Stories of Self: Tracking Children's Identity and Wellbeing Through the School Years

by Warin, Jo

• ISBN13: 9781858564418
• ISBN10: 1858564417
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Stylus Pub Llc

Summary

This fascinating longitudinal study portrays five children as they grow up from age 3 to 17. It creates a window into their internal lives and affords a detailed view of their intrapersonal development, how they construct their personal identity as they progress through school, who they believe themselves to be, how they have changed and how school experiences have contributed to their narratives of self. Policy for children and young people should be rooted in their real lives. Stories of Self is invaluable for all who work in a professional capacity with children ¿ including parents. It will interest academics and students concerned with the study of identity and is a valuable teaching resource for students and postgraduates in child orientated disciplines, especially education, sociology, psychology and childhood studies.

Author Biography

Dr Jo Warin is senior lecturer in the Department of Educational Research at Lancaster University.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. viii
Foreword	p. ix
Beginnings
Introduction	p. 1
The Childhood revolution	p. 7
Life chances and longitudinal studies	p. 19
Telling stories: The making and re-making of selves	p. 29
Narrating self through childhood and beyond	p. 41
Creating a research relationship with children over a 14 year period	p. 49
Summary of Section 1	p. 61
Matching theory with real lives: five stories of self	p. 63
Martin's story: a value for authenticity in telling a story of self	p. 65
Shelley's story: a shaky school entrance and an ambitious school exit	p. 85
Simon's story: fateful moments as a prompt for the story of self	p. 107
Jayne's story: a roller coaster of self confidence	p. 129
Liam's story: social disadvantage and identity capital	p. 147
Endings	p. 167
Hindsight and foresight	p. 169
So what? What can education policy do?	p. 181
	p. 189
	p. 193
References	p. 195
Index	p. 209
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