Joining Society: Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth (The Jacobs Foundation Series on Adolescence) PDF
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This page intentionally left blank JOININGSOCIETY SocialInteractionandLearninginAdolescenceandYouth JoiningSocietyaddressesatimelyandcrucialtopic,thesocializationoftoday’s youth,askingprecisequestions:Towhataretheyoungsocialized?Whichskills, modesofthinking,orformsofactionarerequiredfromthem,andwhatde- velopmentalvaluedotheyhold?Alltoooften,socializationtendstobeviewed withintheconfinesofaparticulargeographicalorculturalsituation.Themulti- nationallistofcontributorsbringsaninternationalperspectivetotheproblems ofsocializationtoworkandtoadultlifewhileatthesametimeemphasizingthe commonissuesthatfaceyoutharoundtheworld. Someofthetopicsaddressedaretherulesandrolesinvolvedinsocialization, attainingpersonalagencythroughcollectiveactivity,theuseofnewtechnolo- gies,andtheroleofintergenerationalrelationships. Over the past few decades, social scientists have begun to appreciate fully theimportanceofsocialinteractionsinthedevelopmentofthinkingandthe acquisitionofthenecessarysocialandculturalskillsforactiveandresponsible involvement in society. This book sheds new light on the processes through whichthisisaccomplishedandthroughwhichsocietymayhopetointervene inpositivewayswithtoday’syouth. Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Institute of Psychology at the University of Neuchaˆtel. She is editor of Social InteractionandCognitiveDevelopmentinChildrenandcoeditorofJeanPiaget andNeuchaˆtel(withJ.M.Barrelet). ClotildePontecorvoisProfessorofEducationalPsychologyattheUniversityof Rome“LaSapienza.”SheisauthorofWritingDevelopment:AnInterdisciplinary ViewandcoeditorofOralityversusLiteracy:Concepts,Methods,andData(with C.Blanche-Benveniste). LaurenB.ResnickisDirectoroftheLearningResearchandDevelopmentCenter attheUniversityofPittsburgh.SheistheauthorofEducationandLearningto ThinkandeditorofKnowing,Learning,andInstruction.Shehascoeditedseveral books,includingLinkingSchoolandWork:RolesforStandardsandAssessment (withJ.Wirt). TaniaZittounisaResearchFellowatCorpusChristiCollege,Cambridge,where shestudiesculturalresourcesinyoungadulttransitionperiods. Since1987,BarbaraBurgehasbeentheSeniorAssistanttoLaurenB.Resnick, DirectoroftheLearningResearchandDevelopmentCenterattheUniversity ofPittsburgh.During10ofthoseyearsshewasalsotheEditorialAssociatefor CognitionandInstruction. THEJACOBSFOUNDATIONSERIESONADOLESCENCE SeriesEditor: ProfessorSirMichaelRutter InstituteofPsychiatry,London TheJacobsFoundationSeriesonAdolescenceaddressesthequestionof what can be done to promote healthy development around the world. Itviewsthisimportantquestionfromdifferentdisciplinesinthesocial sciences.Economistsandsociologistsmayconsiderhowwecanpromote human capital over time, specifically an individual’s ability to become educatedandtodevelopearningpower;demographersandsociologists may analyze development patterns over generations; psychiatrists and psychologistsmaytackletheproblemofhowmuchchangeispossiblein psychologicalhealthduringthelifecourseandovergenerations. Drawingfromthesedifferentdomainsofinquiryintohumandevelop- ment,theJacobsFoundationSeriesonAdolescenceexaminesthepotential for change across generations and during the life course in three areas: (1)humancapital,(2)partnershipbehavior,and(3)psychologicalhealth and the rearing of children. The purpose of the series is to further the goalsoftheJacobsFoundation–tocontributetothewelfareandsocial productivityofthecurrentandfuturegenerationsofyoungpeople. OtherBooksintheSeries YouthinCities:ACross-NationalPerspective,editedbyMartaTienda andWilliamJuliusWilson The following titles were published in collaboration with the Jacobs Foundation,beforetheserieswasestablished: YouthUnemploymentandSociety,editedbyAnnePetersenandJeylan Mortimer(1994) Self-EfficacyinChangingSocieties,editedbyAlBandura(1995) PsychosocialDisturbancesinYoungPeople,editedbyMichaelRutter (1995) PreparingAdolescentsfortheTwenty-FirstCentury,editedbyRuby TakanishiandDavidHamburg(1997) UnderstandingandPreventingTeacherBurnout,editedbyRoland VandenbergheandMichaelHuberman(1999) J OINING SOCIETY Social Interaction and Learning in Adolescence and Youth Editedby Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont UniversityofNeuchaˆtel Clotilde Pontecorvo UniversityofRome “LaSapienza” Lauren B. Resnick UniversityofPittsburgh Tania Zittoun UniversityofCambridge Barbara Burge UniversityofPittsburgh cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge cb2 2ru, UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521817196 © Cambridge University Press 2004 This publication is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provision of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published in print format 2004 isbn-13 978-0-511-16476-7 eBook (EBL) isbn-10 0-511-16476-9 eBook (EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-81719-6 hardback isbn-10 0-521-81719-6 hardback isbn-13 978-0-521-52042-3 paperback isbn-10 0-521-52042-8 paperback Cambridge University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of urls for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication, and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Contents ListofContributorspage xi Foreword xiii KlausJ.Jacobs Preface xv Anne-NellyPerret-Clermont I. Introduction 1ThinkingSpacesoftheYoung 3 Anne-NellyPerret-Clermont 2ProspectsforYouthinPostindustrialSocieties 11 LaurenB.ResnickandAnne-NellyPerret-Clermont 3OverviewoftheVolume 26 Tania Zittoun, Anne-Nelly Perret-Clermont, and Clotilde Pontecorvo II. Youth-ConstructedSocialization 4 Risks,Rules,andRoles:YouthPerspectivesontheWorkof LearningforCommunityD evelopment 41 ShirleyBriceHeath 5 YouthBetweenIntegrationandDisaffiliationinFrench Cities 71 LaurenceRoulleau-Berger 6ANewIdentity,ANewLifestyl e 86 KarstenHundeide vii viii Contents 7BecomingaMemberbyFollowingtheRules 109 AlainCoulon III. PersonalAgencyThroughCollectiveActivity 8 Learning and Thinking in Adolescence and Youth: How to InhabitNewProvincesofMeaning 119 FeliceCarugati 9 FromtheProvincesofMeaningtotheCapitalofaGoodSelf: SomeReflectionsonLearningandThinkingintheProcess ofGrowingAdultinSociety 141 JohnB.Rijsman 10Preapprenticeship:ATransitionalSpace 153 TaniaZittoun IV. LearninginPracticeandDiscourse 11 FromLearningLessonstoLivingKnowledge:Instructional DiscourseandLifeExperiencesofYouthinComplexSociety 177 RogerSa¨ljo¨ 12 PracticeandDiscourseastheIntersectionofIndividualand SocialinHumanDevelopment 192 JonathanTudge 13 Talking Matters: Studying the Use of Interdependencies of IndividualandCollectiveActioninYouthfulLearning 204 DavidMiddleton 14 Young People’s Use of Information and Communication Technologies:TheRoleofSocioculturalAbilities 216 JacquesPerriault V. IntergenerationalSitesforThinking 15 ThinkingwithOthers:TheSocialDimensionofLearningin FamiliesandSchools 227 ClotildePontecorvo 16 TheRoleofDiscourseintheTransformationof Parent–AdolescentRelationships 241 ManfredHofer 17InteractiveMinds:AParadigmfromLifeSpanPsychology 252 UrsulaM.Staudinger
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