Connecting learning and identity development through a transformative activist stance: Application in adolescent development in a child welfare program

Human Development

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 313-338

  Vianna, Eduardo ^a   Stetsenko, Anna ^b  

^a University of New York   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical theoretical knowledge; Identity; Learning; Transformative activist stance; Vygotsky

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PERSONALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; TRANSFORMATIVE ACTIVIST STANCE;

EID: 80155210189     PISSN: 0018716X     EISSN: 14230054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000331484     Document Type: Article

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