{"product_id":"education-without-schools-9781447306412","title":"Education without Schools","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis book focuses on elective home education (EHE) in England and considers how the dominance of schooling has affected our ability to conceive of education as a diverse activity. It highlights the lack of governmental interest in alternative education and also considers the human rights issues, state involvement in education and parental choice.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This important and thought-provoking book makes a sustained case for an alternative to the `educationalist paradigm’...Above all, this is a hopeful book and one I would thoroughly recommend to anyone who understands (or could be persuaded to understand) education as, `a plurality of possibilities’.\" Other Education\u003cbr\u003e\"Thoughtful and interesting to read...Lees has gone further than most other writers on home education in her efforts to theorize the movement such that it becomes a coherent and viable option for 21st century families.” International Centre for Home Education Research\u003cbr\u003e\"This study is a valuable and welcome contribution in an area of education which has so far received little attention from researchers in the UK.\" Family Education Trust Bulletin\u003cbr\u003e“Home schooling is under-researched and often misunderstood. Helen Lees' excellent Education without schools goes a long way to remedying this. It combines insightful empirical work with rigorous conceptual analysis. It makes a major contribution to defining the field.” Professor Michael J Reiss, Institute of Education, University of London.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSetting the scene; Against educationism; Why is elective home education important?; The theory of the gateless gate of home education; Moments of discovery; Against discovery of education without schools; School exit and home education; Understanding discovery differences; Concluding remarks.","brand":"Bristol University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408485261655,"sku":"9781447306412","price":77.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781447306412.jpg?v=1730503074","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/education-without-schools-9781447306412","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}