Image from Coce

Big questions, worthy dreams : mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith / Sharon Daloz Parks.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: San Francisco, Calif. : Jossey-Bass, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 261 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0787941719
  • 9780787941710
Other title:
  • Mentoring young adults in their search for meaning, purpose, and faith
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 270.0842 22
LOC classification:
  • BL42 .P37 2000
Online resources:
Contents:
Young adulthood in a changing world : promise and vulnerability -- Meaning and faith -- Becoming at home in the universe -- It matters how we think -- It all depends -- On belonging -- Imagination : the power of adult faith -- Gifts of a mentoring environment -- Mentoring communities. Higher education -- Professional education and the professions -- Workplace -- Travel --Natural environment -- Families -- Religious faith communities -- Culture as mentor.
Summary: "The "twenty-something" years of young adulthood are increasingly recognized as critical but puzzling. Building on the foundation she established in her classic work, The Critical Years, Sharon Parks urges thoughtful adults to assume responsibility for providing strategic mentorship during this important decade in life. She reveals also, however, the ways young adults are influenced not only by individual mentors but also by mentoring environments.; ; To read Young Adulthood in a Changing World, an excerpt from this book,; ; click here."--Publisher description.
Tags from this library: No tags from this library for this title. Log in to add tags.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 270.0842 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A405396B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 270.0842 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A475039B
Book North Campus North Campus Main Collection 270.0842 PAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available A531313B

Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-242) and index.

Young adulthood in a changing world : promise and vulnerability -- Meaning and faith -- Becoming at home in the universe -- It matters how we think -- It all depends -- On belonging -- Imagination : the power of adult faith -- Gifts of a mentoring environment -- Mentoring communities. Higher education -- Professional education and the professions -- Workplace -- Travel --Natural environment -- Families -- Religious faith communities -- Culture as mentor.

"The "twenty-something" years of young adulthood are increasingly recognized as critical but puzzling. Building on the foundation she established in her classic work, The Critical Years, Sharon Parks urges thoughtful adults to assume responsibility for providing strategic mentorship during this important decade in life. She reveals also, however, the ways young adults are influenced not only by individual mentors but also by mentoring environments.; ; To read Young Adulthood in a Changing World, an excerpt from this book,; ; click here."--Publisher description.

Machine converted from AACR2 source record.

There are no comments on this title.

to post a comment.

Powered by Koha