TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pollak,David
TI  - Dyslexia, the self and higher education: learning life histories of students identified as dyslexic 
SN  - 1858563607
U1  - 371.90474 22
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Stoke in Trent
PB  - Trentham Books
KW  - Learning disabled
KW  - Education (Higher)
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Dyslexia
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Ch. 1; The concept of dyslexia and the educational response --; Ch. 2; Self-image and identity --; Ch. 3; The self-concept and dyslexia --; Ch. 4; An HE-focused research project --; Ch. 5; Socio-emotional and identity issues in compulsory and higher education --; Ch. 6; Identity issues leading to socio-emotional effects --; Ch. 7; Experience of higher education --; Ch. 8; Discourses of dyslexia --; Ch. 9; Conclusion and recommendations --; App. I; Informants' descriptions of their experiences --; App. II; Brief 'life maps' of each informant --; App. III; Four case studies
N2  - "This book examines the relationship between dyslexia and identity through qualitative research with students at four universities. It offers unique insights into the views of the students themselves about their experience of dyslexia and education. In the candid interviews, by turns moving, blunt and amusing, the students reveal the socio-emotional effects of dyslexia and its effects on their learning. The students display a wide range of ideas on the nature of dyslexia, absorbed from many different sources. But their learning histories show that the self-concepts of all of them were strongly affected by being labelled dyslexic."--BOOK JACKET
ER  -