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Boston: Sense Publishers, 2012. Paperback. Good +. Paperback. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". xxii, 181pp. Mild rubbing and shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of paper wraps. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 class origins, each with a gifted child,…
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Families, Education and Giftedness: Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement Paperback - 2012
by Laura Mazzoli Smith; Jim Campbell
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- Title Families, Education and Giftedness: Case Studies in the Construction of High Achievement
- Author Laura Mazzoli Smith; Jim Campbell
- Binding Paperback
- Pages 206
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Brill
- Date 2012-11
- ISBN 9789460919893 / 9460919898
- Weight 0.61 lbs (0.28 kg)
- Dimensions 9.21 x 6.14 x 0.44 in (23.39 x 15.60 x 1.12 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 371.95
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