Innovative narrative life history interviews : the construction of academic giftedness in family context /

Based on PhD research, this case study examines how families from broadly working class backgrounds constructed and understood the fact that a child of theirs had been labelled 'gifted and talented' at school. This case study provides an account of the methodological considerations which a...

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Main Author:	Smith, Laura Mazzoli (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Los Angeles, California] : SAGE, 2014.
Series:	SAGE research methods. Cases.
Subjects:	Gifted children > Social conditions > Research > Case studies. Narrative inquiry (Research method) > Case studies. Social sciences > Biographical methods > Case studies. Enfants surdoués > Conditions sociales > Recherche > Études de cas. Histoires de vie > Études de cas. Sciences sociales > Histoires de vie > Études de cas. Narrative inquiry (Research method) Social sciences > Biographical methods Electronic books. Case studies
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Summary:	Based on PhD research, this case study examines how families from broadly working class backgrounds constructed and understood the fact that a child of theirs had been labelled 'gifted and talented' at school. This case study provides an account of the methodological considerations which arose in seeking to conduct in-depth topical life history interviews with a family group and in using narrative analysis to construct rich descriptive cases, which could yield theoretical generalisations.
Physical Description:	1 online resource
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781473929975 1473929970