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ERIC Number: EJ967855
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-May
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
Reference Count: 9
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ISSN: ISSN-0261-4294
Gifted Mothers as Social Capital: A View from a Disadvantaged Perspective
Maitra, Krishna
Gifted Education International, v28 n2 p185-191 May 2012
This article explores an unexamined area in the realm of gifted adults coming from disadvantaged backgrounds. The focus of this paper documents how a mother, in spite of all sorts of hardships, never deviates from her conviction about the education of her children. The author examines the concept of social capital in a symbiotic relationship with gifted motherhood. (Contains 1 diagram.)
Descriptors: Gifted, Disadvantaged, Social Capital, Mothers, Educational Attainment, Parent Aspiration, Parent Child Relationship, Goal Orientation, Trust (Psychology), Interpersonal Relationship, Personality Traits
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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