISMS -- 6. Home Education And Social Integration / Christian Beck -- 7. A Case Of Mistaken Identity: Perspectives of Home Educators and State Officials in England, Wales, and Florida, USA / Samantha Eddis -- 8. Validity of High Stakes Standardized Test Requirements for Homeschoolers: A Psychometric Analysis / Nicky Hardenbergh -- 9. Does Home Education 'Work'? Challenging the Assumptions behind the Home Education Movement / Christopher Lubienski and Jameson Brewer -- PART III: POLITICAL CONFLICT -- 10. Home Education Versus Compulsory Schooling In Germany / Thomas Spiegler -- 11. Home Education: a Human Right? / Daniel Monk -- 12. Home Education and the European Convention on Human Rights / Joke Sperling -- 13. Home Education: 'A Desperately Dangerous Notion' / Paula Rothermel -- PART IV: HOME-EDUCATION: LIFESTYLE AND CHOICE -- 14. Home Schooling: the Choice and the Consequences / Ari Neuman and Professor Aharon Aviram -- 15. Reflections and Comparative Assessments on Home Education in Three Colombian Families / Erwin Fabian Garica Lopez -- PART V: HOME-EDUCATION: MODELS: WAR, POVERTY AND NECESSITY -- 16. Home-Based Schools: Increasing the Access of Education to Afghan Girls and Women / Ulrike Hanemann -- 17. What can Children Teach Themselves?: Lessons from a Hole in the Wall in India / Sugata Mitra -- 18. Black Homeschoolers: Nowhere left to go / Cheryl Fields-Smith -- 19. Education as God Wants it / Michael Apple -- PART VI: HOME-EDUCATION: CULTURAL AND INTERCULTURAL RELATIONS -- 20. Carnival of Blogs: An Example of Facilitating Intercultural Relations in Hispanic Home Education / Madalen Goiria -- 21. Homeschooling and the Intercultural World in Which I Live / Carlo Ricci
Summary This unique and enriching volume presents 21 chapters written by an eclectic mix of leading names in home-based education research worldwide. It is the first ever snapshot of global thinking in home based education issues with contributions from a diverse academic community from countries including the UK, USA, Australia, Israel, Afghanistan, Norway, Germany, Belgium, Colombia, Spain, India and Canada. The topic of home education is a unique and interesting lens through which to explore issues in contemporary education far beyond the field of homeschooling, and International Perspectives on Home Education uses this lens to explore education outside of school and place it into a global, political and critical context. This collection is accessible to a wide audience, providing a handy volume to have close at hand for home educators, academics and policymakers alike
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Home schooling.
EDUCATION -- Administration -- General.
EDUCATION -- Organizations & Institutions.
Home schooling
Genre/Form Cross-cultural studies
Form Electronic book
Author Rothermel, Paula, editor.
ISBN 9781137446855
1137446854