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The Age Group

by Joan Scheff Lipsitz - 1980

What are the claims that early adolescence makes upon society? This yearbook attempts to answer that question from a variety ot perspectives. This chapter provides an overview of the renewed dialogue about pre- and early adolescence in America.

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This article originally appeared in NSSE Yearbook Vol. 79, No. 1.

Cite This Article as: Teachers College Record Volume 81 Number 5, 1980, p. 7-31
https://www.tcrecord.org ID Number: 19192, Date Accessed: 1/26/2020 10:37:56 PM

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Joan Lipsitz University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill E-mail Author JOAN SCHEFF LIPSITZ is the Director of the Center for Early Adolescence and works at the School of Education at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.

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