Triple X supergirls: their special educational needs and social experience
Author
Attfield, Kate
Date
2020-05-25Acceptance date
2020-05-07
Type
Article
Publisher
Elsevier
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Internationally, there appears to be a complete lack of research in education and special educational needs in relation to the Triple X syndrome. This original research is a case study in the form of twelve primary narrative interviews with parents of child daughters, in England, UK. Findings indicate common aspects of moderate special educational requirements, and the overwhelmingly constrained options available to families to obtain support for their daughters. Four predictors for parents of their daughters’ potential are discovering their daughter’s Triple X, a family’s ambition, their means to achieve it, and the extent of girls’ cognitive capacity; a systemic acknowledgement of family cultural capital may be more significant than a knowledge of genetic predisposition in securing these supergirls’ futures.
Journal/conference proceeding
International Journal of Educational Research;
Citation
Attfield, K. (2020) 'Triple X supergirls: Their special educational needs and social experience', International Journal of Educational Research
Description
Article published in International Journal of Educational Research on 25 May 2020, available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101588
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