Customer Reviews

Adolescents at School (Second Edition): Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education

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I bought this book for a class in a Master's of Education program. I will be doing a student teaching internship in the fall, but I have not had a lot of experience with students from diverse backgrounds. This book gave very good stories, anecdotes, and information about the many ways students can be diverse and how that affects them. In some places there were good tips for handling and understanding diversity, especially if it is negatively affecting a student. It opened my eyes to a lot of issues. The only reason I didn't give it 5 stars was because it was a little sparse on the Asian American chapter and the "Keeping Faith" chapter. I did especially enjoy the chapter on sexual identity and LGBT issues.

Keep in mind that Sadowski is mainly the editor, and only writes the forward, one of the chapters, and the afterward. However, he has chosen great essays by other authors that keep the book very cohesive (including the focus on identity). Most of the chapters have short profiles (including interviews with students) and/or commentaries. It is one of those "textbooks" (if you can even call this book a textbook) that I will be keeping to reread or at least reference. I am a future high school teacher, and the book was more geared towards secondary school students. However, primary school educators would find this book very enlightening as well. I highly recommend this book to other teachers or would-be teachers.

This is a bit more liberal towards GLBT students. I liked some of the points the author makes about treating students fairly and with an open mind. I didn't like the race card being thrown about as it degrades and cheapens the efforts of some students to "fit in".

Overall, it's not a bad book. I just didn't like certain aspects of it. Is it a good read? Yes. Is it one I can recommend without reservations? No.

I needed this book for a class. When I got it, it was brand new and wrapped, in perfect condition. I'd recommend this seller.