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Using Biographical Methods in Social Research
- B. Merrill, L. West
- Psychology
- 4 June 2009
This book represents a sustained interdisciplinary dialogue between two colleagues, one steeped in a more sociological understanding, the other, more psychological. Our argument is that using… Expand
Beyond Fragments: Adults, Motivation And Higher Education
- L. West
- Psychology
- 1 November 1996
Life can only be understood backwards. In the meantime it has to be lived forwards. (Kierkegaard)
Beyond Fragments. Adults, Motivation and Higher Education. A Biographical Analysis.
- L. West
- Psychology
- 1996
Thinking of fragments self, method and imaginative empathy on becoming a solicitor - the problem of stated reasons telling stories - Brenda and Paul men talking on the Medway men talking - Thanet and… Expand
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Using Biographical and Life History approaches in the Study of Adult and Lifelong Learning: European perspectives
- L. West, P. Alheit, A. S. Andersen, B. Merrill
- Psychology
- 2007
This book illuminates the rich and creative uses of biographical and life history approaches in studying adult and lifelong learning, in diverse ways and settings, across many European countries. It… Expand
Transformative Learning and the Form That Transforms
- L. West
- Psychology
- 1 April 2014
In this article, I interrogate the changing forms that may be fundamental to transformative learning and how these are best chronicled and understood. Drawing on auto/biographical narrative research,… Expand
Connecting Bourdieu, Winnicott, and Honneth: Understanding the experiences of non-traditional learners through an interdisciplinary lens
- L. West, T. Fleming, Fergal Finnegan
- Sociology
- 1 September 2013
Abstract This paper connects Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, dispositions and capital with a psychosocial analysis of how Winnicott's psychoanalysis and Honneth's recognition theory can be of… Expand
“Telling tales”: Using narrative in career guidance
Abstract In this article the authors argue for the importance of narrative-based approaches in career guidance work in an uncertain, unpredictable world. This requires a paradigmatic shift in… Expand
Negotiating professional and personal biographies in a liquid world: creating space for reflexive innovation in career counselling
ABSTRACT This paper explores the constraints to innovative, creative and reflexive careers counselling in an uncertain neo-liberal world. We draw on previously reported research into practitioners’… Expand
Transforming Perspectives in Lifelong Learning and Adult Education: A Dialogue
- L. West, L. Formenti
- Sociology
- 29 September 2018
A Gendered Edge: Auto/biographical Research into Doctors and Lifelong Learning in the Inner-city
- L. West
- Sociology
- 2000
This paper considers “lifelong learning” among a group of doctors within the “male” medical profession. It explores their struggle to be effective and reflective practitioners, in a world where… Expand
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