For We Are Young and…
Young People in a Time of Uncertainty
$52.46
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2011
Summary
For we are young and … ? offers a provocative perspective on Australia’s young people against a global and local backdrop of uncertainty and change. It asserts the importance of a critically informed and positive approach to youth, moving beyond seeing young people through the lens of shortcomings and problems to be solved.For we are young and … ? draws directly on the work of the Youth Research Centre at The University of Melbourne and its legacy of innovative and significant research on you…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780522858365 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0522858368 |
| Author: | Johanna Wyn, Roger Holdsworth, Sally Beadle |
| Publisher: | Melbourne University Press |
| Imprint: | Melbourne University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2011 |
| Weight: | 331g |
| Dimensions: | 209mm x 135mm x 16mm |
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About The Author
Johanna Wyn
“Sally Beadle is a Research Fellow at the Youth Research Centre. She is involved in a diverse range of research and training projects across the Centre. She is increasingly focused on working with young women on wellbeing, health, gender rights and participation projects in international development contexts.Roger Holdsworth is a Senior Research Associate of the Youth Research Centre. He has previously been a secondary school teacher, an education consultant and a youth sector policy worker. At the Youth Research Centre he has led programs that have explored possibilities for students’ active roles within these communities.Johanna Wyn is Director of the Youth Research Centre at The University of Melbourne. Her work focuses on the impact of social change on young people, and the need for institutions and policies to respond to their new realities. She leads the Life-Patterns research program, a comparative longitudinal panel cohort study of young people comparing two generations of young Australians.”
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