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Adolescents at school: perspectives on youth identity and education

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge Harvard Education Press 2008 Edition: 2nd edDescription: xi, 247 pISBN:
  • 9781891792946
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 373.181
Summary: As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, Who am I? Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, family, and peers. This new edition of Adolescents at School builds and expands the strengths and insights of the much-acclaimed first edition. A uniquely practical, insightful, and jargon-free volume, Adolescents at School points to ways to foster the success of every student in our schools and classrooms. Drawing from the perspectives of teachers researchers, and administratorsand adolescents themselvesit examines the complex, changing identities young people manage while they confront the challenges of school. (Source: http://www.hepg.org/hep/book/86)
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 26-B / Slot 1240 (0 Floor, East Wing) General Stacks 373.181 A2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 167969

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Foreword by Deborah Meiler

As any teacher or parent knows, adolescence is a time when youth grapple with the question, Who am I? Issues of race, ethnicity, class, gender, sexual orientation, and ability can complicate this question for young people, affecting their schoolwork and their relationships with teachers, family, and peers. This new edition of Adolescents at School builds and expands the strengths and insights of the much-acclaimed first edition. A uniquely practical, insightful, and jargon-free volume, Adolescents at School points to ways to foster the success of every student in our schools and classrooms. Drawing from the perspectives of teachers researchers, and administratorsand adolescents themselvesit examines the complex, changing identities young people manage while they confront the challenges of school. (Source: http://www.hepg.org/hep/book/86)

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