Preparing adolescents for the twenty-first century Preparing adolescents for the twenty-first century Challenges facing Europe and the United States Edited by Ruby Takanishi Foundation for Child Development David A. Hamburg Carnegie Corporation of New York CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS PUBLISHED BY THE PRESS SYNDICATE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE The Pitt Building, Trumpington Street, Cambridge CB2 1RP, United Kingdom CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS The Edinburgh Building, Cambridge CB2 2RU, United Kingdom 40 West 20th Street, New York, NY 10011-4211, USA 10 Stamford Road, Oakleigh, Melbourne 3166, Australia © Cambridge University Press 1997 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1997 Printed in the United States of America Typeset in Palatino Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Preparing adolescents for the twenty-first century : challenges facing Europe and the United States / edited by Ruby Takanishi, David A. Hamburg. p. cm. ISBN 0-521-57065-4 (hardcover) 1. Adolescence - Congresses. 2. Teenagers - Education - Congresses. 3. Teenagers - Health and hygiene - Congresses. 4. Health promotion - Congresses. 5. life skills - Congresses. 6. School-to-work transition - Congresses. 7. Cross-cultural studies - Congresses. I. Takanishi, Ruby. II. Hamburg, David A., 1925- . LB1135.P74 1997 305.23'5 - dc20 96-26087 CIP A catalog record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN 0 521 57065 4 hardback For Laszlo Nagy Who cares deeply about the future of the world's youth Contents Contributors page ix Foreword xi KLAUS J. JACOBS Preface xiii 1 Meeting the essential requirements for healthy 1 adolescent development in a transforming world DAVID A. HAMBURG 2 Adapting educational systems to young adolescents 13 and new conditions ANTHONY W. JACKSON 3 The impact of school reform for the middle grades: A 38 longitudinal study of a network engaged in Turning Poinrs-based comprehensive school transformation ROBERT FELNER, ANTHONY W. JACKSON, DEBORAH KASAK, PETER MULHALL, STEPHEN BRAND, AND NANCY FLOWERS 4 Schooling for the middle years: Developments 70 in Europe DONALD HIRSCH 5 The role of the school in comprehensive 82 health promotion KLAUS HURRELMANN AND ANDREAS KLOCKE 6 Education for healthy futures: Health promotion and 108 life skills training BEATRIX A. HAMBURG vii viii Contents 7 HUMBIO: Stanford University's human biology 136 curriculum for the middle grades H. CRAIG HELLER AND MARY L. KIELY 8 Education for living in pluriethnic societies 151 EUGEEN ROOSENS 9 The economics of education and training in the face of 177 changing production and employment structures HENRI NADEL Translated by MIRIAM ROSEN 10 School-to-work processes in the United States 195 RAY MARSHALL 11 Finding common ground: Implications for policies in 227 Europe and the United States RUBY TAKANISHI Name index 239 Subject index 244 Contributors Stephen Brand, Center for Prevention Research and Development, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, U.S.A. Robert Felner, Center for Prevention Research and Development, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, U.S.A. Nancy Flowers, Center for Prevention Research and Development, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, U.S.A. Beatrix A. Hamburg, The William T. Grant Foundation, New York, NY, U.S.A. David A. Hamburg, Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY, U.S.A. H. Craig Heller, Program in Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, U.S.A. Donald Hirsch, International Consultant, London, United Kingdom Klaus Hurrelmann, Research Center for Prevention and Intervention in Childhood and Adolescence, University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany Anthony W. Jackson, Carnegie Corporation of New York, New York, NY, U.S.A. Deborah Kasak, Center for Prevention Research and Development, Institute of Government and Public Affairs, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, U.S.A. ix