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Shuster, Melvin; Mongetta, Jillian – Journal of Research on Christian Education, 2009
In the past 50 years researchers have identified a number of demographic shifts occurring within industrialized societies that have resulted in changes in the nature of the developmental processes occurring in young adults. Arnett (2000) labels this new, socially constructed time period, between the ages of 18 and 25 years, as emerging adulthood.…
Descriptors: Individual Development, Social Change, Young Adults, Status
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Brady, Patrick – Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 2004
The adolescent peer group constitutes a vital component of the institutional culture of the contemporary secondary school. Formed among students and reinforced by administrators and teachers, it takes the form of a structured status hierarchy whose membership and boundaries are clearly understood within the school community. Individual students'…
Descriptors: Secondary School Students, Adolescents, Peer Groups, Student Subcultures