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Gary WyattProfessor of SociologyOffice: 115E Butcher Education Center Number: 620-341-5731 Email: gwyatt@emporia.edu Fax: 620-341-5681 Education: Ph.D. Washington State University, 1988 |
Dr. Gary Wyatt has taught at Emporia State University since 1988. His areas of expertise include education, social welfare, research methods, social psychology, and introduction to sociology. He is the 1998-1999 recipient of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Annual Award for Excellence in Teaching. He has recently served as President of the Faculty of Emporia State University. His research focuses on sociology of education. Currently he is writing a book on the home school movement. Recent publications explore the obsession with beauty experienced by adolescent females and the public image of academics and academic careers. He enjoys camping, hiking, reading, and spending time with his family.
Presentations made in Research Methods and Statistics class
Courses he will offer Fall 2013:
SO101C Introduction to Sociology
SO450A Research Methods
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Relying on a decade-long participant observation study, this book focuses on the salience of parent-child relationships for home schooling. Those experiences with traditional schools emerge as a major motive for home schooling. The quality of the relationships that develop between parents and children are the major predictor of a successful home schooling experience. Comparing the socialization between traditional schooling and home schools, successful home schooling experience. Comparing the socialization between traditional schooling and home schools, Family Ties: Relationships, Socialization and Home Schooling investigates significant controversies in these two separate environments.
“Will the kids really learn enough? What will my in laws say? Tomorrow I could put them back in school and no one the wiser. I will stress out over this tonight. What am I doing to myself? Will it really pay off in the long run? (5: 42) |