The Young Adolescent and the Middle School - 9781593116637

The Young Adolescent and the Middle SchoolAuthor(s): Steven B. Mertens, Vincent A. Anfara, Micki M. Caskey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Emerald Publishing Inc, United States\nImprint: Information Age Publishing\nISBN-13: 9781593116637, 978-1593116637\nSynopsis\n(Sponsored by the Middle Level Education Research SIG and the National Middle School Association)\n\nThe Young Adolescent and the Middle School focuses on issues related to the nature of young adolescence and the intersection of young adolescence with middle level schooling.\n\nThis volume of the Handbook of Research in Middle Level Education marks the sixth installment in the series. The Handbook series, begun in 2001 by Vince Anfara, the series editor, has addressed varying thematic issues important to middle level education research. This volume, The Young Adolescent and the Middle School, focuses on the unique developmental needs of young adolescents and the role of the middle school in attending to these needs. The contr.