Fitting in, standing out [electronic resource] : navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education / Robert Crosnoe.
Crosnoe, Robert.
2011
HQ796 .C87 2011
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Title Fitting in, standing out [electronic resource] : navigating the social challenges of high school to get an education / Robert Crosnoe.
Author Crosnoe, Robert.
ISBN 9781107005020
9780521182034
9781139080835 (electronic book)
Publication Details Cambridge [England] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Language English
Description x, 267 p. : ill.
Call Number HQ796 .C87 2011
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.2350973/090511
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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.

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