Preparing Adolescents for the Twenty-First Century
Subtitle: Challenges Facing Europe and the United States (Johann Jacobs Conference Series)
Contributors: Klaus Jacobs (Foreword); Ruby Takanishi (Editor); David A. Hamburg (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: March 28, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780521570657
Subjects: Adolescents; Child & developmental psychology; Sociology Of Youth; Health and hygiene; Social Science; Sociology - General; Psychology; Psychiatry - General; Developmental - Adolescent; Adolescence--Congresses; Psychology & Psychiatry / General; Adolescence; Teenagers; Congresses; Education
First sentence: The problem of world transformation provides a vital context for viewing adolescent development.
Description: "Early adolescence, a critically important development phase, has been neglected in terms of its potential to prevent educational and health problems. Preparing Adolescents for the Twenty-First Century: Challenges Facing Europe and the United States attempts to address this neglect by focusing on cross-national perspectives and linking fundamental research on adolescent development to the challenges of preparing young people for adult life. Serious examination is given to increasing the positive influence of education in promoting literacy for a high-technology economy, healthy lifestyles, and responsible citizenship."--BOOK JACKET.