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Author: Michael J. Nakkula ,
Sharon M. Ravitch ,
Dr Sharon M Ravitch ,
Sharon M Ravitch (University of Pennsylvania University of Pennsylvania, USA. University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania, University of Pennsylvania,)
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint: Jossey-Bass Inc.,U.S.
Dimensions:
Width: 16.10cm
, Height: 2.90cm
, Length: 23.90cm
Weight: 0.621kg
ISBN: 9780787909574
ISBN 10: 0787909572
Pages: 384
Publication Date: 14 November 1997
Audience:
College/higher education
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General/trade
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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General
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Out of stock
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Reviews
The authors have initiated a revolutionary line of inquiry, sure to have a major impact across the full spectrum of fields that care about youth development. This ambitious theory and practice book marks a true innovation in teaching. Students . . . will gain a deeper respect for the developmental challenges and cultural complexities faced by the youth they wish to serve. Faculty and supervisors . . . will be amazed at how much more their students can learn when they are trained to use hermeneutic tools to study and support the lives of children and adolescents in the world. (Robert L. Selman, director, Risk and Prevention Program, and professor of psychology and education, Harvard University)<br> <br> How rare it is to open a chapter in a book of psychology and find a compelling story of human experience. (Frank Richardson, associate professor of educational psychology, University of Texas, Austin)
How rare it is to open a chapter in a book of psychology and find a compelling story of human experience. (Frank Richardson, associate professor of educational psychology, University of Texas, Austin) -The authors have initiated a revolutionary line of inquiry, sure to have a major impact across the full spectrum of fields that care about youth development. This ambitious theory and practice book marks a true innovation in teaching. Students . . . will gain a deeper respect for the developmental challenges and cultural complexities faced by the youth they wish to serve. Faculty and supervisors . . . will be amazed at how much more their students can learn when they are trained to use hermeneutic tools to study and support the lives of children and adolescents in the world.- (Robert L. Selman, director, Risk and Prevention Program, and professor of psychology and education, Harvard University) -How rare it is to open a chapter in a book of psychology and find a compelling story of human experience.- (Frank Richardson, associate professor of educational psychology, University of Texas, Austin) The authors have initiated a revolutionary line of inquiry, sure to have a major impact across the full spectrum of fields that care about youth development. This ambitious theory and practice book marks a true innovation in teaching. Students . . . will gain a deeper respect for the developmental challenges and cultural complexities faced by the youth they wish to serve. Faculty and supervisors . . . will be amazed at how much more their students can learn when they are trained to use hermeneutic tools to study and support the lives of children and adolescents in the world. (Robert L. Selman, director, Risk and Prevention Program, and professor of psychology and education, Harvard University) How rare it is to open a chapter in a book of psychology and find a compelling story of human experience. (Frank Richardson, associate professor of educational psychology, University of Texas, Austin)
Author Information
MICHAEL J. NAKKULA is an assistant professor in the Department of Human Development and Psychology at the Harvard Graduate School of Education, where he has helped to create the program in Risk and Prevention. He is also cofounder and director of Project IF: Inventing the Future, a school-based preventive collaborative involving Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the Boston Public Schools. SHARON M. RAVITCH is a doctoral student in the Education, Culture and Society Program, an interdisciplinary program in anthropology, sociology, and education, at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education. She is a research fellow at the Cantor-Fitzgerald Center for Research on Diversity in Education at the University's Center for Urban Ethnography.
