1st Edition

Education and Youth

Edited By David Marsland Copyright 1987
    234 Pages
    by Routledge

    230 Pages
    by Routledge

    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

    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

    Biography

    David Marsland