Homeschool An American History /

• Main Author: Gaither, Milton (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Edition: 2nd ed. 2017.
• Subjects: Education.; America > History.; Teaching.; Education > History.; Nature conservation.; Sociology.; Learning & Instruction.; History of Education.; Nature Conservation.; Sociological Theory.; Teaching and Teacher Education.; History of the Americas.

This book provides a lively account of one of the most important and overlooked themes in American education. Beginning in the colonial period and working to the present, Gaither describes in rich detail how the home has been used as the base for education of all kinds. The last five chapters focus...