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The Prevention Researcher

Behavioral research for professionals working with adolescents and at-risk youth.

A journal from Integrated Research Services, Inc.

Coming of Age Ethnically: Teaching Young Adolescents of Color

By Geneva Gay, Ph.D.
The Prevention Researcher,
Volume 5, Number 1, 1998, Pages 7-9


Abstract:
Geneva Gay, Ph.D., Professor of Education at the University of Washington, suggests some developmental characteristics of young adolescents of color that are often over looked. In her article, she also proposes some ways that middle level education should be modified to be more responsive to the ethnic and cultural diversity of early adolescents.

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