Educational Psychology

1. PRE ADOLESCENCE
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

2. PRE ADOLESCENCE
 Age of 9 or 10 until the period of puberty
 Junior High School age
 Individualistic period
 Entrance into the last stage of Immaturity
 The physical changes which mark the
beginning of puberty
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

3.  Preadolescence is a real formative period
 Why?
 > Individualism
> a growing independence
> Self assertion
> Team work and Cooperation are learned
> “Competitive Socialization”
> Mental and Social Development
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

4. Physical Development
 Height development is slow but continuous
 Average Annual increase in height is 2
inches
 Average Annual gain in weight is about 2
pounds
 Improved Muscular Coordination
 Engage in activities involving the use of fine
muscles leading to the acquisition of skills
 Improvement in Handwriting
 Learning to play musical instrument
 Learning to swim
 The likes
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

5. Physical
Development
 Increase in strength
 Capacity for endurance
 Energy and vigor
 Healthy period
 why?
 Freer from disease than ever before, has a high degree
of physical energy and greater resistance of fatigue
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

6. Mental
Development
 The child will acquire perceptional experiences
 He needs an enriched experiential background
 Keenly observant of details
 This is the time to make full use of audio-visual
aids in the classroom
 Constructive aspect of imagination is well
developed
 Span of attention improved and continues to
increase
 Developed a clear understanding of time
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

7. Mental
Development
 Strong language interests
 Abilities in the areas of generalization,
reasoning and volitional capacity develop
rapidly
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

8. Emotional
Development
 It presents a fluctuating pattern
 Attained better insight into social situations
 Loyalty to the group
 Manifests respect, reverence and even
gratitude
 Concerned with “fairness” on the part of adults
 Increase in noncompliant behavior, defiance,
and disrespect for both elders and authority
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

9. Emotional
Development
 Carelessness about appearance
 Slovenly personal habits
 Bad manners
 Tendency to “explode”- to have outburst of
anger
 Verbal aggressiveness
 Bullying
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

10. Social
Development
 Definite social consciousness as well as an
increase in and expansion of group activities
 “gang spirit” is frequently employed to indicate
this natural and necessary stage in
development
 Preadolescents seek membership in groups
composed of members of their own sex
 Little association between the sexes
 Particularly boys, tend on their own initiative
to associate themselves together
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

11. Social Development
 Factors which bring a particular group of boys
1. Propinquity
2. age
3. the same mental and physical development
4. the same degree of social maturity
5. similarity to interests
6. moral standards
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

12. Social Development
 It is also present among preadolescent girls but
with a lesser degree
 The boy’s groups tend to be better organized and
to have greater stability in membership than to the
girls’ groups
 Preadolescent learns the necessity for cooperation
 Attains a sense of personal worth
 Loyalty
 Responsibility
 Consideration
 Friendship
 Unselfishness
 Self – reliance
 Mentally superior child is frequently rejected
 Shy is likely to be neglected
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

13. Interests During
Preadolescence
 Progress toward maturity
 Boys express preferences for activities which
are typically masculine
 Girls are those which are typically feminine in
nature
 A number of new behavior patterns appear
 Both girls and boys become interested in their
own play groups and activities
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla

14. Educational Provisions During
Preadolescence
 He / She should be able to utilize well the
basic:
 Reading
 Arithmetic
 Write legibly
 Understanding vocabulary
 Expressing his/her thought clearly
 Analyzing what he reads
 To follow a line of reasoning
 Must learn to read for appreciation
 Arithmetic understanding and the use of computational
skills must be acquired must be developed
 Mathematical concepts such as decimal, fraction, product
must be developed
By: Sem. Patrick Joyce Redulla