Adjustment and Academic Achievement in Adolescents

About the Book

A historical perspective of adjustment problems of adolescents helps to place today’s adolescents in proper focus as records concerning the status of adolescents and education across the countries have been pieced together. Since prehistoric days the status of an adolescent in society has been varied with the cultural concept of how a young person should be prepared to assume adult responsibilities though he has been formally studied for a brief span only since the beginning of the present century.

About the Author

Vishranti J Eton (B.Sc, B.ed, MA (ed.), MA (psy.), PGDPC (psy’l counselling), Ph.D (ed’l psy.) serves as an assistant professor in the department of Education. She has a teaching experience of 15 years in the fields of Science, Education, Psychology and Counselling. She has written several articles in various educational, psychological and church-related journals and magazines. She has been a participant and a speaker for various educational oriented seminars and workshops. Dr. V. Eton has a great passion for teaching and learning. She loves to spend quality time with the younger generation moulding their young tender minds by her counselling. She loves to associate with people and above all with her almighty God. It is the author’s desire that this book will enable the educators, parents and the others to gain much understanding and growing potentialities of maturing adolescents. She will feel greatly rewarded if this book proves helpful to all the readers.