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Voices of Reason Adolescents Talk About Their Futures Over Time
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Book Code: H839
ISBN: 0-89789-839-7
ISBN-13: 978-0-89789-839-3
296 pages, figures, tables
Bergin & Garvey
Publication: 12/30/2001
List Price: $98.95 (UK Sterling Price: £57.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
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Description: In their own words, ten diverse adolescents talk about their school experiences, family issues, societal problems and their own attempt to deal with social inequities. The book is also a study of "future" talk, as jointly constructed attempts by students at making sense of their educational and vocational goals and their own sense of where the education and guidance systems have helped or failed them. Using tools of discourse analysis developed for this study, Dr. Sachs presents a systematic way of looking at the construction of "groundedness" in social contexts, particularly how and how effectively adolescents construct their arguments for the choices they make. The business of education touches many facets of society, and this study will be of interest to practitioners who wish to become qualitative researchers, for students in qualitative methods courses, and for middle and high school guidance sources including teachers and parents who want to better understand adolescents' concerns. And it is a book for adolescents themselves who, in reading what their peers are saying, can reflect on their own sense of where they are currently and in which direction they want to go.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Introduction
  • Theoretical Orientation
  • A "Vivid" Introduction to the "H-Team" Students
  • The Great Orator
  • Goes With the Wind
  • Pulling Teeth
  • A Balancing Act
  • Getting The Job Done
  • The (Com)passionate Communicator
  • Two Voices
  • Discourse Analysis and Conclusion
  • Seeing Beyond The Talk: Discourse Analysis of "Future" Talk
  • Conclusions: Implications for Research and Practice
  • Appendix 1: Selective Quantitative Findings for Early Questionnaire
  • Appendix 2: General Coding Categories
  • Appendix 3: Rules for Coding "Future" Talk
  • Appendix 4: Coder Instructions: Coding "Future" Talk
  • Appendix 5: Interviewer Discourse Codes: examples
  • Appendix 6: Discussion about Reliability and Validity in this Study
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 2001037659
LCC Class: HQ796
Dewey Class: 646
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