Developmental Dynamics and Transitions in High School

This book is an excellent and original application of ecological psychology to developmental theory, dynamically describing from first-person perspective what institutional and interpersonal affordances surrounding high school students encourage and discourage them to do, and how they grow as they respond to them. * Tetsuya Kono, Professor, Rikkyo University, Department of Education, Japan * In this beautifully written and compelling analysis of six 15 and 16 year olds negotiating what matters for them over the first year of high school, Pedersen provides a novel dialectical-ecological perspective on the processes of becoming in adolescence. Her combining Vygotskian developmentalism with ecological psychology is a major contribution. * Anne Edwards, Professor Emerita, University of Oxford, UK * Sofie Pedersen daringly unsettles psychological research on youth development and transition, giving a fascinating account of the developmental dynamics of youth, based on her superb ethnographic fieldwork in Denmark. Her unwavering quest for theoretical rigour is impressive and deserves accolade. The book is vitally important in advancing sociocultural theory-led research on development and transitions. It will give researchers and practitioners involving youth valuable conceptual tools to understand the complexity of the person-environmental reciprocity and help young people fulfil their potential. * Kyoko Murakami, Visiting Lecturer in the Department of Education, University of Bath, UK *