Adolescent Education: A ReaderJoseph L. DeVitis, Linda Irwin-DeVitis 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. |
Contents
Who Is Included in the Urban Family? | 13 |
The Confederate Flag Controversy | 25 |
Early Puberty in Girls | 35 |
Dangerous Intersections between Development and Culture | 51 |
Black Male Students at City High School | 75 |
What About Adolescent Curiosity and Risk Taking? | 99 |
Contested Worldviews | 123 |
Four Discourses about Teen Mothers | 137 |
Surviving and Thriving Through Adolescent Literacy | 263 |
Urban Youth Engaging Poetry and Creating Learning Communities | 279 |
Adolescents Seeking to Understand | 307 |
A Multidimensional Mathematics Approach | 335 |
Teaching About Global Warming in Truck Country | 359 |
How Important Is Technology in Urban Education? | 379 |
Pedagogy of Control | 407 |
An Empowering Transformative Approach to Service | 421 |
What Does It Mean to Be in a Gang? | 157 |
A Generation Gap for New Times | 181 |
Adolescent Engagement Connectedness and Dropping Out of School | 195 |
Why An Undemocratic Capitalism Has Brought Public Education to Its Knees | 223 |
A Middle School Manifesto | 241 |
Building Hope for Students Parents Professionals | 441 |
of Caring in a Secondary Classroom | 467 |
Talks with Teenagers and Teachers | 483 |
Contributors | 497 |
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