Posted in Family life, International Homeschooling, Islamic Homeschooling, tagged distance education, Lee Lee Loh-Ludher, Malaysia, Muslim homeschooling, tutoring on July 24, 2008| 2 Comments »
This post reviews Lee Lee Loh-Ludher, “The Socioeconomic Context of Home-Based Learning by Women in Malaysia” in Distance Education 28, no. 2 (August 2007): 179-193.
Loh-Ludher, founder of the University for Education and Development in Battambang, Cambodia, here describes the challenges faced by poor women in Malaysia and the hope that home-based tutoring holds out for them. (more…)
Posted in Motherhood, Parental motivation, public school and homeschool partnerships, research methodology, tagged Lee SmithBattle, pregnant teens, teen mothers, tutoring on July 22, 2008| 2 Comments »
This post reviews Lee SmithBattle, “‘I Wanna Have a Good Future:’ Teen Mothers’ Rise in Educational Aspirations, Competing Demands, and Limited School Support.” in Youth and Society 38, no. 3 (March 2007): 348-371.
SmithBattle, a professor at the St. Louis University School of Nursing, here describes how pregnancy and childbirth often serve as motivators for young teens to raise their educational aspirations. (more…)
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