Using the Self‐Discovery Tapestry to Explore Occupational Careers

Meltzer, Phyllis

doi:10.1080/14427591.2001.9686485

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“…Teaching and other academic activities and my own textile interests have continued to engage me, as does the duality of the disciplines of shared values within gerontology and occupational science. In addition, I have published several articles in gerontological and occupational science journals (Meltzer, 2001;Meltzer, Abbott, & Spradling, 2002).…”

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Meltzer¹

2007

Journal of Occupational Science

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Section: Diagram By Maxine M Meltzermentioning

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Meltzer¹

2007

Journal of Occupational Science

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“…The SDT, a life-review instrument developed by Meltzer (2001;Meltzer et al, 2002) not specifically designed to be used with older people, was selected after careful consideration of the value and appropriateness of the tool to support older people recall and record the many and varied experiences associated with a long life. One researcher (LH) had experience of the SDT with undergraduate occupational therapy students, who assessed their own occupational lives and used the tool in student research projects with people of varying ages.…”

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“…The idea of occupational careers was first proposed by Black (1976) in the occupational therapy literature. More recently it has been further developed in the occupational science literature (Meltzer, 2001;Russel, 2001). It is a term used in the literature on life course trajectories and is associated with shifts in worker or other roles during a person's life course, which are influenced by personal, social, gender, class, or other variables.…”

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Feldman

Howie

2009

J Appl Gerontol

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The aim of this article is to examine the use of the Self-Discovery Tapestry (SDT) tool, a life history review instrument, and its application to an Australian qualitative study of community-dwelling older people aged 80 years and more. The researchers set out to engage with older people through an innovative research approach that acknowledged their experiences and recognized their skills and capacities across the course of their lives. The article reports and assesses this research instrument as a tool for gathering data in narrative studies involving older people. It proposes that the instrument, with some modifications might be used to further develop specific knowledge of aging to benefit research, education, and practice in gerontology. By undertaking to critique the research processes, the authors hope to show the value of incorporating a critical appraisal approach that may prove useful for strengthening further research in this area of inquiry.

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“…Importantly, the OHC is a visual tool providing a graphic representation of the participants' occupational history that enables gaps and contradictions to be easily determined (Freedman, Thornton, Camburn, Alwin, & Young-DeMarco, 1988). This visualisation not only supports recall of previous work experiences (Meltzer, 2001) but provides opportunity for reflection and analysis of one's own occupational biography (Feldman & Howie, 2009).…”

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“…Although Bell (2005) challenges the utility of the Lifegrid Method for qualitative researchers, considering it 'non-reflective and too date and event centred' (p. 65), he contends that it encourages participants to address the issue of change over time and may prove suitable when collecting relatively factual data. Meltzer (2001) developed the Self Discovery Tapestry to explore the occupational careers of mature women. Although not specifically designed for older people, she concluded that the tool was suitable for use with an elder population.…”

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Using occupational history calendars to capture lengthy and complex working lives: a mixed method approach with older people

Porcellato

Carmichael

Hulme

2014

International Journal of Social Research Methodology

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Accurately documenting the occupational biographies of older people can be challenging given their lengthy duration and the complexity of contemporary employment. This paper shows how a traditionally quantitative occupational history calendar (OHC) instrument can be adapted for use in a mixed methods research design, to gather in-depth information about long working lives. The OHCs were embedded within semi-structured interviews and recorded lifetime work histories of between 33 and 53 years for 56 participants. Sequence analysis of the calendar data was undertaken in parallel to thematic analysis of interview transcripts. This included in-depth exploration of the factors motivating occupational changes and transitions and their impact in older age. Mixing methods allowed us to collate data over relatively long periods of time and enabled an examination of the complex interplay between work, family and personal circumstances that shapes employment histories. Selected research findings are used to demonstrate how this tool can effectively facilitate the exploration of long working lives.

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Using the Self‐Discovery Tapestry to Explore Occupational Careers

Cited by 16 publications

References 8 publications

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Using occupational history calendars to capture lengthy and complex working lives: a mixed method approach with older people

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