Education and Youth

First published in 1987, this book examines the nature of the problems involved with the treatment of youth. It explores the psychology of adolescence and its bearing on schooling; the effects of peer groups and youth culture; the implications for curriculum and method; the need to get relevance and excitement into schools; the importance of you

List of contents

General Editor's Preface Philip Taylor; Introduction: Education and Youth David Marsland; Adolescence and Schooling John Coleman; Peers, Subcultures, and Schools David M. Smith; The Challenge of Learning to Care Alec Dickson; Capitalizing on Youth: Group Work in Education David Marsland and Michael Day; Young People and Values: The Case of the Youth Service Errol Mathura; Uncharted Youth: Adolescence and the Secondary School Curriculum Dennis O'Keeffe; Tripartism Revisited: Young People, Education and Work in the 1980s Howard Williamson; Comprehensive Schooling and Procrustes Beverley Shaw; Order in an Age of Rebellion Roy Kerridge; The Elusiveness of Youth Policy John Ewen; Notes on Contributors; Index

About the author

David Marsland

Summary

First published in 1987, this book examines the nature of the problems involved with the treatment of youth. It explores the psychology of adolescence and its bearing on schooling; the effects of peer groups and youth culture; the implications for curriculum and method; the need to get relevance and excitement into schools; the importance of you

Product details

• Authors: David Marsland
• Assisted by: David Marsland (Editor), Marsland David (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2018
• EAN: 9781138629837
• ISBN: 978-1-138-62983-7
• No. of pages: 234
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education; ROUTLEDGE LIBRARY EDITIONS SOC; Routledge Library Editions: Sociology of Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > General, dictionaries; EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, Secondary Schools, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Secondary