Posted in International Homeschooling, tagged Franz Reimer, German Homeschooling, Germany on September 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
This post reviews Franz Reimer, “School Attendance as a Civic Duty vs. Home Education as a Human Right” in International Journal of Elementary Education 3, no. 1 (October 2010): 5-15.
This is the first article in a special issue of the International Journal devoted entirely to homeschooling. Over the next several weeks I’ll be reviewing each of the articles in the issue. They are all available for free here.
Posted in International Homeschooling, tagged Adolf Hitler, Friedensau Adventist University, German Homeschooling, Homeschooling in Germany, Raymond Moore, Rob Reich, Seventh Day Adventists, Theory and Research in Education, Thomas Spiegler on January 4, 2010| 5 Comments »
This post reviews Thomas Spiegler, “Why State Sanctions Fail to Deter Home Education: An Analysis of Home Education in Germany and its Implications for Home Education Policies” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 297-309
This is the last post in a series I’ve devoted to the recent special issue of Theory and Research in Education, which was entirely about homeschooling [I didn’t review my own article]. Here Thomas Spiegler, a sociology professor at Friedensau Adventist University in Germany, draws some policy implications from his award-winning 2007 doctoral dissertation, which was the first ever study of homeschooling in Germany. (more…)
A second, fully revised edition of my 2008 book Homeschool: An American History, was published in March of 2017. Get it here!
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