The Wiley Handbook of Home Education

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Milton Gaither
John Wiley & Sons, Dec 12, 2016 - Education - 544 pages
The Wiley Handbook of Home Education is a comprehensive collection of the latest scholarship in all aspects of home education in the United States and abroad.
  • Presents the latest findings on academic achievement of home-schooled children, issues of socialization, and legal argumentation about home-schooling and government regulation
  • A truly global perspective on home education, this handbook includes the disparate work of scholars outside of the U.S.
  • Typically understudied topics are addressed, such as the emotional lives of home educating mothers and the impact of home education on young adults
  • Writing is accessible to students, scholars, educators, and anyone interested in home schooling issues
 

Selected pages

Contents

Introduction to The Wiley Handbook of Home Education
1982
Contemporary Homeschooling and the Issue of Racism
1986
Common Themes in Australian and New Zealand Home Education
2007
Index
2011
Overview
2011
Other Types of Data on Homeschooling
2014
Avenues for Future Research
1992
Legal Issues in Homeschooling
1998
Homeschooling Motherhood
Homeschooling among EthnicMinority Populations
Teaching the Child with Exceptional Needs at Home
Homeschooling 2 0
Home Education in Canada
Home Education in the United Kingdom
Theories Practices and Environments of Learning and Home Education
The Legal Situation of Home Education in Europe

The Calculus of Departure
Academic Achievement
Homeschooler Socialization
Homeschoolers and Higher Education
Home Education Experience in Selected PostCommunist Countries
Home Education in Asia Minor
Home Education in China
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Common terms and phrases

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About the author (2016)

Milton Gaither is Professor of Education at Messiah College in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He is the author of American Educational History Revisited: A Critique of Progress (2003) and Homeschool: An American History (2008). Gaither has held several leadership roles for the History of Education Society and is a founder and board member of the International Center for Home Education Research.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Wiley Handbook of Home Education
Wiley Handbooks in Education
EditorMilton Gaither
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2016
ISBN1118926889, 9781118926888
Length544 pages
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Education / General
Education / Research
  
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