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SUMMARY:“Agency in adolescence: young people constructing their own adol
 escence” - Professor John Coleman\, University of Oxford
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CONTACT:Ewa Illakowicz
DESCRIPTION:In this lecture I will be drawing on material in my new book 
 “The nature of adolescence: 4th Edn.” (2010)\, and I will be exploring
  the concept of agency as it applies to adolescent development. In the boo
 k I argue that two\napproaches to adolescence - the biological and the soc
 ial constructionist view – are inadequate to explain a range of behaviou
 rs\, and that a new approach is needed to take into account the fact that 
 young people are clearly constructing their own paths through this develop
 mental stage. I will draw on interview material collected specifically to 
 include in the book\, as well as what I consider to be very important rece
 nt research\nlooking at such things as monitoring and supervision\, and in
 formation management by young people. I will argue that the concept of age
 ncy in adolescence should inform the way adults relate to young people.\nR
 elationships should be bi-directional rather than uni-directional\, and I 
 will propose a partnership model of interaction which is necessary to plan
 \neffective interventions\, to conduct better research and to forge more f
 ruitful relationships with young people.
LOCATION: Faculty of Education\, Donald McItyre Building\, 184 Hills Road\
 , Cambridge\, CB2 8PQ\, GS5
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