International Perspectives on Home Education

Do We Still Need Schools?
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-349-49611-2
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 333 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 4376 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Rothermel, P.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Lehrerausbildung, Unterricht & Didaktik Lehrerausbildung
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Pädagogische Psychologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Pädagogik Pädagogik Bildungswesen: Organisation und Verwaltung
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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 García López 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

Über Autor(innen)

Andew McAvoy, Independent Scholar, UK Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin, USA Aharon Aviram, Ben-Gurion University, Israel T. Jameson Brewer, University of Illinois, USA Christian W. Beck, University of Oslo, Norway Samantha Eddis, Arizona State University, USA Cheryl Fields-Smith, University of Georgia, USA Erwin García López, National University of Colombia Madalen Goiria, University of the Basque Country, Spain Ulrike Hanemann, UNESCO, UK Nicky Hardenbergh, Independent Scholar, USA Glenda Jackson, Independent Scholar, Australia Christopher Lubienski, University of Illinois, USA Daniel Monk, Birkbeck, University of London, UK Sugata Mitra, Newcastle University, UK Ari Neuman, Western Galilee College, Israel Harriet Pattison, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Carlo Ricci, Nipissing University, Canada Leslie Safran Barson, Independent Scholar, UK Joke Sperling, Independent Scholar, The Netherlands Thomas Spiegler, Friedensau Adventist University, Germany Alan Thomas, Institute of Education, University of London, UK Noraisha Yusof, Independent Scholar, Saudi Arabia