Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 0 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 1 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 2 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 5 |
Descriptor
| Biographies | 5 |
| Children | 5 |
| Self Concept | 5 |
| Foreign Countries | 4 |
| Personal Narratives | 3 |
| Institutionalized Persons | 2 |
| Interviews | 2 |
| Learning Motivation | 2 |
| Self Actualization | 2 |
| Adolescent Development | 1 |
| Adolescents | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
| Childhood: A Global Journal… | 2 |
| Commission for International… | 1 |
| Developmental Psychology | 1 |
| Perspectives in Education | 1 |
Author
| Edwards, Grey | 1 |
| Habermas, Tilmann | 1 |
| Henschke, John A. | 1 |
| Leinaweaver, Jessaca B. | 1 |
| Ngubane, Sithembiso | 1 |
| Pillay, Daisy | 1 |
| Torstenson, Tullie | 1 |
| de Silveira, Cybele | 1 |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 4 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 3 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 1 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Elementary Education | 2 |
| Adult Basic Education | 1 |
| Adult Education | 1 |
| Early Childhood Education | 1 |
| Grade 9 | 1 |
| Higher Education | 1 |
| Postsecondary Education | 1 |
Audience
Location
| Peru | 1 |
| South Africa | 1 |
| Sweden | 1 |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Download full textEdwards, Grey; Henschke, John A. – Commission for International Adult Education, 2022
This paper presents a summary of Dr. Clinton Lee (Andy) Anderson's 40+ years Military (US Army) Educator Service implementing Dr. Malcolm S. Knowles' perspective on andragogy. Some specifics of Anderson's implementation include five Adult Basic Education (ABE) characteristics of facilitating Knowles' andragogy, six differences between teaching and…
Descriptors: Andragogy, Armed Forces, Teaching Methods, Adult Basic Education
Direct linkPillay, Daisy; Ngubane, Sithembiso – Perspectives in Education, 2018
Going beyond the static, dangerous version of a single story about who an African child inmate is, is an ethical responsibility -- especially when we consider the structural and material forces that are tangled in this evil deed. Drawing on a sociological framing of self and Foucault's theory of ethics, we take a narrative inquiry stance to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Crime, Vignettes
Habermas, Tilmann; de Silveira, Cybele – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Extending the study of autobiographical narratives to entire life narratives, we tested the emergence of globally coherent life narratives in adolescence, as hypothesized by McAdams (1985). Participants were 102 children and young adults (ages 8, 12, 16, and 20 years) who narrated their lives twice. Between narrations, half of each age group…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Rhetoric, Young Adults, Personal Narratives
Leinaweaver, Jessaca B. – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2007
This article links research into constructions of childhood and child agency to anthropological studies of young people's informal adoption and state involvement in family arrangements. It analyses the life history of a young Peruvian woman who deliberately chose to move into an orphanage. The multiple points at which individual and family plans…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biographies, Institutionalized Persons, Child Welfare
Torstenson, Tullie – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 2007
This article is based upon two studies applying a life history approach, letting 15- to 16-year-olds reconstruct their own childhood in preschool and school, to see what meaning and importance children's experiences have in forming their self-concepts and philosophy of life. A combination of methods was used: written life stories, round tours in…
Descriptors: Biographies, World Views, Children, Adolescents
