Community Service and Social Responsibility in Youth

Preface Ch. 1: Service for Today's Youth and for the Right Reasons Ch. 2: Social-Historical Identity: A Theoretical Framework for Service Ch. 3: Community Service at St. Francis High School Ch. 4: Getting to Know Homelessness Ch. 5: Forming a Political Habit Ch. 6: A Moral Gyroscope Ch. 7: On Being a Black American Ch. 8: The Continuing Identity Process: After High School Ch. 9: Ten Ideas for Designing and Implementing Community-Service ProgramsCh. 10: Identities in the Making References Index

Summary

An analysis of the beneficial effects of community service on the political and moral identity of adolescents. It uses a case study from a predominantly black, urban high school in Washington, D.C., building on the work of Erik Erikson on the social and historical nature of identity development.

Product details

• Authors: Miranda Yates, Yates Miranda, James Youniss, James E. Youniss, Youniss James
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 18.08.1997
• EAN: 9780226964836
• ISBN: 978-0-226-96483-6
• No. of pages: 193
• Dimensions: 17 mm x 23 mm x 1 mm
• Weight: 312 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Applied psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Work, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Children's Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / Developmental / Child, Social Work, Child & developmental psychology, Child, developmental and lifespan psychology, Age groups: children, Age groups: adolescents