Families, education and giftedness : case studies in the construction of high achievement

Families, education and giftedness : case studies in the construction of high achievement / Laura Mazzoli Smith, Jim Campbell.

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 g...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Smith, Laura Mazzoli
Other Authors: Campbell, Jim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Rotterdam ; Boston : SensePublishers, ©2012.
Series:Advances in creativity and giftedness ; v. 3.
Subjects:
Gifted children > Education > Great Britain.
Home and school > Great Britain.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Gifted.
Education.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Gifted children > Education
Home and school
Great Britain
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Table of Contents:
  • Theoretical Perspectives
  • The Social Construction of Giftedness
  • Studying the Family
  • Methodology
  • The Case Studies
  • The Booths' Tale
  • The Breakwells' Tale
  • The Newlands' Tale
  • The Desmonds' Tale
  • Interpretations and Conclusion
  • Interpreting The Families' Narratives
  • Implications for Policy and Theory
  • Towards Cultural Relativism and Interdisciplinarity in Researching Giftedness.

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