Middle Years Schooling: Reframing adolescence

Sally Knipe, Charles Sturt University
Kate  Johnstone, Charles Sturt University
Robyn  Zevenbergen, Griffith University
Kelly  Zevenbergen, Griffith University
Erica Smith, Charles Sturt University
Annette Green, Charles Sturt University
Lynette  Riley-Mundine, University of Sydney
Darryl  Maybery, Charles Sturt University
Andrea  Reupert, Charles Sturt University
Gabrielle O'Flynn, Charles Sturt University
Will  Letts, Charles Sturt University
Bob  Meyenn, Charles Sturt University
Susan  Groundwater-Smith, University of Sydney
Bill  Green, Charles Sturt University
Beverly  Pennell, Charles Sturt University
Noella  Mackenzie, Charles Sturt University
Lyn  Harrison , Deakin University
Derek  Colquhoun, University of Hull
Stephen  Kemmis, Charles Sturt University
Kate  Johnstone , Charles Sturt University
Peter  Grootenboer, Charles Sturt University
Tracey Smith, Charles Sturt University
Title Middle Years Schooling: Reframing adolescence
Edition 1
ISBN 9780733986925
ISBN 10 0733986927
Published 27/07/2007
Published by Pearson Australia
Pages
Format Paperback
In stock
 
Total Price $71.99 Add to Cart
Description
For courses in Middle Years Education for Education Students.
 
This text recognises the need to view adolescents and their educational requirements in the middle school years as unique, requiring a new approach to curriculum, pedagogy and assessment. For teachers, understanding and interpreting the developmental and educational needs of these students, as they progress from childhood to adulthood, is becoming a significant component of teacher education. This text selects several areas relating to adolescents’ personal development such as health, identity, employment and technology. It then explores these within the context of an education and schooling perspective. Middle Years Schooling uses research and cases from a predominately Australian perspective.
Table of contents
Foreword        
Editor’s Prologue                     
 
SECTION I: Middle Years Policy and Practice
1. Problematising middle schooling for middle schools and middle years education (Sally Knipe and Kate Johnstone)
 
SECTION II: Young Adolescents in a Changing Environment
2. Millennials come to school (Robyn Zevenbergen and Kelly Zevenbergen)
3. The place of work in school students’ lives (Erica Smith and Annette Green)
4. Untapping resources for indigenous students (Lynnette Riley-Mundine)
 
SECTION III: WellBeing
5. Adolescent mental health (Darryl Maybery & Andrea Reupert)
6. Troubling eating (dis)orders (Gabrielle O’Flynn)
7. Sex, gender and sexuality: Windows to identity (Will Letts and Bob Meyenn)
 
SECTION IV: Teaching Practice and Theory
8. As rain is to fields, so good teachers are to students (Susan Groundwater-Smith)
9. Mathematics education in the middle years (Tracey Smith and Peter Grootenboer)
10. Literacy, adolescence and schooling: Literacy challenge in the middle years (Bill Green, Bev Pennell & Noella Mackenzie)
11. Healthy school communities: Situating young people’s health (Lyn Harrison and Derek Colquhoun)
12. Summation (Stephen Kemmis and Kate Johnstone)
Index
Features & benefits
  • Each chapter includes Activities and Discussion Points that engage students’ interest while developing critical thinking skills
  • Each chapter ends with Review Questions and references, providing students with additional reading to develop their understanding further
  • The final chapter covers the implications for theory, policy and practice
  • End of book case studies. Contributing schools Oatlands School (Tasmania), West Wyalong School (NSW) and Amaroo K-19 School (ACT) demonstrate why and how their middle school program was initiated and relate any issues arising from its introduction. Linking activities within the case studies relate the chapter content throughout the book to the examples in the case studies.