ABSTRACT

In 2001 Pat and Ivor published Life History Research in Educational Settings: Learning from Lives . This book was in an (11 title) Open University Press series – Doing Qualitative Research in Educational Settings – the idea for which was originally conceived of by Barry Troyna, just before he became ill with the cancer which eventually killed him in 1996. Pat went ahead with the series as a memorial to Barry. Chapters 5 and 6 of this volume, ‘What Have You Got When You’ve Got a Life Story? Epistemological Considerations’ and ‘Techniques for Doing Life History’ are adapted from Life History Research in Educational Settings (Goodson & Sikes, 2001) with permission from Open University/McGrawHill.