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Families, Education and GiftednessThe Desmonds’ Tale

Families, Education and Giftedness: The Desmonds’ Tale [Amanda Desmond, who was in Year 11 at school and had been identified as gifted, lived with her mother, Maggie, and her step-father, Chris. Both Maggie, a care worker, and Chris, a warehouseman, were actively seeking to change their jobs at the time of the interview. The family home, a small terraced house, into which Laura was welcomed for the first interview, felt chaotic. Its downstairs sitting room was full of furniture, dogs, fish-tanks, and people.] http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

Families, Education and GiftednessThe Desmonds’ Tale

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Publisher
SensePublishers
Copyright
© SensePublishers 2012
Pages
113 –128
DOI
10.1007/978-94-6091-991-6_7
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Abstract

[Amanda Desmond, who was in Year 11 at school and had been identified as gifted, lived with her mother, Maggie, and her step-father, Chris. Both Maggie, a care worker, and Chris, a warehouseman, were actively seeking to change their jobs at the time of the interview. The family home, a small terraced house, into which Laura was welcomed for the first interview, felt chaotic. Its downstairs sitting room was full of furniture, dogs, fish-tanks, and people.]

Published: Jan 1, 2012

Keywords: Gifted Child; Cultural Script; Instrumental View; Talented Register; Personal Testimony

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