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Youth, Education and Risk
Author | : Peter Dwyer |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 2004-11-23 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1134516290 |
Youth, Education and Risk: Facing the Future provides a provocative and valuable insight into how the dramatic social and economic changes of the last twenty years have affected the lives of Western youth. Covering young people's attitudes towards relationships and health, the authors provide a comprehensive perspective on young people in Western society in the 1990s. The book reviews ten years of research, policy and practice as related to the 15-25 age group and compares data from the UK, Australia, the USA and Canada. It also argues for the need to develop new research and policy frameworks that are more in tune with the changed conditions of life for Western youth. The book sets out the conceptual basis for a new approach to youth and the practical implications for research, education and youth policy in the new millenium.
American Youth Act; ....
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Education and Labor |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 318 |
Release | : 1938 |
Genre | : Educational law and legislation |
ISBN | : |
The Promise of Adolescence
Author | : National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 493 |
Release | : 2019-07-26 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309490111 |
Adolescenceâ€"beginning with the onset of puberty and ending in the mid-20sâ€"is a critical period of development during which key areas of the brain mature and develop. These changes in brain structure, function, and connectivity mark adolescence as a period of opportunity to discover new vistas, to form relationships with peers and adults, and to explore one's developing identity. It is also a period of resilience that can ameliorate childhood setbacks and set the stage for a thriving trajectory over the life course. Because adolescents comprise nearly one-fourth of the entire U.S. population, the nation needs policies and practices that will better leverage these developmental opportunities to harness the promise of adolescenceâ€"rather than focusing myopically on containing its risks. This report examines the neurobiological and socio-behavioral science of adolescent development and outlines how this knowledge can be applied, both to promote adolescent well-being, resilience, and development, and to rectify structural barriers and inequalities in opportunity, enabling all adolescents to flourish.
iGen
Author | : Jean M. Twenge |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 452 |
Release | : 2017-08-22 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1501152025 |
As seen in Time, USA TODAY, The Atlantic, The Wall Street Journal, and on CBS This Morning, BBC, PBS, CNN, and NPR, iGen is crucial reading to understand how the children, teens, and young adults born in the mid-1990s and later are vastly different from their Millennial predecessors, and from any other generation. With generational divides wider than ever, parents, educators, and employers have an urgent need to understand today’s rising generation of teens and young adults. Born in the mid-1990s up to the mid-2000s, iGen is the first generation to spend their entire adolescence in the age of the smartphone. With social media and texting replacing other activities, iGen spends less time with their friends in person—perhaps contributing to their unprecedented levels of anxiety, depression, and loneliness. But technology is not the only thing that makes iGen distinct from every generation before them; they are also different in how they spend their time, how they behave, and in their attitudes toward religion, sexuality, and politics. They socialize in completely new ways, reject once sacred social taboos, and want different things from their lives and careers. More than previous generations, they are obsessed with safety, focused on tolerance, and have no patience for inequality. With the first members of iGen just graduating from college, we all need to understand them: friends and family need to look out for them; businesses must figure out how to recruit them and sell to them; colleges and universities must know how to educate and guide them. And members of iGen also need to understand themselves as they communicate with their elders and explain their views to their older peers. Because where iGen goes, so goes our nation—and the world.
Losing Generations
Author | : National Research Council |
Publisher | : National Academies Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1995-02-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0309052343 |
At least 7 million young Americansâ€"fully one-quarter of adolescents 10 to 17 years oldâ€"may be at risk of failing to achieve productive adult lives. They use drugs, engage in unprotected sex, drop out of school, and sometimes commit crimes, effectively closing the door to their own futures. And the costs to society are enormous: school and social services are overwhelmed, and our nation faces the future with a diminished citizenry. This penetrating book argues that the problems of troubled youth cannot be separated from the settings in which those youths liveâ€"settings that have deteriorated significantly in the past two decades. A distinguished panel examines what works and what does not in the effort to support and nurture adolescents and offers models for successful programs. This volume presents an eye-opening look at what millions of the nation's youths confront every day of their lives, addressing: How the decline in economic security for young working parents affects their children's life chances. How dramatic changes in household structure and the possibilities of family and community violence threaten adolescents' development. How the decline of neighborhoods robs children of a safe environment. How adolescents' health needs go unmet in the current system. Losing Generations turns the spotlight on those institutions youths needâ€"the health care system, schools, the criminal justice, and the child welfare and foster home systemsâ€"and how they are functioning. Difficult issues are addressed with study results and insightful analyses: access of poor youths to health insurance coverage, inequities in school funding, how child welfare agencies provide for adolescents in their care, and the high percentage of young black men in the criminal justice system.
Problems Facing Native American Youths
Author | : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Indian Affairs (1993- ) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 88 |
Release | : 2003 |
Genre | : Indian youth |
ISBN | : |
We the Future: How American Youth Can Build Dynamic Careers in the Post-Recession Era
Author | : David Pattinson |
Publisher | : Dog Ear Publishing |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2015-08-26 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 9781457541865 |
America has entered into a new era. The Great Recession of 2007-09 completely changed the way our society approaches employment, the economy is placing an increasing emphasis on knowledge and technology, and our world is more globalized and interconnected than ever. It is undeniable: the world has changed. Change is a good thing, but it can also be painful, and I believe that Millennials have born the pain of these historic shifts more than any other group. Since the beginning of the Recession, the unemployment rate for young adults has been twice the national average. Total student debt in America exceeds $1 trillion dollars. And young people today continue to face significant challenges in obtaining meaningful employment. Despite these obstacles, I believe young people have it within themselves to achieve success in this new era. It will require major shifts in how we approach education, what we expect from our government, and how we plan our own careers. This book is a reflection of the trends and tribulations that have made up this post-Recession era, and offers guidance on how to build meaningful and dynamic careers. It is a collection of the important conversations young people (and those who advise them) must have in order to grasp success in a new economic age. We are the future of America, and I believe the future is bright if we decide to act now.
The Search for Structure
Author | : Francis A. J. Ianni |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : |
Accounts of teens from a variety of backgrounds and communities bring to life this portrait of American youth today. The author offers examples of effective community programs and guidelines for action in support of young people.