New insights on how adolescence shapes beliefs, ideals, and actions, with practical guidance for educators and parents.
This volume surveys the development of youth, focusing on how emotions, ideals, and religious experiences form the core of adolescent life. Drawing on psychology, anthropology, and education, it explores how conversion, skepticism, and a growing sense of self influence growth from childhood through adulthood. The book also confronts the education of girls, home life, and the wider social roles women may assume, offering a broad, historically informed view of adolescence in modern societies.
- How adolescence shapes religion, belief, and moral reasoning
- Connections between growth, culture, and educational practice
- Critical perspectives on traditional schooling and gendered education
- Ways to support balanced development through evidence and reflection
Ideal for readers interested in education, psychology, and the social shaping of youth, this edition provides foundational ideas for thinking about adolescence today.