Preparing adolescents for the twenty-first century : challenges facing Europe and the United States / edited by Ruby Takanishi and David A. Hamburg.
Contributor(s): Takanishi, Ruby
| Hamburg, David A.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge. New York : Cambridge University Press, 1997Description: xvi, 250 p : ill ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0521570654 .Subject(s): Adolescence -- Congresses | Teenagers -- Education -- Congresses | Teenagers -- Health and hygiene -- Congresses | Health promotion -- Congresses | Life skills -- Congresses | School-to-work transition -- Congresses | Cross-cultural studies -- CongressesDDC classification: 305.235 | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 305.235 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00010683 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Early adolescence, a critically important developmental phase in the lives of young people, 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. This volume's contributors describe the theory, design, and implementation of innovative comprehensive education and health approaches. The contributors give serious consideration to increasing the positive influence of education in promoting literacy for a high-technology economy, healthy lifestyles, and responsible citizenship. Co-editor David Hamburg was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on September 9, 1996.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Meeting the essential requirements for healthy adolescent development in a transforming world / David A. Hamburg -- Adapting educational systems to young adolescents and new conditions / Anthony W. Jackson -- The impact of school reform for the middle grades: A longitudinal study of a network engaged in Turning points - based comprehensive school transformation / Robert Felner, Anthony W. Jackson, Deborah Kasak, Peter Mulhall, Stephen Brand and Nancy Flowers -- Schooling for the middle years: Developments in Europe / Donald Hirsch -- The role of the school in comprehensive health promotion / Klaus Hurrelmann and Andreas Klocke -- Education for healthy futures: Health promotion and life skills training / Beatrix A. Hamburg -- HUMBIO: Standard university's human biology curriculum for the middle grades / H. Craig Heller and Mary L. Kiely -- Education for living in pluriethnic societies / Eugeen Roosens -- The economics of education and training in the face of changing production and employment structures / Henri Nadel translated by Miriam Rosen -- School-to-work processes in the United States / Ray Marshall -- Finding common ground: Implications for policies in Europe and the United States / Ruby Takanishi.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- 1 Meeting the essential requirements
- 2 Adapting educational systems
- 3 Impact of school reform
- 4 Schooling for the middle years
- 5 Role of the school in health promotion Klaus Hurrelmann
- 6 Education for healthy futures
- 7 HUMBIO: Stanford University
- 8 Education for living Eugeen
- 9 Economics of education and training
- 10 School-to-work processes in the US
- 11 Finding common ground