This document discusses the emotional development of adolescence. It defines emotional development as learning about feelings, understanding their causes, recognizing one's own and others' feelings, and managing them effectively. During adolescence, emotions are often intense, uncontrolled, and irrational. The document outlines several psychological characteristics and developmental needs of adolescence, including heightened emotionality, self-consciousness, interest in ideals, and need for freedom and independence. It also discusses common developmental problems adolescents face and provides suggestions for how teachers can help tackle these problems, including providing a suitable learning environment, proper sex education, emotional training, and vocational guidance.

1. PEC 11: DEVELOPING THE LEARNER AND
LEARNING PROCESS
TOPIC: EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF
ADOLESCENCE
JOHN PAUL
MATHEMATICS
MESTON COLLEGE OF
EDUCATION
CHENNAI

3. WHAT IS EMOTIONAL
DEVELOPMENT ?
 Emotional development involves learning
what feelings and emotions are understanding
how and why they occur recognizing your own
feelings and those of others and developing
effective ways for managing those feelings.
 Emotional development is a complex
affective experience e.g expression,
understanding and regulation of emotions from
birth to adolescence and adulthood.

4. PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF
ADOLESCENCE
 Recapitulation
 Intensely Emotional
 Self Consciousness is too High
 Exuberant Imagination and Day-Dreaming
 Sex Consciousness
 Tendency to Revolt Against Authority
 Expressing Own Opinions
 Self – Sufficiency
 Interest in Ideals

5. EMOTIONAL DEVELOPMENTAL
CHARACTERISTIC OF
ADOLESCENCE
 Emotions are often intense, uncontrolled and
irrational.
 Adolescents can express their emotional
feelings in relation to abstract things.
 They develop competencies to bear the
tensions in different social situations.
 They develop an increased capacity for sharing

6. WHAT AND WHY OF
ADOLESCENCE
Transitional Period
Period of Change
Period of Stress and Strain
Heightened Emotionality
Peer – Group Influence

7. NEEDS OF ADOLESCENCE

8. NEEDS OF ADOLESCENCE
A. Primary Needs or Psychological Needs
B. Secondary Needs or Socio – psychological
Needs
 Need for Security
 Need for Love
 Need for Recognition and Approval
 Need for Achievement
 Need for Freedom and Independence
 Need for Self – expression

9. PROBLEMS OF ADOLESCENCE

10. DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS

11. DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS
1. Perplexity with regard to somatic variation
2. Problems related with intensification of sex –
consciousness
3. Childhood-Adulthood Conflict
4. Adjustment Difficulty with Parents
5. Adjustment Difficulty with Community
6. Adjustment Difficulty with School Discipline
7. Financial Problems

12. DEVELOPMENTAL PROBLEMS....
8. Problem of Freedom and Liberty
9. Conflict between Parental Aspirations and
Aspirations of the Children
10. Classroom Conflict
11. Health Adjustment
12.Heterosexual Adjustment Problems
13. Occupational Problems

13. HOW TO TACKLE THE PROBLEMS OF
ADOLESCENTS?
 Teacher Should be Broad – minded
 Appreciating Individual Differences
 Providing Suitable Environment in School for All-
round Development
 Make Provision for Physical Activities in School
 Proper Sex Education
 Emotions should be Properly Trained
 Varying Learning Experiences
 Provide Religious and Moral Education
 Provide Vocational Education
 Give All Personal – educational – vocational
Guidance

14. EDUCATIONAL PLANNING FOR
ADOLESCENCE
 Utilising Physical Energy for Positive Aspects
 Focusing on Extra Curricular Activities
 Guided Discovery
 Hero – worship and Idealisation
 Adolescence Imagination to Positive Aspects
 Room for Self – study and Self – expression

15. CONCLUSION
 Emotional development is one of the educationally
significant and important aspects of human growth
and development.
 Emotions play a vital role in the process of learning.
 It is imperative for teachers to know the nature of
emotions, how they develop and how they find
expression.

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