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Barabasch, Antje; Merrill, Barbara – Research in Comparative and International Education, 2014
This article focuses on the methodological approaches used in the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) research project "Learning for Career and Labour Market Transitions--individual biographies". In particular, it illuminates how biographical approaches were employed to help the in-depth understanding of…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Career Change, Biographies, Identification (Psychology)
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Ferrero Camoletto, Raffaella – Sex Education: Sexuality, Society and Learning, 2011
Based on survey data of 1000 young people aged 18-29 and semi-structured interviews with 51 young people aged 18-34 living in a north-western Italian region, the article explores how they account for their first heterosexual intercourse. Young people describe and make sense of their experiences by referring to sexual scripts; narrative sequences…
Descriptors: Scripts, Interviews, Biographies, Sexuality
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Gobbo, Francesca – European Educational Research Journal, 2004
The article presents the life story of a young Roma cultural mediator who narrates (1) her life and professional decisions, still rather uncommon among young Roma women, and (2) the impact of her education and work experiences and achievements on her self perception. The narratives, from which the life story emerges, express the young Roma's…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Cultural Pluralism, Personal Narratives, Self Concept