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

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Crosnoe, Robert

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.Description: 1 online resource (x, 267 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781139078566
1139078569
9781139065979
1139065971
9781139063876
1139063871
128311111X
9781283111119
9780511793264
051179326X
9781139080835
1139080830
9781139080835
9786613111111
6613111112
1139076272
9781139076272
1139083104
9781139083102

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Fitting in, standing out.DDC classification:

305.2350973/090511 22

LOC classification:

HQ796 .C87 2011eb

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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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"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

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.