Homeschooling in the USA: Past, Present and Future

Autor/in	Gaither, Milton
Titel	Homeschooling in the USA: Past, Present and Future
Quelle	In: Theory and Research in Education, 7 (2009) 3, S.331-346 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1477-8785
DOI	10.1177/1477878509343741
Schlagwörter	Protestants; Home Schooling; Educational Change; Educational Objectives; Educational Policy; Time Perspective; Family (Sociological Unit); Social Change; Group Behavior; Parents as Teachers; Religious Cultural Groups; Life Style; Parent Role; Political Attitudes; Politics of Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Protestantism; Protestantismus; Homeschooling; Home instruction; ; Hausunterricht; Heimschule; Bildungsreform; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Zeitbezug; Familie; Sozialer Wandel; Gruppenverhalten; Kirchliche Gruppe; Religionszugehörigkeit; Lebensstil; Parental role; Elternrolle; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Educational policy
Abstract	This article first examines why the homeschooling movement in the USA emerged in the 1970s, noting the impact of political radicalism both right and left, feminism, suburbanization, and public school bureaucratization and secularization. It then describes how the movement, constituted of left- and right-wing elements, collaborated in the early 1980s to contest hostile legal climates in many states but was taken over by conservative Protestants by the late 1980s because of their superior organization and numerical dominance. Despite internal conflicts, the movement's goals of legalizing and popularizing homeschooling were realized by the mid-1990s. Since that time homeschooling has grown in popularity and is increasingly being utilized by more mainstream elements of society, often in conjunction with public schools, suggesting that "homeschooling" as a political movement and ideology may have run its course. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10