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ERIC Number: EJ599022
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 2000
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0013-1784
Generation What? Connecting with Today's Youth.
Tell, Carol
Educational Leadership, v57 n4 p8-13 Dec 1999-Jan 2000
The distinguishing feature of today's youth is not technology, but aloneness. To reconnect with young people, educators should close the gap between school offerings and solitary net-surfing activities by offering computer gaming courses and guidance on approaching violent Internet imagery. Adult and youth cultures are interdependent. (Contains 11 references.) (MLH)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Alienation, Community, Computers, Mass Media, School Responsibility, Secondary Education, Student Interests, Teacher Student Relationship, Youth Problems
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Youth Culture