Blumenfeld, S. L. Why Homeschooling is good for America. Vital Speeches of the Day. pp. 763-766.
Samuel L. Blumenfeld has spent the last 30 years writing about American education. In 1986 he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws by Bob Jones University. The article describes that homeschooling allows such principles of education as perfection, preservation of her reputation and moral stability. This highly attentive attitude parenst show towards child demonstrate that they place perfection before education and before certain moral, spiritual issues. Thus, the author sustains all parents should always keep track of their kids’ mental status and should detect the moments when they feel bad, the equilibrium between silence and a sincere task, the balance between paying enough attention to the child and neglecting some minor faults acquires essential meaning at times. Blumenfeld believes it is necessary to let the child understand that parents care about him or her, but at the same time not to impose their will and let him or her develop and grow their own way. This is probably the key to success in a family. This source will help to construct the paper and cite theoretical material on the topic.
Colfax, D., Colfax, M. (1988). Homeschooling for Excellence. Grand Central Publishing; 1st edition.
For over fifteen years, David and Micki Colfax have been educating their children at home, their efforts made possible to have three of their sons enrolled in Harvard University. The book describes that homeschooling is multidimensional notion. In practice it means that there are different ways of understanding education. That is the main reason of the numerous approaches that are used while defining the notion of education. Also, the term is rather general what implies on the possible differences in understanding this notion. Homeschooling education is a chance for personal development that is based of skillful cultivation of human talents. This idea is one of the few authors who connect education with the personal characteristics of a person. The main achievement is the explanation of the very essence of the term homeschooling. Education is connected to the idea of human freedom. Homeschooling mean the freedom of expression. The current culture is fighting for the fulfilment of the educational standards. These usually deal with the concrete embodiment of abstract values including such important ones as “freedom” and “growth”. This source will help to explain the main advantages and benefits of homeschooling and give examples referred to modern society.
Cooper, B. C., Sureau, J. (2007). The Politics of Homeschooling-New Developments, New Challenges. Educational Policy 21 (1). 110-131.
Bruce Cooper is a professor at Fordham University. He has numerous publications on education and public administration at schools. John Sureau is n assistant professor at Fordham University. The authors suppose that homeschooling will help many families to educate their children and reduce the level of dropouts. The case study states that the future at least the foreseeable one, shows clearly that violence and the tools of violence are not going to go away. One does not have to look, once again, beyond the daily news to see that: nuclear weapons are being made more and more powerful and are being acquired by more nations; personal weapons are as common as automobiles and as easily bought or stolen. The research article will be used as an illustrative material for further research.
Foley, E. L. (2008). Homeschooling: A Family’s Journey. Library Journey, 133 (13), 95.
Erica L. Foley is columnist writer for Library Journey. The article evaluates recent changes in homeschooling and its potential for different social classes. The author underlines that society and all the other environmental pressures are not the only factors that must be considered, especially in cases like murder, or in any of the other so-called senseless slayings that parents hear and read so much about. For this reason, homeschooling is safe and more effective children. The school environment, remember, is but the match that ignites the powder in the firecracker. Homeschooling may be just the right mix of ingredients, from brain chemicals to chromosomes to individual peculiarities like low self-esteem and poor sense of identity, even envy, all of which can set some people off. This source will help explain significance and role of family in life of a student.
Isenberg, E. (2007). What Have We Learned About Homeschooling? PJE. 82 (2/3), 387-409.
The author is PH. D. in education who spent many years working as a University professor. The research study discusses the importance of Homeschooling and its benefits. The author claims that there is nearly unanimous agreement that many youths are behaving violently because they are rebelling against tradition, and against a competitive school system that is conducted, The rules are, indeed, strict: stiff, black, military-cut uniforms for the boys; long black skirts for the girls; no smoking, no true expression of views, no wandering from the lesson plan of the teacher. There is often physical and mental abuse of the students: in one incident, a thirty-year-old junior high school teacher was accused of punching eighteen of his first-year pupils and pouring water over their heads because they failed to report a smoking incident. Homeschooling would help parents to protect their children and transfer their own values and beliefs to their children. This research will help to illustrate the topic and support its with statistical data and examples.
Levy, T. (2009). Homeschooling and Racism. Journal of Black Studies, 39 (6), 905-923.
Tal Levy is a political science professor at Marygrove College in Detroit. The author admits that the school violence that erupted on our nation’s campuses during the sixties had little to do with bad homes. College students, for the most part, do not return at night to ghetto homes, nor are they usually abused and unloved by their parents. The things that caused the student riots were issues in which the participants believed strongly. Homeschooling would help to escape racial discrimination and segregation by people of color. Families often set high goals, and that when some young people are unable or unwilling to meet those goals they become angry and aggressive. Society, too, can also set high goals that sometimes cause certain people to turn violent. When the students’ aims were thwarted -whether these were to assure equal rights for minorities — their frustrations exploded into violence. This will be used as a case study to illustrate safety concerns and importance of children protection.
Lips , D, Feinberg, E. (2009). HOMESCHOOLING: The Sleeping Giant of American Education., USA Today Magazine, 22-24, (2772).
Dan Lips is an education analyst and Evan Feinberg is a former research assistant in the Domestic Policy Studies Department at The Heritage Foundation, Washington D.C. The article defines the opportunity of homeschooling and its strengths. Still, the authors concentrate on how statistics show the growing number of parents enrolling in home education. The authors highlight how the accelerated increase of homeschooling families has led to the proliferation of sources and networks that facilitate the process not available 25 years ago.The researchers describe advantages of value system and importance of cultural traditions transmitted from mother to child, historically, the method of teaching and how the rise of compulsory education laws eroded its prevalence.. This article offers outstanding insight about how homeschooling is becoming a good alternative for education to many families in America. This source will be used as an illustration of benefits and advantages f homeschooling and its practices application in modern education system.
McRevnolds K. (2007). “Homeschooling”. Encounter. 20 (2), 36-41.
The author of the article is a staff members of Center for Social and Emotional Education. She has Ph.D and is a member of CSEE’s consultation staff and visiting faculty. The article describes the issue of homeschooling from parental respective. The author suggests that many parents feel that this is an unacceptable situation. Moreover, competition among junior high school students seeking to gain admittance to prestigious high schools is fierce, and there is even fiercer competition for entrance to elite universities. Homeschooling would help school administration to reduce burden on school system and improve knowledge level. A good example of that occurs when a very successful student, a person who has made the most of what society offered or asked of him, finishes school earlier than his peers. This source will help to describe advantages and benefits of homeschooling for parents and children.
Romanowski, M. H. (2006). Revisiting the Common Myths about Homeschooling. Clearing House 79 (3), 125-129.
The author is PhD, a professor of education in the College of Education. In this article, Romanowski discusses benefits and prejudices against home education and prospects for parents. The author states that different grade levels (elementary, middle school, and high school) require different learning goals. Each supervisor works with the principal to secure delivery of the special services. Also note that a supervisor may have more than one job; serving, for example, as an assistant principal of a building.. Eventually, the assistant superintendent for elementary education can take on the extra responsibility of administering the homeschooling programs for the district. Similar changes can occur in any district. It is important for parents to know who is in charge, both on paper and in reality. This article will help to support the issues of homeschooling and reject counterarguments.
Tough stance on student expulsion. (2009). American School Board Journal, 196 (8), 10.
Founded in 1891, editorially independent education magazine is published monthly by the National School Boards Association. In this publication, the article makes emphasis that in spite of some benefits and advantages of homeschooling researchers admit negative influences of such education including lack of communication and socialization. Still, the researchers agree that at home, the mother is charged with her children’s education, and child receives the most favorable educational opportunities, and later more high-level professional opportunities in the right direction. As well-meaning as she may be, the mother, according to some psychologists, creates faith because she not only drives her child toward achievement, but also often allows herself to be supported by him in return for studying. This source will show that high achievements are a usual case among students who study at home because of persona and psychological conform.