Canaries in the Coalmine

<p><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>How can the dual identity of teacher and parent influence the decision to homeschool in Australia?</strong></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Drawing from interviews with early childhood primary and high school educators who homeschool authors </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Rebecca English</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> and </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>Gemma Troughton</strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> explore the ways their experience influences their understanding of themselves as both teachers and parents. </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)><em>Canaries in the Coalmine</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)> delves into the reasoning behind following an alternative education path the approaches taken by home educators and how they navigate the differences from mainstream education. This book also invites readers to consider the wider implications of this movement: what does this choice mean for schools the community and the teacher shortage?</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(118 118 118 1)>This book is ideal reading for students and practitioners of Education and Sociology as well as Teachers Policy Makers Education Administrators Home Educators Parents and Guardians.</span></p><p></p>