Adolescent Portraits - Identity and Challenges

Adolescent Portraits introduces contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today through 18 first-person accounts written by young adults. The case study approach illustrates the complexity of the individual experience and the interactions among an individual's needs, ideas, relationships, and context.

List of contents

Part I: Identity Case 1: Why Didn’t You Teach Me? Case 2: The Hatred Within Case 3: Good Hair Case 4: Little Women From Lame Deer Case 5: Looking Into the Sun Case 6: A Latinidad I Cannot, Will Not Hide Follow-Up: Five Years Later Case 7: The Devils Within Case 8: In My World 1+1=3 Case 9: In Search of a Sangam Part II: Challenges Case 10: Is This My Life? Case 11: I Walk in Beauty Case 12: An Unpredictable Journey Case 13: Forever an Awkward Adolescent Follow-Up: Thirteen Years Later Case 14: Quest for Peace Case 15: Seeking the Best of Both Worlds Case 16: Figuring Out My Life Case 17: Holding My Breath Follow-Up: Five Years Later Case 18: Multihued

About the author

Andrew C. Garrod is Professor Emeritus of Education at Dartmouth College, USA.
Robert Kilkenny is Founder and Executive Director of the Alliance for Inclusion and Prevention (AIP), USA.

Summary

Adolescent Portraits introduces contemporary theories and research that surround adolescent development today through 18 first-person accounts written by young adults. The case study approach illustrates the complexity of the individual experience and the interactions among an individual’s needs, ideas, relationships, and context.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew C. Garrod, Andrew C. Kilkenny Garrod, Robert Kilkenny
• Assisted by: Andrew C. Garrod (Editor), Garrod Andrew C. (Editor), Robert Kilkenny (Editor), Kilkenny Robert (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9780367757014
• ISBN: 978-0-367-75701-4
• No. of pages: 372
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, PSYCHOLOGY / General, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / General, Child & developmental psychology, Social, group or collective psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: adolescents, Psychology of gender