Synopses & Reviews
This volume considers adolescence in broad terms, as a "dynamic of social construction." The contributors examine the changes in various social contexts in which teenagers live—family, school, community institutions, peer groups, workplace—and show how these factors can significantly affect the progress of social and cognitive developmental tasks.
Synopsis
This volume shows that the separation of the teaching of reading and writing has been a dominant feature of educational practice at the elementary and secondary levels since colonial times. The editors identify current movements in education that have fostered connections between reading and writing as well as those that tend to push them apart.
Table of Contents
The National Society for the Study of Education
Board of Directors of the Society, 1997-98; Contributors to the Yearbook
Acknowledgments
Editor's Preface
Ch. I: Stress and Resilience in Adolescence: An Evolutionary Perspective
Mibaly Csikszentmibalyi, Jennifer Schmidt.
Ch. II: Identity Formation in Adolescence
Dena Phillips Swanson, Margaret Beale Spencer, Anne Petersen.
Ch. III: Growing up Female
Ellen B. Kimmel, Tricia Rudolph.
Ch. IV: Adolescent Sons and Daughters of Immigrants: How Schools can Respond
Margarita Calderon
Ch. V: How Secondary Schools Contribute to Academic Success
Fred M. Newmann
Ch. VI: Learning Contexts Beyond the Classroom: Extracurricular Activities, Community Organizations, and Peer Groups
B. Bradford Brown, Wendy Theobald.
Ch. VII: Social Institutions Serving Adolescents
Chandra Muller, Michelle Frisco.
Ch. VIII: Working: Perceptions and Experiences of American Teenagers
Charles Bidwell, Barbara Schneider, Kathryn Borman.
Ch. IX: Adolescent Part-Time Work and Educational Achievement
Jeylan T. Mortimer, Monica Kirkpatrick Johnson.
Ch. X: Making the Transition from High School: Recent Trends and Policies
David Lee Stevenson, Julie Kochanek, Barbara Schneider.
Name Index
Subject Index
Information About Membership in the Society
Publications of the Society