The Ambitious Generation

America`s Teenagers, Motivated but Directionless

Dados Bibliográficos

ID24202067
AutoresBarbara Schneider (0000-0003-4421-1355), David Stevenson (0000-0001-9117-138X)
Ano1999
Páginas384
Data de publicação1999-01-01
Open AccessNão
TipoBOOK
PeriódicoThe Ambitious Generation (SOURCE_BOOK)
EditoraYale University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
Open LibraryOL9427980M
ISBN9780300079821
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas263

Are today's teenagers really slackers, the apathetic, baggy-pants wearing, unmotivated individuals so often portrayed by the media? In this landmark study of 7,000 adolescents two of the nation's foremost education experts provide startling news about our teenagers. Contrary to prevailing notions, today's teens are the most ambitious generation yet - more want to be college graduates and work as professionals than ever before. But because schools and parents sometimes do a poor job of directing them, many take the wrong courses, choose the wrong colleges, and enter college with unrealistic career goals. For many their dreams of success are likely to remain just that - dreams. 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.

Adolescence · Adolescent psychology · Adolescents · Children's Studies · Developmental - Adolescent · Études longitudinales · Family & Relationships · Life Stages · Life Stages - Teenagers · Longitudinal studies · Motivation (psychology) · Motivation (Psychology) in adolescence · Motivation chez l'adolescent · Motivational & Inspirational · Psychology · Social conditions · Sociology · Sociology - General · Sociology Of Youth · Teenagers · united states · Youth