2. Early adolescence is a unique and significant period in human development….the end of an individual’s childhood years…the beginning of youth or young adulthood….in a state of metamorphosis. No longer children, but yet not adults, they are in a world of their own somewhere in between.
3. Three Phases of Adolescence Early 10 – 14 Middle 14 – 18 Late 18 + What are the characteristics of MG?
4. Eight Tasks to Successful Development * Mature socially with both sexes * Male or feminine social role * Health of the body * Independence from parents * Preparing for marriage/family life * Values and ethical framework * Socially responsible behavior **Robert J. Havinghurst 1972
5. “Puberty and entrance into middle school typically define the beginning of adolescence.” Roth & Brooks-Gunn 1999 What are the differences between boys and girls?
6. Adolescent Development Average age of puberty dropped from 16 to 12 AIDS is the 6th leading cause of MG death Each day 3,000 MG smoke their first cigarette More than half of MG are overweight (see p. 1 & 8 of textbook)
16. Stages of MG Moral Development #1 – What they can get away with
17. Stage # 2 Where what is right and wrong depends on who is involved and their relationship
18. Stage # 3 – The desire to please others and win acceptance – group approval is now important
19. Stage # 4 – Need for social order beyond individual benefit and beyond approval of the group (very advanced and rarely achieved by middle schoolers)
20. The Major Task of Adolescence The struggle between identify versus isolation. To develop an identity of value & uniqueness. Self-respect – Relationships – Peers -- Intimacy
21. 7 Cardinal Principals of Effective Schools for Adolescent Success # 1 -- * Emotional support and encouragement – Particularly so that students feel known and cared for
22. # 2 -- Opportunities for students to exercise appropriate autonomous control over certain aspects of their own learning.
23. # 3 – Support for the development of noncompetitive, non-judgmental, and non-comparative ways.
24. # 4 – Meaningful, rigorous, unfragmented, and socially approved curriculum, connected to the lives of the students with expectations for success for all students.
25. # 5 – Organizational and operational strategies that yield a sense of personal identity – a feeling of smallness even in large schools.
26. # 6 – Particular support for the growing number of students who need more than the basic services to be academically successful.
28. Summary – The development of a sense of identity may be the central task of early adolescence.
29. Many millions of young adolescents are at risk of failing to craft such an identity and, consequently, are failing in middle school.
30. Middle schools can make a big difference in the degree of success such students experience.
31. My parents keep asking how school was. It’s like saying, “How was that drive-by shooting? You don’t care….You’re lucky you got out alive.” --XxDailyDreamsX My p
32. Look at all the little girlstrying to be Beautifulbecause if your anything elseyou wont survive -- XxDailyDreamsX
35. All materials and quotes are adapted from “The Exemplary Middle School” (3rd edition) by Paul S. George and William M. Alexander Thomson-Wadsworth Publishers 2003
