HOME SCHOOLING AS A SOCIAL MOVEMENT:
IDENTIFYING THE DETERMINANTS OF
HOMESCHOOLERS' PERCEPTIONS

Ed Collom
Department of Sociology, University of Southern Maine,
Portland, Maine, USA
Douglas E. Mitchell
Graduate School of Education, University of California,
Riverside, California, USA
This article seeks to estimate the extent to which home schooling parents
perceive themselves as social movement participants and to identify the
factors contributing to such beliefs. The impact of collective action
frames, feelings of efficacy, social network ties, and home schooling motivations
are considered. Regression models are employed in an analysis
of original survey data from an organized group of Southern California
homeschoolers. Home schooling motivations are most salient in determining
whether one interprets their activities as part of a larger movement.
Social network tie indicators are largely unimportant in the models. The
findings highlight the important role of......

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Title: Homeschooling
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Approximate Pages: 45 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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