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

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. It describes the theory, design, and implementation of innovative comprehensive education and health approaches. Serious examination is given to increasing the positive influence of education in promoting literacy for a high-technology economy, healthy lifestyles, and responsible citizenship. Contents
1. Meeting the essential requirements David A. Hamburg
2. Adapting educational systems Anthony W. Jackson
3. Impact of school reform Robert Felner, Anthony Jackson Deborah Kasak, Peter Mulhall, Stephen Brand and Nancy Flowers
4. Schooling for the middle years Donald Hirsch
5. Role of the school in health promotion Klaus Hurrelmann and Andreas Klocke
6. Education for healthy futures Beatrix A. Hamburg
7. HUMBIO: Stanford University H. Craig Heller and Mary L. Kiely
8. Education for living Eugeen Roosens
9. Economics of education and training Henri Nadel
10. School-to-work processes in the US Ray Marshall
11. Finding common ground Ruby Takanishi.

Author/Editor Details
Edited by: Ruby Takanishi, Foundation for Child Development
Edited by: David A. Hamburg, Carnegie Council on Ethics and International Affairs, New York