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Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary; And Others – Educational Forum, 1994
Home schooling has a long cross-cultural history. Parents who teach their children at home have diverse characteristics and rationales: dissatisfaction with public schools, avoidance of conformity, freedom, or concern for their values. (SK)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Parent Rights, Parents as Teachers
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary; Muchmore, James A. – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 1995
Interviews with 10 adults who were home-educated as children explored their past and current lives to determine how much they may have been deprived or enabled by their experiences. Subjects reflected positively on their home education and present occupations. Many shared a sense of moral purpose and spirituality. (SM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Home Schooling, Life Satisfaction, Nontraditional Education
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Urban Education, 1989
The hostilities that many home school parents hold are deeper than the present circumstances and relations with schools suggest. Nevertheless, involvement of home school parents in public school and educational decision making can occur at all levels of administration. Adaptations for the state, district, and school level are suggested. (BJV)
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Family School Relationship, Home Schooling
Peer reviewedMayberry, Maralee; Knowles, J. Gary – Urban Review, 1989
Examines parents who teach their children at home. While families have complex motives for home schooling, a common factor is parents' desire to maintain or further develop family unity, and to resist the effects of urbanization and modernization on the family. Suggests benefits of home/public school partnerships. (AF)
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Family (Sociological Unit), Family School Relationship
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Education and Urban Society, 1988
Reviews the following historical phases of the recent home school movement: (1) parents' contentions about public schools; (2) home school parents' confrontations with schools and the courts; (3) cooperation between public schools and home schools; and (4) consolidation of home schools. Introduces the other articles in this issue. (BJV)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Educational Research, Family Characteristics, Home Schooling
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary; And Others – American Journal of Education, 1992
Examines issues of home education since 1970 by surveying the home school movement in the broader historical context. The 20-year growth period illustrates the fluid nature of home education as a social movement. Contemporary home schooling is not closely tied to the liberal roots of home education. (SLD)
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Court Litigation, Educational Change, Educational Environment
Peer reviewedKnowles, J. Gary – Education and Urban Society, 1988
Results of a longitudinal ethnographic study of Utah home schools reveals that past school experiences figure largely in present home school rationales and practices. Public school administrators need to acknowledge the effects of the past experiences of home schoolers, dispel their fears, and treat them as partners in the education process. (BJV)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Comparative Analysis, Family Characteristics, Family Environment
