In recent decades the trajectory of young learners into higher education (HE) has become increasingly linear, with elective ‘gap years’ standing as the only usual interruption amongst those who move on to HE. However as Stevenson and Clegg (2012) observe the transition… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘biographical research’
Personal Morphogenesis – modelling the ‘moments’ of biography
One of the key aims of my thesis is to elaborate a theory of personal morphogenesis i.e. the psychosocial dynamics of how individuals change. In broad terms, I am construing the subject matter as biographical. I’m interested in understanding how the particular circumstances which… Read More ›
Some thoughts on personal morphogenesis…
If we intend to conduct biographical research, it raises the obvious question: what is a biography? Our answer to this should ideally involve both theoretical and methodological considerations I.e. it should be orientated towards thinking through the practical consequences for… Read More ›
A quick post on attachement theory and my PhD
After years of intending to read John Bowlby, I’ve finally got round to it and I’m very impressed. He formulated attachement theory as an attempt to affect a paradigm shift (in a very self-consciously Kuhnian fashion) within psychiatric research and therapeutic… Read More ›
