Boarding School Girls - Developmental and Cultural Narratives

Sommario

I. Shaping of Lives 1. Roya: Father Knows Best 2. Fereshteh: It Was What It Was 3. Azy: This Too Shall Pass II. Lives Lived 4. Saghi: Saghi or Sally? 5. Dory: Letters of Hope 6. Shirley: Pull Your Socks Up 7. Sheila: Mozart, My Friend 8. Roxane: What's the Use in Crying III. Lives Unknown 9. Soosan: Playing Nice 10. Shoreh: It Could Have Been 11. Soheila: Passing it On IV. Lives We Shared Final Thoughts Appendix I. Our Guardian, Mrs. Peck Appendix II. The Writing of This Book Exhibit I. Persian Girls Profile Exhibit II. Guiding Interview Questions Exhibit III. Interview Themes

Info autore

Soosan Daghighi Latham is a professor at York University and an Associate Coach with the Niagara Institute in Toronto. A PhD graduate of the University of Toronto she is a former Vice President of Human Resources at J.P Morgan Chase, and Assistant Dean, Executive Programs at Rotman School of Business, University of Toronto.
Roya Movahedi Ferdows is an MBA graduate from Johns Hopkins University with a Post Master’s degree from George Washington University. Following several years of working in the corporate world, she is currently an Executive/Leadership Coach focusing her time on supporting clients find work/life balance and develop into better leaders.
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Riassunto

Focusing on the journey of Persian girls growing up in British boarding schools during the 1960’s and 70’s and based on extensive qualitative data, each chapter provides vivid, embodied reflections of everyday life at boarding school and the impact of this experience on adult life.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Roya Ferdows, Roya (Certified Life/Leadership Coach) Ferdows, Soosan Latham, Soosan (York University Latham
• Con la collaborazione di: Movahedi Ferdows Roya (Editore), Daghighi Latham Soosan (Editore)
• Editore: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.09.2017
• EAN: 9781138730687
• ISBN: 978-1-138-73068-7
• Pagine: 166
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Psicologia > Psicologia applicata; History, Popular Culture, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Lifespan Development, Educational psychology, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Psychological theory, systems, schools and viewpoints