Editors:
- Provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the current state of adolescent education around the world
- Demonstrates how education systems are formed by and closely tied to culture
- Discusses the challenges of adolescent education in six countries by introducing different groups of underserved adolescents
- Ties together the lessons learned to give practical advice for working towards the goal of serving all adolescents well
Part of the book series: Cultural Psychology of Education (CPED, volume 11)
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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Adolescence from a Theoretical Perspective
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Front Matter
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A Journey to Different Countries Around the World
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Front Matter
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Learning and Intervention
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About this book
By traveling to different parts of the world, this book provides a multidisciplinary perspective on the current state of adolescent education and demonstrates how education systems are formed by and closely tied to culture. After establishing a theoretical background, the book delves into the particulars of adolescent education and its associated challenges in six countries (India, Kenya, Germany, Brazil, Japan, and Denmark). In tandem with the discussion of institutions, the stories of those who are all too often underserved or left behind are told. Despite the diversity of each education system, the investigation reveals several unifying themes that transcend the specific contexts. The lessons from each example are woven together to demonstrate how the individualized needs of students can best be met, in a vision for the future of educating adolescents."
Keywords
- The cultural practice of educating adolescents
- Cultural psychology of education
- Adolescent development
- Schooling in different countries: aims and challenges
- Intervention in adolescence education
- Adolescents in educational institutions
- Adolescent education Denmark
- Adolescent education Germany
- Adolescent education Japan
- Adolescent education Kenya
- Adolescent education Brazil
- Adolescent education India
Editors and Affiliations
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Sigmund Freud University, Berlin, Germany
Meike Watzlawik, Alina Burkholder
About the editors
Alina Burkholder has worked in international contexts throughout her career, including several roles in international education. Alina earned her B.S. in psychology from the University of Braunschweig and her M.S. in cross-cultural psychology from Osnabrück University, both in Germany. Additionally, she has conducted research at universities in New Zealand, the United States, Canada, and Japan. Through the course of her work and studies, she has consistently sought experiences to apply her theoretical knowledge of cross-cultural psychology to advance intercultural engagement, understanding, and learning. Currently, she is a Public Diplomacy Officer at the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in Washington, D.C."
Dr. Meike Watzlawik is professor for developmental, cultural, and educational psychology at the Sigmund Freud University Berlin (SFU). While studying psychology at the University of Braunschweig, she was already working as a volunteer at a youth counseling center supporting adolescents and young adults (12 to 26 years of age) who were being faced with developmental challenges (e.g., low self-esteem or problems with parents and peers). In her studies on the psychology of adolescence, she examined sexual identity development (Ph.D.), sibling relationships (Habilitation) as well as identity development in general (diverse projects in several countries). Prior to her current position at SFU Berlin, she was the CEO of a private career-counseling center where she helped adolescents and young adults find the right educational or occupational path— always stressing that, despite all universalities, sight of the individual must never be lost.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Educating Adolescents Around the Globe
Book Subtitle: Becoming Who You Are in a World Full of Expectations
Editors: Meike Watzlawik, Alina Burkholder
Series Title: Cultural Psychology of Education
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-37900-1
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37899-8Published: 05 May 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-37902-5Published: 05 May 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-37900-1Published: 04 May 2020
Series ISSN: 2364-6780
Series E-ISSN: 2364-6799
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 326
Number of Illustrations: 31 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour
Topics: Educational Psychology, Developmental Psychology, International and Comparative Education, Sociology of Education