Preparing Adolescents for the Twenty-First Century: Challenges Facing Europe and the United States

by Edited by Ruby Takanishi , David A. Hamburg , Foreword by Klaus Jacobs

• ISBN13: 9780521570657
• ISBN10: 0521570654
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-03-28
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Early adolescence, a critically important developmental phase in the lives of young people, has been neglected in terms of its potential to prevent educational and health problems. Preparing Adolescents for the Twenty-First Century: Challenges Facing Europe and the United States attempts to address this neglect by focusing on cross-national perspectives and linking fundamental research on adolescent development to the challenges of preparing young people for adult life. This volume's contributors describe the theory, design, and implementation of innovative comprehensive education and health approaches. The contributors give serious consideration to increasing the positive influence of education in promoting literacy for a high-technology economy, healthy lifestyles, and responsible citizenship. Co-editor David Hamburg was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on September 9, 1996.

Table of Contents

Contributors	ix	(2)
Foreword	xi	(2)
KLAUS J. JACOBS
Preface	xiii
1 Meeting the essential requirements for healthy adolescent development in a transforming world	1	(12)
DAVID A. HAMBURG
2 Adapting educational systems to young adolescents and new conditions	13	(25)
ANTHONY W. JACKSON
3 The impact of school reform for the middle grades: A longitudinal study of a network engaged in Turning Points-based comprehensive school transformation	38	(32)
ROBERT FELNER
ANTHONY W. JACKSON
DEBORAH KASAK
PETER MULHALL
STEPHEN BRAND
NANCY FLOWERS
4 Schooling for the middle years: Developments in Europe	70	(12)
DONALD HIRSCH
5 The role of the school in comprehensive health promotion	82	(26)
KLAUS HURRELMANN
ANDREAS KLOCKE
6 Education for healthy futures: Health promotion and life skills training	108	(28)
BEATRIX A. HAMBURG
7 HUMBIO: Stanford University's human biology curriculum for the middle grades	136	(15)
H. CRAIG HELLER
MARY L. KIELY
8 Education for living in pluriethnic societies	151	(26)
EUGEEN ROOSENS
9 The economics of education and training in the face of changing production and employment structures	177	(18)
HENRI NADEL
MIRIAM ROSEN
10 School-to-work processes in the United States	195	(32)
RAY MARSHALL
11 Finding common ground: Implications for policies in Europe and the United States	227	(12)
RUBY TAKANISHI
Name index	239	(5)
Subject index	244