
Homeschooling
A Guidebook of Practices, Claims, Issues, and Implications
T. Jameson Brewer(Author)
Brill (Publisher)
Published on 28. January 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
112 pages
978-90-04-45706-5 (ISBN)
Description
In this volume, the author offers an exploratory analysis of the history of homeschooling in the United States, current curricular practices, religious and political rationales for homeschooling, a critique of the claims by homeschooling advocates that the practice leads to greater efficiency and effectiveness, and what homeschooling and individualistic-oriented approaches mean for society.
Teaching the next generation at home is, with little doubt, the oldest form of educating children. Yet, this simplistic understanding of "homeschooling" does not adequately capture the growth of homeschooling as a practice in the 21st century nor is it a widely accessible form of "school choice" for most families. While many parents keep their children out of formal schooling - public and private - for myriad reasons, what is clear is that homeschooling is the epitome of a conceiving of education as an individualistic good - a commodity - that can, or should, be done outside of a conception of the common good, a reasonable understanding of teaching as a profession, and the elevation of ideological echo chambers of information which can have deleterious impacts on the students who are homeschooled and society, broadly.
Teaching the next generation at home is, with little doubt, the oldest form of educating children. Yet, this simplistic understanding of "homeschooling" does not adequately capture the growth of homeschooling as a practice in the 21st century nor is it a widely accessible form of "school choice" for most families. While many parents keep their children out of formal schooling - public and private - for myriad reasons, what is clear is that homeschooling is the epitome of a conceiving of education as an individualistic good - a commodity - that can, or should, be done outside of a conception of the common good, a reasonable understanding of teaching as a profession, and the elevation of ideological echo chambers of information which can have deleterious impacts on the students who are homeschooled and society, broadly.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 231 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 8 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-45706-5 (9789004457065)
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T. Jameson Brewer, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Social Foundations of Education at the University of North Georgia. His teaching experience spans from the middle school, high school, undergraduate, masters, and doctoral levels. Broadly conceptualized, his research focuses on the impact of privatization and marketization of public education by way of school vouchers, charter schools, alternative teacher certification, homeschooling, and venture philanthropy.
Content
List of Illustrations
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of the Homeschooling Landscape
3 Religious Rationales for Homeschooling
4 Political Rationales for Homeschooling
5 Claims of Effectiveness
6 Claims of Efficiency
7 Other Rationales & Conclusions
Index
1 Introduction
2 An Overview of the Homeschooling Landscape
3 Religious Rationales for Homeschooling
4 Political Rationales for Homeschooling
5 Claims of Effectiveness
6 Claims of Efficiency
7 Other Rationales & Conclusions
Index