The author shares the story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression, presenting a cultural analysis of how mental illness is perceived and perpetuated within African American communities.

The author of the award-winning We Are the Land's: The Biography of a Homeplace shares the story of his twenty-five-year struggle with depression, presenting a cultural analysis of how mental illness is perceived and perpetuated within African-American communities. Originally published as Standing in the Shadows. Reprint.

Do you know what makes boys tick? In recent years suicide has drastically escalated among young males and academic underachievement is common, so it is of vital importance that our understanding of the young male psyche is well informed and not merely 'received wisdom'. John Head gets to the heart - and mind - of the matter, by tackling difficult, pertinent questions. Has male behaviour in school worsened, or has media hype inflated the proportions of a 'good story'? What is at the root of male violence? Are biological or social explanations telling the whole story? Head shows that it is only by engaging boys in new arenas of thought and feeling that we can hope to understand and help overcome the difficulties faced by boys today.Essential reading for teachers, headteachers, researchers in education, gender, youth, community and social workers.

Teachers in secondary schools are working, and to some extent living, with adolescent pupils for the majority of time in their weekday waking lives. To what extent do teachers provide both positive and negative role models for pupils to follow? What factors restrict the ability of teachers to teach effectively? Conversely, what factors work to their advantage? This book examines the way in which the personality and identity of a pupil is shaped by his or her experience of school. It also provides a clear overview of the debates and research in the areas of: teaching children about controversial subjects such as sex and drugs; the construction of identities and educational biographies

Product Description: This book examines research into the development of cognition and personality in adolescence. It addresses the implications of developmental research for the science curriculum and the effects of science teaching on pupils' development.

Product Description: This book examines research into the development of cognition and personality in adolescence. It addresses the implications of developmental research for the science curriculum and the effects of science teaching on pupils' development.

Product Description: Deals with the individual responses of pupils to science education and the public's general attitude towards science.

Product Description:     From the spring of 1774 through the summer of 1776, colonial American struggled with the question of whether they should strive to maintain their liberties within the British Empire or declare the colonies as an independent republic...read more