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Van Galen, Jane A. – 1986
This paper describes an ethnographic study of how fundamentalist Christian parents new to home schooling are socialized to norms, beliefs, and values of the Christian home schooling organizations with which they are affiliated. Research involved participant observation and interviews with "home schoolers" and educators over an 18-month…
Descriptors: Christianity, Decision Making, Educational Environment, Ethnography
Van Galen, Jane A. – 1987
The social context within which home schooling takes place is described, and the ideological frameworks and contexts within which parents (most of them fundamentalist Christians) make schooling decisions are examined. Research involved participant observation and interviews with 16 home schooling families (13 families self-labeled…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Assessment, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethnography
Download full textHeft, James; Reck, Carleen – 1991
Part of a six volume series of theme papers commissioned for the National Congress on Catholic schools for the 21st century, November 6-10, 1991, this document contains two of the theme papers. In "Catholic Identity and the Future of Catholic Schools" James Heft considers several ways to think about Catholic identity, describes the historical…
Descriptors: Catholic Educators, Catholic Schools, Church Role, Educational History
