Research on Home Education

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Home Education in Canada 2003
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TEACHING VIRTUE WITH BOOKS Dr. Joe Woodward September 15, 2022

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Home Schooling’s Lessons for Education Beth Green and Deani Van Pelt September 2017

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Homeschooling in Canada: The Current Picture Barbara Mitchell Centre 2015

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High Marks for Home-Schooling Concordia University 2012

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Are home-schooled children smarter? Concordia University 2012

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Are homeschooled adolescents less likely to use alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs? Science Direct 2015

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Dr. Christine Brabant Publications (Includes Canadian & International Research) Dr. Christine Brabant Publications Various

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A question of resistance to home education and the culture of school-based education Després, Blane. 2013

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Toward a re-thinking of mass public schooling: A personal exploration Whitehead, LeRoy E. 2007

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Are there significant differences in academic achievement between homeschooled and conventionally schooled students? Watkins, Maria A. C. 1997

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Home-schooling gets top marks Wake, Wake, Bev. 2000, September 7

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Charter schools in Alberta: Change or continuity in progressive conservative education policy? Wagner, Michael. 1999

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Educational assessment in Canada Volante, Louis, & Jaafar, Sonia Ben. 2008

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The choices families make: Home schooling in Canada comes of age Van Pelt, Deani. 2004, March

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Home education in Canada: A report on the pan-Canadian study on home education 2003 Van Pelt, Deani. 2003

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Private religious Protestant and Catholic Schools in the United States and Canada: Introduction, overview, and policy implications Van Pelt, Deani A. Neven; Sikkink, David; Pennings, Ray; & Seel, John. 2012

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Fifteen Years Later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults, A Synopsis Van Pelt, Deani A. Neven, Allison, Patricia A., & Allison, Derek J. 2009

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Fifteen years later: Home-Educated Canadian Adults Van Pelt, Deani A. Neven, Allison, Patricia A., & Allison, Derek J. 2009

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Government, Neo‐liberal Media, and Education in Canada Ungerleider, Charles. 2006

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Religious materials banned for B.C. home schooling Steffenhagen, Janet. 2004, April 22

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Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) Statistics Canada. 2010, December 7

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Survey of Principals (SOP) Statistics Canada. 2006, June 26

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Information and Communications Technologies in Schools Survey (ICTSS) Statistics Canada. 2004, June 10

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Youth in Transition Survey, 15 year-olds (Mathematics Cohort) (YITS) Statistics Canada. 2004, December 7

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Summary elementary and secondary school indicators for Canada, the provinces and territories, 2006/2007 to 2010/2011 Statistics Canada, Tourism and Centre for Education Statistics Division. 2013

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Be not wise – A study of Old Colony Mennonite educational beliefs and practices in Canada and Mexico Sneath, Robyn. 2013

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Parent-generated home study in Canada Smith, David S. 1993, September 30

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Parent-generated home study in Canada Smith, D. S. 1996, February

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Religious school differences in school climate and academic mission: A descriptive overview of school organization and student outcomes Sikkink, David. 2012

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Home schooling in view of John Calvin: A study in education and communion of saints Sikkema, Keith. 2002

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Roughing it in the electronic bush: Community networking in Canada Shade, Leslie Reagan. 1999

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Education for self-determination Rozon, Gina. 2001

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Going with the flow Robertson, Heather-Jane. 2007

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Going with the flow Robertson, Heather-Jane. 2002

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The home schooling movement and the struggle for democratic education Riegel, Sarah. 2001, Summer

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Effects on services to home-based educators following changes to legislation and policy Repetski, Joe. 2001

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Homeschooling in Canada Ray, Brian D. 2001, Spring

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Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Practice Ray, Brian D. 2001

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Home education science learning in the context of family, neighborhood, and society Ray, Brian D. 1995

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Home education across Canada and comparisons to the home education phenomenon in the United States Ray, Brian D. 1995

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A nationwide study of home education in Canada: Apparently flourishing in size and successful in children’s learning Ray, Brian D. 1995

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A nationwide study of home education in Canada: Family characteristics, student achievement, and other topics Ray, Brian D. 1994

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Home-based education in Canada: An investigation Priesnitz, Wendy, & Priesnitz, Heidi. 1990, March

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Cardus education survey: Do the motivations for private religious Catholic and Protestant schooling in North America align with graduate outcomes? Pennings, Ray; Seel, John; Van Pelt, Deani A. Neven; Sikkink, David; & Wiens, Kathryn L. 2011

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Nurturing children: Why “early learning” doesn’t help Mrozek, Andrea. 2012, August 30

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Megatrends and education’s future Moynes, Riley E. 1984, Fall

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School choice in Canada: Lessons for America Milke, Mark. 2010, November 8

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Co-operation between families and schools: What works in Canada McKenna, Mary; & Willms, J. Douglas. 1998

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Truancy and coercive consent: Is there an alternative? McIntyre‐Bhatty, Karen. 2008

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Home schooling: Answers to questions parents most often ask McIntire, Deborah, & Windham, Robert. 1995

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The impact of schooling on academic achievement: Evidence from homeschooled and traditionally schooled students Martin-Chang, Sandra; Gould, Odette N.; Meuse, Reanne E. 2011, July

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Home schooling: Learning from dissent Luke, Catherine 2003, April 3

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When parents replace teachers: the home schooling option Luffman, Jacqueline 1998, Fall

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A profile of home schooling in Canada Luffman, Jacqueline 1997

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Parental education rights in the United States and Canada: Homeschooling and its legal protection Lagos, Julio Alberto 2011

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Do school bullying and student–teacher relationships matter for academic achievement? A Multilevel Analysis Konishi, Chiaki; Hymel, Shelley; Zumbo, Bruno D.; & Li, Zhen. 2010

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“We’ve grown up and we’re OK”: An exploration of adults who were home-educated as students Knowles, J. Gary 1991

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Yep! We’re grown-up home-school kids–and we’re doing just fine, thank you Knowles, J. Gary, & Muchmore, James A. 1995

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“Yep! We’re grown-up home schooled kids — and we’re doing just fine, thank you very much” Knowles, J. Gary, & Muchmore, James A. 1994

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“Now we are adults”: Attitudes, beliefs, and status of adults who were home-educated as children Knowles, J. Gary, & de Olivares, K. 1991

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Learning in the library: An assessment of library services to homeschoolers Hunt, Rebecca N. 1996

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Cross-border reflections: Parents’ rights to direct their children’s education under the U.S. and Canadian constitutions Howard, J. Paul R. 2001

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Homeschooling within the public school system Horsburgh, Fergus Bruce Norman. 2005

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Canadian research on information and communications technologies: A state of the field Haughey, Margaret 2002

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The right hand of fellowship: Home education in Nova Scotia and ideological challenge Harrison Pollock, Dorothy J.A. 1994

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Understanding Canadians’ declining confidence in public education Guppy, Neil; & Davies, Scott 1999

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Giving Up on School: One Family’s Story Education Canada 2007

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Home education and post secondary admissions Gaumont, Léo 2002

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Why are youth from lower-income families less likely to attend university? Evidence from academic abilities, parental influences, and financial constraints Frenette, Marc 2007

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Home education in Canada: National poll of homeschooling families shows startling results Faris, Paul 2006

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Persistence in high school: Experiences of adolescents and young adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Duquette, Cheryll; Stodel, Emma; Fullarton, Stephanie; & Hagglund, Karras 2006

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Educational advocacy among adoptive parents of adolescents with fetal alcohol spectrum Disorder Duquette, Cheryll Ann; Stodel, Emma J.; Fullarton, Stephanie; & Hagglund, Karras 2011

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Education in Canada: An overview Dunning, Paula 1997

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Homeschooling and Canadian educational politics: Rights, pluralism and pedagogical individualism Davies, Scott; & Aurini, Janice. 2003

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School choice by default? Understanding the demand for private tutoring in Canada Davies, Scott 2004, May

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The Edumometer: The commodification of learning from Galton to the PISA Corbett, Michael 2008, May

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Home schooling…a growing movement Common, Ron W., & MacMullen, Marilyn 1986

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The home school in Quebec: the expression of a marginal family choice Brabant, Christine; Bourdon, Sylvain; & Jutras, France 2004, Fall

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Home education in Quebec: Family first Brabant, Christine; Bourdon, Sylvain; & Jutras, France 2003

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Homeschooling Brabant, Christine 2008

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For a reflexive governance of education: The example of home education in Quebec Brabant, Christine 2007

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Citizenship Education: A collaborative research with home educators Brabant, Christine 2006

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Educational Change and Reflexive Governance: Experimentation of an Appropriation of Change Model by Quebec Home Educators Groups Brabant, C., & Bourdon, S. 2012

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Home schooling: From the extreme to the mainstream Basham, Patrick 2001, October 9

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Home schooling: From the extreme to the mainstream, 2nd edition Basham, Patrick, Merrifield, John, and Hepburn, Claudia R. 2007, October

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Does market competition encourage strategic action in the private education sector? Aurini, Janice; & Quirke, Linda 2011

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Choice without markets: Homeschooling in the context of private education Aurini, Janice; & Davies, Scott 2005

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Educational entrepreneurialism in the private tutoring industry: Balancing profitability with the humanistic face of schooling. Aurini, Janice 2004

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Home education: The third option Audain, Tunya 1987

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Homeschooling and the redefinition of citizenship Arai, A. Bruce 1999

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A study of private schools in Alberta. Alberta Department of Education 1984, December

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Reasons for home schooling in Canada Arai, A. Bruce 2000

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