The ambitious generation : America's teenagers, motivated but directionless / Barbara Schneider and...
The ambitious generation : America's teenagers, motivated but directionless / Barbara Schneider and...
The ambitious generation : America's teenagers, motivated but directionless / Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson.
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.
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N305.2350973/10
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English
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Physical content
xiii, 321 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Contents
1. Ambitious Adolescents -- Pt. I. Voices from the 1950s and the 1990s. 2. Imagining the Future. 3. Trying to Make It with a High School Diploma. 4. The Importance of Aligned Ambitions -- Pt. II. The Formation of Aligned Ambitions. 5. Channeling Ambitions in High School. 6. Families and the Shaping...
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New Haven : Yale University Press, c1999.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
c1999.
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Summary
Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson show how parents and teachers can take adolescents' admirable raw ambition and provide them with direction and social support. As the authors demonstrate through many poignant cases, it is not enough to simply tell teens to work hard. We must also help them plan what they want to do and how to go about doing it...
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The ambitious generation : America's teenagers, motivated but directionless / Barbara Schneider and David Stevenson.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-307) and index.
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c1999.
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N305.2350973/10
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74VvM4KRaJed
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ISBN
0300079826 (alk. paper)
9780300079821 (alk. paper)
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305.2350973
MMS ID
991007295239702626
