This interdisciplinary book offers a significant contribution to understanding and supporting healthy identity development in children and adolescents, a critical task for ensuring their well-being and, in turn, to the future well-being of the planet. Its range of coverage is remarkable, with contributions by scholars from many countries using varied research methods to investigate diverse identity facets and issues. * Aostre Johnson, Emeritus Professor of Education, Saint Michael's College, Vermont, USA * This is an invaluable resource for all those who wish to have a glimpse of how children and young people on all five continents are making use, or struggling, with spirituality, religion, language, gender, education, class and ability in their journey to construct their identify. * Adrian-Mario Gellel, Professor of Early Childhood and Primary Education, University of Malta, Malta * This is an excellent collection of essays written by a team of international scholars who specialise in culture and identity across age groups. The topics covered are wide-ranging and contemporary. Grounded in cutting-edge research and solid scholarship, this volume is a must-read for policymakers, academics and educators. * Charlene Tan, Associate Professor at the National Institute of Education, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore * With broad-ranging perspectives, ranging from the socio-cultural to the spiritual, this work shares significant ideas illuminating how we can face the challenge of establishing our identities in an unpredictable world. * Yoshiharu Nakagawa, Professor of Education, Doshisha University, Japan * This handbook captures both the subaltern discourses and innovative intersections of gender, race/ethnicity, class, disability, religion, language, and technology to construct modern-day identities in children and adolescents. Its multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary global case studies make it the ideal resource to unlock the multi-layered complexities of an emerging research niche that influences worldviews. * Denzil Chetty, Lecturer in Religious Studies, University of South Africa, South Africa *
