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Autore |
Smith Laura Mazzoli |
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Titolo |
Families, education and giftedness [[electronic resource] ] : case studies in the construction of high achievement / / Laura Mazzoli Smith, Jim Campbell |
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Rotterdam, : Sense Publishers, c2012 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2012.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (196 p.) |
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Collana |
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Advances in creativity and giftedness |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Gifted children - Education - England |
Home and school - England |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-175) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- The Social Construction of Giftedness -- Studying the Family -- Methodology: An Approach through Narrative -- Introduction to the Case Studies -- The Booths’ Tale: Pursuing the Protestant Work Ethic -- The Breakwells’ Tale: Creating Cultural Capital -- The Newlands’ Tale: Going for Room at the Top -- The Desmonds’ Tale: Discovering School as a Liberating Force -- Interpreting the Families’ Narratives -- Implications for Policy and Theory -- Towards Cultural Relativism and Interdisciplinarity in Researching Giftedness -- Bibliography -- Index. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is it like to be YOUNG, GIFTED AND WORKING CLASS in contemporary England? How do working class family values support high educational achievement? What do researchers and policy makers have to learn about giftedness from working class families? These provocative questions are explored in this ground-breaking book. Most studies of giftedness focus on the characteristics of individuals, and draw upon psychological frameworks to understand them. Participants in most gifted education programmes are recruited disproportionately from the higher social classes. Sceptical of the concept of giftedness, Mazzoli Smith and Campbell question conventional methodologies, using a narrative approach to understand how four families of working |
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