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...

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Main Author: Crosnoe, Robert
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Online Access:An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. High schools as contexts of development
  • pt. 2. A case study of social and academic experiences in high school
  • pt. 3. Helping teenagers navigate high school.