Positive Youth Development: A New School Curriculum to Tackle Adolescent Developmental Issues

Hing Keung Ma ,

ISBN 10: 162081384X / ISBN 13: 9781620813843

Published by Nova Science Pub Inc, 2012

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Synopsis:

A team of researchers from five universities in Hong Kong have constructed a comprehensive positive youth development package for junior secondary school students in Hong Kong. This project is called P.A.T.H.S. (Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programs) and the package focuses on various aspects of positive youth development used by more than 250 secondary schools in Hong Kong. Research has been performed on the effectiveness and educational implications of the teaching package, which opened a new page of study in the field of whole-person education and youth education in Chinese societies. In view of the data collected so far, the teaching package is well received by students, teachers and educators in Hong Kong. The new curriculum covered in this book is closely related to the emerging adolescent developmental issues in Hong Kong and the global contexts.

About the Authors: Daniel T.L. Shek, PhD, Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

Joav Merrick, MD, MMedSci, DMSc, (Medical Director, Health Services, Division for Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, Ministry of Social Affairs and Social Services, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Adolescent Medicine, KY Childrens Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Lexington, Kentucky, US; National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Jerusalem, Israel; Division of Pediatrics, Hadassah Hebrew University Medical Centers, Mt Scopus Campus, Jerusalem, Israel; School of Public Health, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, US)

Bibliographic Details

Title: Positive Youth Development: A New School ...
Publisher: Nova Science Pub Inc
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Brand New