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Informationen zum Autor JUDITH J. SLATER is Associate Professor at Florida International University, Miami. She specializes in curriculum theory, evaluation, organizational analysis, and women in higher education. Klappentext Are teenagers in Tokyo more or less mature than teens in Brooklyn? What do Chinese teens do for weekend recreation? What do they value and care about? This volume shows that the lives of teens in prosperous and westernized Asian countries have much in common with those of American teens. Obtaining a good education is paramount, and Asian interests and tastes-in pop culture and sports, for example-are in sync with their American counterparts. In poorer and politically restricted Asian nations, teen life and opportunities are more restricted, however. Greater focus and energy is given to helping the family survive. Yet it is the ancient cultural and religious traditions in Asian life that constitute the fundamental difference between American and Asian teens. This book is an insightful and sweeping introduction to the Asian teen experience-from a typical day to participation in religious ceremonies-in 15 countries. Zusammenfassung Obtaining a good education is paramount! and Asian interests and tastes-in pop culture and sports! for example-are in sync with their American counterparts. In poorer and politically restricted Asian nations! teen life and opportunities are more restricted! however. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword: Toward a World of Positive Youth Development Richard M. Lerner Series Foreword by Jeffrey S. Kaplan Introduction Judith J. Slater 1 Cambodia Aixa Perez-Prado 2 China Leiping Bao 3 Hong Kong Tai-lok Lui 4 India Veronica Gesser with Rimjhim Banerjee 5 Indonesia David Callejo-Perez 6 Japan Eric Dwyer and Risako Ide 7 Mongolia Lilia C. DiBello 8 Nepal Laura Bullock 9 North Korea Myung Sook Hyun 10 Philippines Deborah Hasson 11 Singapore Oneyda Paneque 12 South Korea Eric Dwyer 13 Taiwan Chun-Chin Yi and Chyi-In Wu 14 Thailand Harriet L. Amato 15 Vietnam Judy Chin Index About the Editor and Contributors ...
