Doctoral Dissertation Research: Getting Saved from the Public School: Conservative Protestant Identities and Alternative Education

如何解释美国保守的新教徒家庭教育和基督教教育的爆炸式增长？本博士论文改进研究拟以具有代表性的全国宗教保守派的数据，探讨宗教认同与教育选择之间的关系。它将探讨保守的新教徒如何构建家庭、信仰和学校的象征性边界，以及这些文化结构如何与不断变化的社会条件相互作用，包括保守的新教徒的社会流动性和教育领域日益分化，以决定学校的决定。国家科学基金会将资助建立一个具有全国代表性的保守新教学生数据集，其中将包括71位个人和240位电话采访的信息。该数据集将提供数据来解决以下问题：(1)哪些社会地位的保守新教徒被另类教育所吸引？(2)决定离开公立学校的动机是什么？(3)宗教身份和传统在家长离开公立学校的理由中扮演什么角色？(4)更广泛的社会和文化力量（如“文化战争”和宗教私有化）对保守的新教徒参与另类教育有什么影响。* * * * ? ?

9633738 Smith What explains the explosive growth of home schooling and Christian schooling among conservative Protestants in America? This Doctoral Dissertation Improvement research proposes to investigate the relationship between religious identities and educational choices with data that are representative of religious conservatives throughout the nation. It will explore how the symbolic boundaries of family, faith and schools are constructed by conservative Protestants, and how these cultural constructions interact with changing social conditions, including the social mobility of conservative Protestants and the increasing differentiation of the educational field, to determine schooling decisions. NSF support will fund the creation of a nationally-representative dataset of conservative Protestant schoolers, which will include information from 71 personal and 240 telephone interviews. This dataset will provide data to address questions such as: (1) which conservative Protestants from what social positions are attracted to alternative education?, (2) what are the motives behind the decision to leave the public schools?, (3) what role does religious identities and traditions play in parents' rationales for leaving the public school?, and (4) what impact does broader social and cultural forces (e.g., "cultural war" and privatization of religion) have on the involvement of conservative Protestants in alternative education. **** ??