| Teenagers in Estonia: Values and Behaviour Contributor(s): Mikk, Jaan (Editor), Veisson, Marika (Editor), Luik, Piret (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3631596952 ISBN-13: 9783631596951 Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W OUR PRICE: $78.80 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Education | Special Education - Behavioral, Emotional & Social Disabilities - Psychology | Social Psychology |
| LCCN: 2014501060 |
| Series: Estonian Studies in Education |
| Physical Information: 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Students valued academic success, politeness, and honesty but not so much health and tolerance. Teenagers gave high ranks to knowledge, friends, and honesty and lower ranks to a high position in society and wealth. The students' self-evaluations were in good correlation with PISA 2006 results. Positive experiences of upbringing were related to a lower risk of using intoxicants in Estonia, Finland and Russia. Teenagers' behaviour was assessed as relatively wilder but also more honest than adults' behaviour. A review of bullying revealed the relationship between educational practice and science. The analysis of early sexual initiation showed some factors of, for example, greater tolerance of commercial sex in society. A study of Estonian teenagers' time usage indicated differences by gender, grade and region. Students reported positive academic emotions, such as enjoyment, hope, pride, etc. more often in lower grades. |
