Rethinking Middle Years: Early Adolscents, Schooling and Digital Culture (Studies in Education)

Focusing on the need to move beyond developmentally based models to see the middle years pedagogy in historical, social, economic, and political contexts, this reference compares research from Australia to the international experience, and emphasizes the importance of understanding the risk of society's and young peoples' immersion in digital technologies and consumer culture. Teachers and schools can use this understanding to work more effectively with early adolescents, and policy-makers and education leaders can reshape the middle years reform agenda to improve professional practice and student outcomes.