Fitting in, standing out navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education /
"In American high schools, teenagers must navigate complex youth cultures that often prize being "real" while punishing difference. Adults may view such social turbulence as a timeless, ultimately harmless rite of passage, but changes in American society are intensifying this rite and allowing its e...
সংরক্ষণ করুন:
| প্রধান লেখক: | |
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| সংস্থা লেখক: | |
| বিন্যাস: | বৈদ্যুতিক বৈদ্যুতিন গ্রন্থ |
| ভাষা: | ইংরেজি |
| প্রকাশিত: |
Cambridge [England] ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011.
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| বিষয়গুলি: | |
| অনলাইন ব্যবহার করুন: | An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
| ট্যাগগুলো: |
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| সংক্ষিপ্ত: | "In American high schools, teenagers must navigate complex youth cultures that often prize being "real" while punishing difference. Adults may view such social turbulence as a timeless, ultimately harmless rite of passage, but changes in American society are intensifying this rite and allowing its effects to cascade into adulthood. Integrating national statistics with interviews and observations from a single school, this book explores this phenomenon. It makes the case that recent macro-level trends, such as economic restructuring and technological change, mean that the social dynamics of high school can disrupt educational trajectories after high school; it looks at teenagers who do not fit in socially at school, including many who are obese or gay, to illustrate this phenomenon; and it crafts recommendations for parents, teachers, and policymakers about how to protect teenagers in trouble. The end result is a story of adolescence that hits home with anyone who remembers high school"-- |
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| দৈহিক বর্ননা: | x, 267 p. : ill. |
| গ্রন্থ-পঞ্জী: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |