Homeschooling in America

Capturing and Assessing the Movement

Häftad, Engelska, 2012

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Beskrivning

This book is the definitive study on homeschooling in the United States, delving into a movement that impacts more students nationwide than the entire charter school movement. In 2010, more than 2 million students were homeschooled. This book explores:

The history of homeschooling in America.
How this movement has grown in credibility and enrollment exponentially
The current state of homeschooling, including questions over who gets homeschooled, why, and what is the success—academically and in life—of students who are homeschooled
The impact of homeschooling on the student and on American society

In the most extensive survey and analysis of research on homeschooling, spanning the birth of the movement in the 1970s to today, Homeschooling in America shines a light on one of the most important yet least understood social movements of the last forty years and what it means for education today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2012-10-04
Mått:177 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:420 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:200
Upplaga:1
Förlag:SAGE Publications
ISBN:9781452205236

Utforska kategorier

Utbildningsstrategier och utbildningspolitik inom Psykologi och pedagogik

Mer om författaren

Joseph F. Murphy is the Frank W. Mayborn Chair and associate dean at Peabody College of Education at Vanderbilt University. He has also been a faculty member at the University of Illinois and The Ohio State University, where he was the William Ray Flesher Professor of Education.In the public schools, he has served as an administrator at the school, district, and state levels, including an appointment as the executive assistant to the chief deputy superintendent of public instruction in California. His most recent appointment was as the founding president of the Ohio Principals Leadership Academy. At the university level, he has served as department chair and associate dean.He is past vice president of the American Educational Research Association and was the founding chair of the Interstate School Leaders Licensure Consortium (ISLLC). He is co-editor of the AERA Handbook on Educational Administration (1999) and editor of the National Society for the Study of Education (NSSE) yearbook, The Educational Leadership Challenge (2002).His work is in the area of school improvement, with special emphasis on leadership and policy. He has authored or co-authored 18 books in this area and edited another 12. His most recent authored volumes include Understanding and Assessing the Charter School Movement (2002), Leadership for Literacy: Research-Based Practice, PreK-3 (2003), Connecting Teacher Leadership and School Improvement (2005), Preparing School Leaders: Defining a Research and Action Agenda (2006), and Turning Around Failing Schools: Lessons From the Organizational Sciences.

Recensioner i media

"Despite its vast expansion in recent years to two million students, homeschooling is the least understood component of American education. Joseph Murphy has produced the most comprehensive review of the homeschooling movement in this must-read book for both the curious and the expert. His findings will astonish the reader with a display of the wide diversity of homeschooling situations, students, and outcomes."

Innehållsförteckning

About the Author1. Staying Home: Definitions and Estimates2. A Portrait: The Demographics of Homeschooling3. Riding History: The Origins and Development of Homeschooling4. Seismic Shifts: Exploring Environmental Conditions That Foster Homeschooling5. The Calculus of Departure: Parent Motivations for Homeschooling6. A Ball in Play: Homeschooling in Action7. The End Game: The Impact of Homeschooling8. Hunches: Explanations for Positive EffectsReferencesIndex