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Christian W. Beck's Publications

Beck, Christian Watkin (2012). Educación en casa: la motivación social, I: Erwin Fabián García López (red.),  Un mundo por aprender: Educación sin Escuela.  Universidad Nacional de Colombia.  ISBN 9789587610833.  kapittel. p 149 - 166

Beck, Christian Watkin (2010). Home Education: The Social Motivation. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education.  ISSN 1307-9298.  3(1), p 71- 81

Beck, Christian Watkin & Spiegler, Thomas (2010). Introduction to Special Issue: Out of School Education. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education.

Beck, Christian Watkin (2008). Home education and social integration. Outlines : Critical Social Studies.  ISSN 1399-5510.  10(2), p 59- 69

Beck, Christian Watkin (2006). Hjemmeundervisningens motiver, utbredelse og integrasjon i samfunnet - et utdanningspolitisk speil.

Beck, Christian Watkin (2006). Home Education: Globalization Otherwise?. Managing Global Transitions.  ISSN 1581-6311.  4(3), p 249- 259.

Beck, Christian W; Straume, Marta B.. Hjemmeundervisning - Starten på en en ny utdanningsrevolusjon?. Oplandske Bokforlag 2004 (ISBN 82-7518-112-7) 277 p. UiO

Beck, Christian W (2004). Hjemmeundervisning i Nord Europa, I: Christian W Beck & Marta B. Straume (red.),  Hjemmeundervisning - Starten på en en ny utdanningsrevolusjon?.  Oplandske Bokforlag.  ISBN 82-7518-112-7.  Kapitel 1.  p 9 - 26

Beck, Christian W (2004). Mot-globalisering og antipedagogikk?, I: Christian W Beck & Marta B. Straume (red.),  Hjemmeundervisning - Starten på en en ny utdanningsrevolusjon?.  Oplandske Bokforlag.  ISBN 82-7518-112-7.  kap 13.  p 263 - 277

Beck, Christian W (2004). Telling av hjemmeunderviste elever, I: Christian W Beck & Marta B. Straume (red.),  Hjemmeundervisning - Starten på en en ny utdanningsrevolusjon?.  Oplandske Bokforlag.  ISBN 82-7518-112-7.  kapitel 8.  p 159 - 177

Beck, Christian W (2002). Homeschooling and Future Education in Norway. European Education : Issues and Studies.  ISSN 1056-4934.  34(No 2), p 26- 36

Beck, Christian W (2001). Alternative Education and Home Schooling in Norway. Childhood education.  ISSN 0009-4056.  77(6), p 356- 360

Beck, Christian Watkin; Straume, Marta B.. Unntakstilstand i skole-Norge - kildesamling fra norske hjemmeundervisningssaker. Oslo: Didakta norsk forlag 2007 (ISBN 9788270560592) 128 p.

Beck, Christian Watkin. Alternativ pedagogikk - om moderne hjemmeundervisning. Oslo: Didakta norsk forlag 2007 (ISBN 9788270560585) 161 p.

Beck, Christian Watkin. Den moderne hjemmeundervisning i Norge - beskrivelse, analyse og drøfting Avhandling for graden dr. philos. Unipub forlag 2006 213 p. Univ.of  Oslo

Beck, Christian W. Home Education in Northern Europe. CESE conference 2002; 2002-07-18

Beck, Christian W. Homeschooling and Future Education in Norway. European Education : Issues and Studies 2002; Volum 34.(No 2) p. 26-36

Beck, Christian W. Alternative Education and Home Schooling in Norway. Childhood education 2001 ;Volum 77.(6) p. 356-360


Christine Brabant's Publications

Brabant, C. et Bourdon, S. (2012). Le changement en éducation et la gouvernance réflexive. Expérimentation d’un modèle d’appropriation du changement par des groupes de parents-éducateurs au Québec. Éducation et francophonie, Volume XL, numéro 1, printemps. http://www.acelf.ca/c/revue/pdf/EF-40-1-032_BRABANT.pdf

Brabant, C. (2010). Pour une gouvernance réflexive de l’«apprentissage en famille». Étude des processus d’apprentissage de trois groupes de parents-éducateurs au Québec. Thèse de doctorat. Faculté d’éducation, Université de Sherbrooke.  http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/cBrabant/documents/these_Brabant_2010.pdf.

Brabant, C. (2009). Introduction à la gouvernance réflexive. Essai de cadre théorique pour une recherche en gouvernance de l’éducation.  In Les Carnets du Centre de philosophie du droit, n°140, UCL, Louvain-la-Neuve, BE. <http://www.cpdr.ucl.ac.be/docTravail/BrabantCh140.pdf>.

Brabant, C. (2009). Imagining each other : Educated at Home in the United States. In Shweder, R. A., T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller and J. Modell (dir.), The Child: An Encyclopedic Companion. Chicago (IL): University of Chicago Press.

Brabant, C. (2008). Homeschooling. In G. McCulloch and D. Crook (dir.), The Routledge International Encyclopedia of Education. Milton Park (UK): Routledge. (p.297-298).

Brabant, C. (2008). Quelle régulation pour l’école à domicile?  Entrées libres. Revue de l’Enseignement catholique en Communauté francophone et germanophone de Belgique. Bruxelles, BE, no. 29, mai, 13. <http://www.entrees-libres.be/n29_pdf/presse.pdf>.

Brabant, C. (2007). For a Reflexive Governance of Education: the example of Home Education in Quebec.  Conference at European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Gent, BE, September. 
<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/166121.htm>.

Brabant, C. (2006). Citizenship Education: A Collaborative Research with Home Educators.  Conference at European Conference on Educational  Research (ECER), Geneva, Switzerland, September.  
<http://www.leeds.ac.uk/educol/documents/165018.htm>.

Brabant, C., Bourdon, S. et Jutras, F. (2004). L'école à la maison au Québec: l'expression d'un choix familial marginal. Enfances, familles, générations, 1(1). Document téléaccessible à l’adresse <http://www.erudit.org/revue/efg/2004/v/n1/008894ar.html>.

Brabant, C. (2004). L’éducation à domicile au Québec: les raisons du choix des parents et les principales caractéristiques sociodémographiques des familles. Faculté d’éducation, Université de Sherbrooke. Mémoire de maîtrise. Disponible au Centre de ressources  pédagogiques de l’Université de Sherbrooke.  
http://pages.usherbrooke.ca/cBrabant/documents/memoire_Brabant_2004.pdf.

Brabant, C., Bourdon, S. et Jutras, F. (2003). Home Education in Quebec: Family First. Evaluation and Research in Education, 17(2&3), 112–131.  <http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/content~db=all~content=a907086388>.


Cheryl Fields' Publications

Fields-Smith, C.  & Williams-Johnson, M. (2009). Motivations, Sacrifices, and Challenges: Black Parents" Decision to Home School. Urban Review 41, 369-389

Fields-Smith, C. & Wells Kisura, M. (Forthcoming). Resisting the status quo:  The narratives of Black homeschoolers in Metro-Atlanta and Metro-D.C., Peabody Journal.

Wells Kisura, M., Fields-Smith, C., Williams-Johnson, M., & Muhammad, L. (In process). Profiles of Freedom: Determination and Diversity among Black Home Education Families, Journal of School Choice.


 Milton Gaither's Publications

“Education: Homeschooling Movement” in Charles H. Lippy and Peter W. Williams, eds., The Encyclopedia of Religion in America (New York: SAGE, 2010), pp. 643-646.

“Homeschooling,” “Rushdoony, Rousas,” and “Holt, John” in Thomas C. Hunt and James C. Carper, eds., The Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent (New York: SAGE, 2010).

“Homeschooling in the USA: Past, Present, and Future” in Theory and Research in Education 7, no. 3 (November 2009): 331-346

“Homeschooling Goes Mainstream” in Education Next (Winter 2009): 11-18.

“Why Homeschooling Happened” in Educational Horizons 86, no. 4 (Summer 2008): 226-237.

Homeschool: An American History
(New York: Palgrave MacMillan, 2008).


Robert Kunzman's Publications

Kunzman, R. & Gaither, M. (in press). Homeschooling: A comprehensive survey of the research. Other Education, 1(2).

Kunzman, R. (in press). Homeschooling gifted children. In J. Plucker & C. Callahan (Eds.), Critical issues and practices in gifted education: What the research says (2nd ed.). Austin, TX: Prufrock Press.

Kunzman, R. (in press). Homeschooling and the law. In K. Lane, M.A. Gooden, J.F. Mead, P. Pauken, & S. Eckes (Eds.), The principal's legal handbook (5th ed.). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Kunzman, R. (2012). Education, schooling, and children’s rights: The complexity of homeschooling. Educational Theory, 62(1): 75-89.

Kunzman, R. (2010). Homeschooling and religious fundamentalism. International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education, 3(1):17-28.

Kunzman, R. (2009). Write these laws on your children: Inside the world of conservative Christian homeschooling.  Boston: Beacon Press.

Kunzman, R. (2009). Understanding homeschooling: A better approach to regulation. Theory and Research in Education, 7(3): 311-330.

Kunzman, R. (2009). Home room. Books & Culture, 15(6): 11, 13.

Kunzman, R. (2008). Homeschooling and the law. In K. Lane, M.A. Gooden, J.F. Mead, P. Pauken, & S. Eckes (Eds.), The principal's legal handbook (4th ed., pp. 189-204). Dayton, OH: Education Law Association.

Kunzman, R. (2007). Homeschooling. In J. Plucker & C. Callahan (Eds.), Critical issues and practices in gifted education: What the research says (pp. 253-260). Austin, TX: Prufrock Press.

Kunzman, R. (2005). Homeschooling in Indiana: A closer look. CEEP Policy Brief Series. Bloomington, IN: Center for Evaluation & Education Policy.


Thomas Spiegler's Publications

Spiegler, Thomas. 2012. "Homeschooling in Deutschland und die Herausforderung seiner angemessenen rechtlichen Beurteilung." In: Franz Reimer (Hrsg.). Homeschooling.Bedrohung oder Bewährung des freiheitlichen Rechtsstaats?. Schriften zum Bildungs- und Wissenschaftsrecht Bd. 13. Nomos: Baden-Baden, S. 55-66. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2010. "Parents' motives for home education: The influence of methodological design and social context" In: International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. 3 (1). S. 57-70. 

Beck, Christian W. & Spiegler, Thomas. (Hrsg.) 2010. "Out of School Education". International Electronic Journal of Elementary Education. 3,(1). 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2009. "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 (3), 297-309. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2009. "Lernen ohne Schulraum. Home Education und Unschooling als Gegenentwurf zu raumgebundenem Lernen."  In: Jeanette Böhme (Hrsg.). Schularchitektur im interdisziplinären Diskurs. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften: Wiesbaden. S. 140-153. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2009. "Home Education - Lage, Chancen und Risiken." in: Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation. 29 (3), S. 282-295. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2008. Home Education in Deutschland. Hintergründe - Praxis - Entwicklung". Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2006. "Wo ist das Vertrauen hin - wo ist es geblieben? Die Home Education Bewegung als Indikator für Vertrauensverlust in die öffentliche Schule." in: Martin K. W. Schweer (Hrsg.) Bildung und Vertrauen. (Psychologie und Gesellschaft Bd. 5). Frankfurt /M.: Peter Lang. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2005. "Kann Ordnungswidrigkeit Bildung sein? Das Spannungsfeld zwischen Home Education und Schulpflicht in Deutschland aus soziologischer Perspektive." in: Recht der Jugend und des Bildungswesens 53 (1) S.71-82. 

Spiegler, Thomas. 2005. "Home Education in Germany - an Overview of the Contemporary Situation." in: Paula Rothermel; David Galloway. Home Education. Special Issue of Evaluation and Research in Education. 17 (2003) (2&3) S. 179-190.