RJA #11c: Thesis Statement Check

I checked two of my classmates thesis statements:
http://missylewis.blogspot.com/ Missy
http://janeparksblizog.blogspot.com/ Jane

RJA #11b: Visual Aids

A list of some visual aids I think I might use for my paper would be a table showing both home schooled students and nonhomeschool students comparing by household characteristics. Such as whether their two parent families, number of children, occupation of parent parent, parents highest education, and the household income.
Another graph I would use is a graph comparing the number of parents who homeschool do it for religious reasons.
A graph showing their race and ethnicity because what I've been reading so far is a majority of homeschooled students are White.
Another table I could use would be to show the difference between homeschooled students and nonhomeschooled students in their development of socialization. It has been said that children who are homeschooled tend to be less social than kids in a school environment. It is important to have good socialization skills when entering the work force.
Another graph or table I can show would be just many homeschooled students are there today compared to say ten or fifteen years ago depending on what I can find.

RJA #10b: Argument

My argument is based the side of public school arguing that public school is better because of the environment, school curriculum, and the social interaction. Social interaction is my key point in this argument arguing that social interaction is important because children should interact with each other in order to build real skills needed in the world. I am still going to mention some of the benefits of homeschooling. There isn't just one right answer to this argument. Of course homeschooling has its benefits one of them being that children should move at their own pace and be able to move on if necessary.

RJA #10a: Thesis Statement

Research Question: Which type of education is more beneficial to your child and his academic development:public school or home school?

Thesis Statement: Homeschooling can definitely be beneficial depending on the child and what type of learner they are but realistically public schools provides more of the critical components a child needs (claim) in order to be successful in society, including; school curriculum, the environment and most importantly social interaction. (reasons)

RJA #9: Evaluation of Sources

I evaluated an periodical and e-mailed it to myself from ebscohost. The article was titled Homeschooling and the Future of Public Education. The author is Hill, Paul. The source is PJE. Peabody Journal of Education; 2000, Vol. 75 Issue 1/2, p20-31, 12p. The keywords are homeschooling public schools and students. These are all words that relate directly to my topic. The summary of this article was also related straight to my topic. The author is a scholarly source. His work is focuses on reform of public education and secondary education. He is part of the Hoover Institution.

There was another periodical titled Homeschooling from ebscohost. The periodical was by McReynolds, Kate. The source is Encounter; Summer2007, Vol. 20 Issue 2 pg.36-41, 6p. The keywords were Homeschooling, public schools, homework, education, and distance education. The author has a Ph.D and is apart of the Council for Spiritual and Ethical Education.

Another periodical from ebscohost was titled Why do Parents Homeschool by Green, Christa L.,Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen V. The source is Education and Urban Society; Feb2007, Vol. 39 Issue 2 pg.264-285, 22p, Four charts. The keywords were homeschooling, education, children, learning, decision making, and Literature. Many of these pertain to my topic. Christa Green received her Master's degree in Developmental Psychology at Vanderbilt University in May, 2005. She double majored in psychology and child studies. Hoover-Dempsey, Kathleen V. seems to be a very scholarly source for my paper. She has a Ph.D from Michigan State University. Her research area focuses on Developmental Psychology and Cognitive Studies. Her current position is Associate Professor of Psychology, Peabody College; Associate Professor of Education.

One of the books is called Fundamentals of Homeschooling(How Family -Based Learning Works). The book is by Ann Lahrson-Fisher. Published by Nettlepatch Press, PO Box 1279-C, Carson, Washington 98610 U.S.A.

Another book is Public Schooling in America: A Reference Handbook. By Richard D. Van Scotter. Published by ABC-CLIO. ABC-CLIO is an award winning publisher of reference books and academic and general interest books. Well known and respected company.

There is a book named Schooling In America by Daniel Selakovich. The book relating to the social foundations of education. The book is published by Longman New York and London. This company is the leading publisher of language programs for middle school students, high school students, and adult learning in English as a second language.

I went onto tools-for-learning.com. The title of the page was The Many Benefits of Homeschooling (http://tools-for-learning.com/homeschooling/benefit_of_home_schooling.html). I went to the bottom of the page and clicked on the About section. The website is made by Richard Keir who has a Ph.D who has spent a lifetime involved with learning and training. For years he has worked in Clinical Psychology. Many of his activities include workshops and trainings.

RJA #8b: Social Media

To find social media I went onto blogcatelog.com and typed homeschooling vs. public schooling it took me to a blog that was related to homeschooling. I actually found a couple blogs from blogcatelog. One was the Pros and Cons of Homeschooling-Is It Worth It. The second one was Facts About Homeschooling. The date of search for these blogs was October 12, 2009. I bookmarked these in my delicious account.
I also went to Keotag and typed in homeschooling AND public schooling and I clicked on a blog that was titled Information on Homeschooling: Is This Best For My Child? Date of search October 12, 2009.

RJA #8a: Websites

I went onto bing( search engine) and typed in benefits AND public schooling and found a website that discussed the Many Benefits of Homeschooling from toolsforlearning.com Date of search: October 11, 2009. I marked this in my delcious account.

I went onto google( search engine) and types public schooling AND advantages and found a page that discussed Advantages/Disadvantages of Public Schools from educational gateway.com. I put this in my delcious account. Date searched: October 11, 2009.

I also found a page titled Public School Advantages from publicschoolsguide.com and I marked it in my delicious account.

I went to info.com which is a meta search engine and I searched homeschooling AND public schooling and found a website called enzinearticles.com. The page I went to is called Homeschooling vs Public Schooling. Date searched: October 11, 2009. I marked this in my delicious account.

I went incywincy.com which is an invisible web search engine and typed+homeschooling +public schooling +advantages. I then clicked on homeschooling and found an article titled Why Homeschool? or Education Doesn't Have to be Boring. The website was LewRockwell.com. Date searched: October 11, 2009.

Internet Research Project

I was assigned OneRiot for my research tool. The link to this search engine is OneRiot.com. This website is a real time search engine which means that this website reflects the links and content that people are looking at, talking about and sharing with their friends right now. OneRiot is used to find the latest news, blogs, and videos that the social web is talking about. The positive side about this search engine is everything is current and up to date of things that are going on which I think is pretty cool. The website also goes by the relevance and popularity of a topic and indexes it into their database. The weaknesses about this website is you can not always find the right kind of research when writing a research paper. When writing a research paper you ned more scholarly information. This kind of information will not be found at OneRiot unless looking for blogs that may or may not be useful. OneRiot uses the blogs and other information through Digg, Twitter, and other social sharing services. OneRiot not only searches the web but also videos. OneRiot does not have an advanced search like other search engines. I did try to type in cats AND dogs as an example and information did come up with both cats and dogs but i also go the words that were seperated.

RJA #7c: Field Research Plan

For my field research I have a couple options that I'm thinking about about doing. My first option is to go observe a classroom. I work at a school doing the before and after school daycare, so I would probably just set up a day at that school with one of the teachers. I don't know what grade I would want to sit in on yet. I think anything older than first or second grade would be fine. I would be looking for how the students interact with each other and if there is a lot of group activities and observe that type of setting. I would also look for how much attention is given to the students individually. If I decide to do this as my field research I will probably do it in the next month. My second option is to interview a sociology teacher at Metro. I took an intro to sociology last year and probably could ask that teacher if I could interview her. I would ask her how important is socialism for students. Maybe even talk about the developmental theories like Piaget and Vygotsky theories on the subject matter. Piaget talks about hands on student learning and Vygotsky discusses the zone of proximal development. If I decide to do this I will also do this within the next month.

RJA #7b: Internet Research Tool Test

I went to OneRiot.com and tested out some of my search strings. I typed in benefi* of public schooling and found an article that was titled Homeschooling Takes Your Child Out Of Public School- A Unique Benefit. The website was mediasyndicate.com and I accessed it October 4, 2009.
When I read this it had been read 3253 times. I bookmarked it in my delicious account.
I typed in +home school +public school +advantages as my search string and found a review on public school vs. home school. The review was published on April 30, 2008. I accessed it October 4, 2009. I saved this review in my delicious account.
With the same search string I also found another article similar to the one before. It discussed why parents home school and the advantages and disadvantages of home school. I also put this in my delicious account.
I used +home school +public school and found an article named home schooling vs. public schooling- A Large Decision. I bookmarked this in my delicious account.

RJA #7a: Internet Research Tools

I am a very big google fan and always use this website as my starting point at the beginning of starting to do my research. I like google because I always seem to find what I'm looking for. I'm very familiar with this website. I like how many options there are for google. There isn't really anything that I don't like about this search engine. I also use ask because this website is similar to google and works pretty much the same. I also like wikipedia. I don't actually use what is in the text but when I look at the bottom of the page it gives a list of many references that could be very accountable. I could use these references to lead me to more credible sights. Wikipedia is more of a starting point before I began to write a paper. I don't like this website because other people can actually go in and change the original text which means some of the information is false.