University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 1-1-1998 Epistemologies of champions : a discoursive analysis of champions' retrospective attributions : looking back and looking within. Edward K. Norris University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1 Recommended Citation Norris, Edward K., "Epistemologies of champions : a discoursive analysis of champions' retrospective attributions : looking back and looking within." (1998). Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014. 1260. https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_1/1260 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations 1896 - February 2014 by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. EPISTEMOLOGIES OF CHAMPIONS: A DISCOURSIVE ANALYSIS OF CHAMPIONS' RETROSPECTIVE ATTRIBUTIONS; LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING WITHIN A Dissertation Presented by EDWARD K. NORRIS Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY May 1998 School of Education © Copyright by Edward K. Norris 1998 All rights Reserved EPISTEMOLOGffiS OF CHAMPIONS: A DISCOURSIVE ANALYSIS OF CHAMPIONS' RETROSPECTIVE ATTRIBUTIONS; LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING WITHIN A Dissertation Presented by EDWARD K. NORRIS Approved as to style and content by C. Carey, Chair lement A. in. Member ^^lius Gundersheim, Member y W. Jackson, Deaii ol of Education To my sister, Lee, who knew about living fully and did so with great joy and laughter. To my mother, Sally, and my father, Edward; they possess qualities of patience, humor, strength, optimism, creativity and perseverence ..