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The Development Of Home Shcooling In America

Posted on:2011-02-09Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:L M ZhangFull Text:PDF
GTID:2167360308453894Subject:History of education
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Home schooling in American is originated in the sixties of nineteenth century. After years of development, it has been gradually accepted by the public, and become a legitimate form of education. Currently, home schooling has become legal in 50 states of the United States. More and more family chose home schooling, so it shows the strong power of homeschooling. The Purpose of this paper is to study the whole developing history of home schooling,how it become legal, and the current situation of homeschooling in America.from the development of home schooling in America,some conclusion can be drawn, and it will be helpful to the theoretical research of Chinese educational system.Historical analysis and some other method are used in this article. The article described the beginning, the development and the current situation of home schooling.this article contains six parts:the first part is a preface. It concludes the reason of choosing this topic, some relative concepts and writing plan. The second part is to trace the beginning of home schooling in America; the detailed background is also illustrated in the part. Next part is the Confrontation and conflict period:from the end of sixties in twenty century to the beginning of eighties in twenties century. The following part illustrates the course of home schooling becoming legal:from the middle of eighties of twenty century to 1993.The rapid developing period after 1993 is described in the next part. The last part concludes the Characteristics and experiences during the developing course of home schooling.conclusions are drawn is the end of the article.
Keywords/Search Tags:Home schooling in America, Educational rights and freedom, Educational legalization, The quality of education
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