Disadvantaged Post-Adolescents

Résumé
Originally published in 1983, this book elucidates the urgent problems of disadvantaged and delinquency-prone post-adolescents at the time by providing a comprehensive theoretical framework and a pragmatic outlook based on recent rehabilitation experiments.

Contenu

Preface. Introduction Definition of the Problem. Part I: Psychodynamics of Post-Adolescence 1. Post-Adolescence as a Developmental Stage 2. Psychodynamics of Normal Post-Adolescence 3. Psychodynamics of the Disadvantaged Post-Adolescent Part II: Models of Normal and Abnormal Mental Development at Adolescence and Problems of the Curriculum 4. Rey's Model of Practical Intelligence 5. Frankenstein's Psychodynamic Theory of Intelligence 6. Psychobiological Aspects of Mental Development at Adolescence 7. The Role of Context in Mental Development 8. The Traditional Curriculum as a Source of School Failure of Disadvantaged Adolescents Part III: Current Projects of Rehabilitation of Disadvantaged Post-Adolescents in Israel 9. Feuerstein's Program of Instrumental Enrichment 10. Frankenstein's Model of Rehabilitative Teaching 11. Smilansky's Boarding School Fostering Program 12. The Curriculum of Contextual Learning Units 13. The Structure and Content of the Curriculum of Contextual Learning Units 14. Evaluation of the Program of Contextual Learning Units. Concluding Remarks. References. Author Index. Subject Index.