Biography and Education · A Reader by Erben, Michael -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Book Cover Half-Title Title Copyright Contents Series Editor’s Preface Introduction

References

1 Biography and Research Method

Introduction Empirical particularities Imagination Narrative References

2 The Story of the Self: Education, Experience and Autobiography

The present self: Two stories of autobiography Decentring time Development without ‘progress’ Writing autobiography differently Postscript Note References

3 Fragments of a Life: Recursive Dilemmas

Introduction A teacher’s life Concluding remarks Acknowledgments References

4 Adolescent Girls Reflect on Educational Choices

Emma’s educational life history Vicky’s educational life history Conclusion Notes References

5 Voices from the Margins: Regulation and Resistance in the Lives of Lesbian Teachers

Sexuality and surveillance of the self: The introduction of Section 28 Locating lesbian lives Performing heterosexuality—just a passing phase? Passing as an act of resistance and subversion Missing voices: Hearing what ‘we’ have to say Concluding remarks Notes References

6 Perspectives on Learning Difficulties through Biographies

Introduction Constative and performative purposes of written and oral narratives iculties ... The oral account—David’s story The role of narrative structure in expressing performative meaning Concluding remarks References

7 Collecting Slices of College Dropouts’ Lives

Introduction Words and meanings

The missing population The ‘foot in the door’ The ‘oblique sample’ The biographies—mind the gap!

College enrolment There are four types of dropout

The early leaver The opportunist dropout The consumer The life crisis dropout

The tangled stories—interpretive interaction1 Solutions The last word Note Glossary of terms References

8 An Auto/Biographical Account of Educational Experience

Stories…stories The village school: 1955 The town junior school: 1959 The secondary modern school: 1961 The grammar school: 1962 Auto/biography and working-class experience Notes References

9 PhD Students and the Auto/Biographies of Their Learning

Pam’s voice—fragments from the auto/biography of her learning

Zoë’s voice—fragments from the auto/biography of my learning

Concluding comment—how many voices will enter the chorus? References

Subordination versus self-help and improvement Sectarian versus non-sectarian education State education versus voluntaryism William Allen Edward Baines jnr, MP Jeremiah James Colman, MP Notes References

Issues of methodology The context Eighteenth century society Education in the eighteenth century The education of Olaudah Equiano Conclusion References

Notes on Contributors Index