Composing Lives in Transition

A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Early School Leavers

D. Jean Clandinin, Pam Steeves, Vera Caine, D. Jean Clandinin, Pam Steeves, Vera Caine

• Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing Limited
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN:
  9781780529745
• eBook ISBN:
  9781780529752
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Counseling

Composing Lives in Transition: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Early School Leavers is structured around ten narrative accounts, each one offering glimpses into the lives of early school leavers from different backgrounds. Framed by the puzzling question of why someone would want to leave school early, the authors worked alongside youths from culturally and socially diverse backgrounds in order to understand their experiences and motivations in more depth. In doing so, however, the research team learnt that the stories are also as much about how early school leaving shaped their lives after they left education. By looking across the accounts provided in the book, paying particular attention to place, temporality and personal and social dimensions, the authors were able to identify resonant threads that enabled them to reframe a narrative reconceptualization of the phenomenon of early school leaving.

Table of contents

• Front Cover
• Composing Lives in Transition: A Narrative Inquiry into the Experiences of Early School Leavers
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• List of Contributors
• Acknowledgement
• Foreword
• Chapter 1. Introduction
• Chapter 2. Literature Review
• Chapter 3. Methodology
• Chapter 4. A Narrative Account of Robert
• Chapter 5. A Narrative Account of Scott
• Chapter 6. A Narrative Account of Jasmine
• Chapter 7. A Narrative Account of Andrew
• Chapter 8. A Narrative Account of Billie Bob
• Chapter 9. A Narrative Account of Kevlar
• Chapter 10. A Narrative Account of Ben
• Chapter 11. A Narrative Account of Truong
• Chapter 12. A Narrative Account of Lynn
• Chapter 13. A Narrative Account of Christian
• Chapter 14. A Narrative Account of Skye
• Chapter 15. Exploring Transitions within Lives
• Chapter 16. Stories to Live By: Composing Identities
• Chapter 17. A Reflective Turn: Looking Backward, Looking Forward
• References
• About the authors
• About the Editors
• Index