Overview
- Contextualizes the modern homeschooling movement within the larger context of the late-20th century critique of institutions and expertise
- Provides readers with a history of homeschooling from colonial times to the present
- Reveals how the cultural meaning of home-based educated has shifted over time
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“The best book on home education written to date. A cross-disciplinary gem. Comprehensive, deep, beautifully constructed, alive, and amazingly accessible.” (Joseph F. Murphy, Frank W. Mayborn Chair, Vanderbilt University, USA)
“This engaging and meticulously detailed history displays a breadth and depth of insight unsurpassed in the research literature on homeschooling. Gaither not only tells the story of homeschooling’s past, but explores its wider significance for education in the years ahead. With this revised edition, Gaither reinforces his status as the foremost scholar of American homeschooling, and his text is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand this compelling educational phenomenon and what it means for families, communities, and broader society.” (Robert Kunzman, Professor of Curriculum Studies and Philosophy of Education, Indiana University, USA)
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Book Title: Homeschool
Book Subtitle: An American History
Authors: Milton Gaither
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-95056-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Milton Gaither 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-95055-3Published: 05 March 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-95056-0Published: 03 March 2017
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XIX, 317
Number of Illustrations: 1 illustrations in colour
Topics: Learning & Instruction, History of Education, Nature Conservation, Sociological Theory, Teaching and Teacher Education, History of the Americas