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2018
Volume 114, Issue 5
  • ISSN: 0013-8274
  • E-ISSN: 2161-8895

Abstract

Two teacher educators offer several activities for youth to examine representations of adolescence by writing poetry, studying social media, and analyzing young adult literature through a youth lens.

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