Fitting in, standing out : navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education / / Robert Crosnoe.
"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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| Year of Publication: | 2011 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | x, 267 p. :; ill. |
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| Summary: | "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 allowing its effects to cascade into adulthood. Integrating national statistics with interviews and observations from a single school, this book explores this phenomenon. It makes the case that recent macro-level trends, such as economic restructuring and technological change, mean that the social dynamics of high school can disrupt educational trajectories after high school; it looks at teenagers who do not fit in socially at school, including many who are obese or gay, to illustrate this phenomenon; and it crafts recommendations for parents, teachers, and policymakers about how to protect teenagers in trouble. The end result is a story of adolescence that hits home with anyone who remembers high school"-- |
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| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781107005020 (hbk.) 9780521182034 (pbk.) 9781139080835 (electronic bk.) |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | Robert Crosnoe. |