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  • Identity Formation, Youth, and Development

    A Simplified Approach

    by Kyle Eichas, James E. Côté, Charles G. Levine ...
    A landmark volume in the scientific study of identity formation and youth development, this fully revised second edition synthesizes sociological and psychological approaches to the study of identity. It illuminates the challenges and opportunities that contemporary young people face as they attempt to form identities in societies undergoing transition.The book introduces simplified identity ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Routledge Handbook of the Sociology of Higher Education

    Edited by James E. Côté, Sarah Pickard ...
    Series series Routledge International Handbooks
    Higher education has come under increasing public scrutiny in recent years, assailed with demands for greater efficiency, accountability, cost reduction, and, above all, job training. Drawing upon examples from across the world, with an emphasis on Anglo-American higher-education systems, this handbook employs sociological approaches to address these pressing concerns. The second edition is ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Adolescent Storm and Stress

    An Evaluation of the Mead-freeman Controversy

    by James E. Cote, James E. C“t‚ ...
    Series series Research Monographs in Adolescence Series
    In 1928, Margaret Mead published her first book, entitled Coming of Age in Samoa, in which she described to the Western world an exotic culture where people "came of age" with a minimum of "storm and stress." In 1983, Derek Freeman, an Australian anthropologist, published a book in which he systematically attacked Mead's conclusions about that culture and the way people came of age. Since then, a ... Read more

    $73.99 USD

  • Youth Development in Identity Societies

    Paradoxes of Purpose

    by James E. Cote ...
    This book explores the causes and consequences of the contradictions in young people’s lives stemming from the affluence–purpose paradox: a lack of purpose-in-life among many of those living in the most affluent societies in human history. This paradox is endemic to identity societies where people experience a choice-contingent life course, and is examined using an interdisciplinary approach ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture

    A Social Psychological Synthesis

    by James E. Cote, Charles G. Levine ...
    The goal of Identity, Formation, Agency, and Culture is to lay the basis of a theory with which to better understand the difficulties and complexities of identity formation. It provides an extensive understanding of identity formation as it relates to human striving (agency) and social organization (culture). James E. Côté and Charles G. Levine have compiled state-of-the-art psychological and ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Arrested Adulthood

    The Changing Nature of Maturity and Identity

    by James E. Cote ...
    An examination into the social influences that have prolonged youth in today's adultsWhy are today's adults more like adolescents, in their dress and personal tastes, than ever before? Why do so many adults seem to drift and avoid responsibilities such as work and family? As the traditional family breaks down and marriage and child rearing are delayed, what makes a person an adult?Many people in ... Read more

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  • The Learning Self

    Understanding the Potential for Transformation

    by Mark Tennant ...
    The Learning SelfThis new book from the award-winning author of Psychology and Adult Learning puts the spotlight on the kind of learning that brings about significant personal change. Tennant explores the techniques, processes, and practices educators can use to promote learning that leads to change and examines assumptions about self and identity, how we are formed, and our capacity for change ... Read more

    $35.00 USD

  • Critical Educational Psychology

    by Stephen Vassallo ...
    Introducing students and scholars to the emerging field of critical educational psychology.The field of critical studies recognizes that all knowledge is deeply embedded in ideological, cultural, political, and historical contexts. Although this approach is commonly applied in other subfields of psychology, educational psychology—which is the study of human learning, thinking, and behavior in ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Handbook of Human Behavior and the Social Environment

    A Practice-Based Approach

    by Roberta R. Greene, Joe Schriver ...
    Handbook of Human Behaviour and the Social Environment is a compendium of new theories for all aspects of social work practice. It pulls together major theories and concepts used in the field. By synthesizing this wide knowledge base via practical points of view and tracing the socio-historical evolution of its content and the role of the social worker, this handbook will assist social workers in ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Values and Knowledge

    Edited by Edward S. Reed, Elliot Turiel, Terrance Brown ...
    Series series Jean Piaget Symposia Series
    It is widely recognized that a person's values will profoundly affect what that person attends to, thinks about, and remembers. Yet, despite this, psychologists have only begun to study and think about the deep connections between values and knowledge.This volume explores this important area in psychology by offering an overview of what is known about the developmental role of valuation in the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Learning to Change Lives

    The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development Approach

    by A. Ka Tat Tsang ...
    The Strategies and Skills Learning and Development (SSLD) system is an action-oriented model for enabling clients in social work, health, mental health, and human services settings to address their needs and life goals. In Learning to Change Lives, author A. Ka Tat Tsang introduces SSLD’s powerful framework and practice, which has been developed based on three decades of experience in ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • The Cult of Efficiency

    by Janice Gross Stein ...
    Series series The CBC Massey Lectures
    We live in an age dominated by the cult of efficiency. Efficiency in the raging debate about public goods is often used as a code word to advance political agendas. When it is used correctly, efficiency is important: it must always be part of the conversation when resources are scarce and citizens and governments have important choices to make among competing priorities.Even when the language of ... Read more

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