Foreword

Author(s): David P. Ausubel

Source: Review of Educational Research, Vol. 36, No. 4, Educational Programs: Adolescence
(Oct., 1966), p. 402
Published by: American Educational Research Association
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 FOREWORD

In the six-year interval since the appearance of the last issue on adoles-
cence, relatively little new materialhas been published on the psychological,
sociological, or educational aspects of adolescence. Adolescent psychology,
by all appearances, has not benefited appreciably from the renaissance
characterizing child development.The contrast in rate of growth between
these two related fields is particularly striking in the area of cognitive
development. The topics in adolescent psychology that have perhaps
received most attention since 1960 are the youth subculture, adolescence
in other cultures, cultural deprivation, and the dropout. The saliency of
these topics is clearly evident in the contents of this current issue. Espe.
cially noteworthy is the theoretical controversy that has arisen as to
whether there is really a distinctive adolescent subculture in Western
civilization.
David P. Ausubel, Chairman
Committeeon EducationalPrograms: Adolescence

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