Fitting in, standing out [electronic resource] : navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education / Robert Crosnoe.

By: Crosnoe, RobertContributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011Description: x, 267 p. : illISBN: 9781139080835 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): High school student orientation | Teenagers -- Life skills guides | Teenagers -- Education | Adolescence | Social influence | High school students -- Social life and customs -- 21st centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 305.2350973/090511 LOC classification: HQ796 | .C87 2011Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
pt. 1. High schools as contexts of development -- pt. 2. A case study of social and academic experiences in high school -- pt. 3. Helping teenagers navigate high school.
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"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. High schools as contexts of development -- pt. 2. A case study of social and academic experiences in high school -- pt. 3. Helping teenagers navigate high school.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

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