TY  - BOOK
AB  - "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.
AU  - Crosnoe, Robert.
CN  - HQ796
CN  - HQ796
CY  - Cambridge ;
CY  - New York :
DA  - 2011.
ID  - 351160
KW  - High school student orientation.
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Teenagers
KW  - Adolescence.
KW  - Social influence.
KW  - High school students
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030587-t.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030587-b.html
LK  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2010030587-d.html
N2  - "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.
PB  - Cambridge University Press,
PP  - Cambridge ;
PP  - New York :
PY  - 2011.
SN  - 9781107005020
SN  - 1107005027
SN  - 9780521182034 (pbk.)
SN  - 0521182034 (pbk.)
T1  - Fitting in, standing out :navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education /
TI  - Fitting in, standing out :navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education /
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030587-t.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1011/2010030587-b.html
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1012/2010030587-d.html
ER  -