International Perspectives on Adolescence

by Pajares, Frank

• ISBN13: 9781593110666
• ISBN10: 1593110669
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Information Age Pub Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword
Frank Pajares and Tim Urdan xi
1. The Education of Persons in Multicultural Canada
Jack Martin, Jeff Sugarman, and Sarah Hickinbottom	1	(24)
2. Educating Adolescents in Australia: Motivation in the Middle School Years
Dennis M. McInerney, Katrina Simpson, and Martin Dowson	25	(20)
3. Cognitive Style and School Performance in Adolescents: A UK Perspective
Richard J. Riding	45	(26)
4. The Long Transition to Adulthood: An Italian View
Gian Vittorio Gaprara, Eugenia Scabini, and Giovanni B. Sgritta	71	(28)
5. Adolescence in Dutch Culture: A Seif Regulative Perspective
Monique Boekaerts	99	(24)
6. Tools for Lifelong Learning: The Growing Emphasis on Learning-to-Learn Competencies and ICT in Adolescent Education in Finland
Markku Niemivirta and Sanna Järvelä	123	(26)
7. Dialectic Contradictions in the Experiences of Israeli Jewish Adolescents: Efficacy and Stress, Closeness and Friction, and Conformity and Noncompliance
Ofra Mayseless and Gavriel Salomon	149	(24)
8. Adolescents' Self-Image in Lebanon: Implications for Education
Huda Ayyash Abdo	173	(26)
9. Career Education and Development of Adolescents in Argentina
Edgardo R. Pérez and Maria C. Osuna	199	(16)
10. Adolescence and Education: Contemporary Trends in Brazilian Research
José A. Bzúneck and Evely Boruchovitch	215	(22)
11. High School Education in Peru: Perspectives from the Third World
Juana Pinzas	237	(20)
12. Youth Identity and Education in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Cramn Soudien and Joy Alexander	257	(20)
13. Adolescent Education in Hong Kong and Mainland China: Effects of Culture and Context of Learning on Chinese Adolescents
Farideh Salili, Hui Zhou, and Rumjahn Hoosain	277	(26)
14. Characteristics and Problems for the Development of Adolescents in Taiwan
Der-Hsiang Huang	303	(16)
15. Choices, Evaluations, and Opportunities for Success: Academic Motivation of Korean Adolescents
Mimi Bong	319	(24)
16. Education of Adolescents in India: Context and Constraints
T.S. Saraswathi, Nandini Manjrekar, and Prarthana Pant	343	(24)
17. Adolescents' Self-Efficacy and Self-Regulated Learning Practices in Science: A Malaysian Case Study
Heng Loke Siow and Mary Siew-Lian Wong	367