TY  - BOOK
AU  - Joseph L. DeVitis
AU  - Linda Irwin-DeVitis
PY  - 2021
CY  - New York, United States of America
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
TI  - Adolescent Education
T2  - A Reader
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1135834
N2  - Written by a prominent array of scholars and practitioners, this book elucidates the complexities, contradictions, and confusion surrounding adolescence in American culture and education. For too long, harmful public myths and lies have portrayed teenagers as a principal cause of our nation’s social ills. Similar unfair charges have been lodged against America’s teachers and schools throughout our history. This book offers public counterpoints to those simplistic blaming-the-victim arguments. Instead, it traverses a more nuanced and realistic path toward uncovering the developmental, socio-cultural realities faced by today’s teenagers. It also provides rich pedagogical strategies, and educational wisdom for allowing adolescents to grow as worthy human beings. This important and timely book will appeal to preservice teachers, teacher educators, education and social service professionals, policymakers, and all those interested in bettering the lives of adolescents in this uncertain world.
KW  - high schools, developmental education, adolescence, secondary schools, socio-cultural issues, middle schools, education, adolescents
LA  - English
ER  -