This document discusses adolescence from ages 13 to 19. It covers physical, mental, emotional, social, and moral development during this stage. Physically, adolescents experience growth spurts and puberty. Mentally, their intelligence and reasoning skills flourish. Emotionally, they experience instability and are influenced by peer groups. Socially, they desire peer acceptance and are interested in the opposite sex. Moral development involves exploring life's meaning. The document outlines challenges adolescents face and implications for their education, including guidance and dynamic teaching methods.

1. Dr.M.Deivam
Assistant Professor
Department of Education,
The Gandhigram Rural Institute – (Deemed to be University)
Gandhigram, Dindigul district, Tamilnadu – 624 302

2. Adolescence (From 13 to 19)
• Latin word adolescere – grow up
• Rapid development stage
• Kurt lewin – stage of contradictions
• Stanely G.Hall – Stress and Strain

3. Adolescence
Physical
development
Mental
development
Emotional
development
Social
development
Moral
Development

4. Physical development
• Maximum development of internal and external
organs of the body
• Muscles grow – rounded shape
• Pubic hair
• Voice pattern of boys rough, girls soft & meek
• Menstruation period
• Teen age – sudden physical changes in the
body structure.

5. Sexual development
• a) Self love
Boys and girls love themselves and love their
own bodies.
• b) Homo-sexual
Teen agers are fond of sexual pleasure from
their own sex. Homo-sexuality is seen in some
cases
• c) Hetero –sexual
Teen agers of the opposite sex are attracted to
each other for sexual pleasure and enjoyment.

6. Mental Development
• Intelligence flourishes to the core during this
period
• Language development – Sharpe
• Power of observation, logical reasoning and
imagination, association, dissociation,
comparison, contrast, generation, problem
solving activity, decision making ability etc.
• Scientists, poets and philosophers emerge
during this period

7. Emotional development
• Period of joy and happiness
• He may laugh at one time, but at the same
time he sheds tears
• Highest emotional instability is seen in
this period
• Peer group – some times against teachers
and parents

8. Social development
• An adolescence desires to follow the
dictates of the group
• There should be natural ability to
understand the feeling of others
• He is eagerly interested in the opposite
sex
• Desire to adjust to social norms and
practices

9. Moral development
• An adolescent always dreams for
creation of an ideal society
• He talk about god, heaven, the meaning
of life
• Aim to serve society, and particularly to
the disabled and old age groups

10. Problems of Adolescents
• Emotional tension – uncontrollable & irrational
• Personal appearance (They very much worry
about personal appearance)
• Emanciapation (Parental close supervision on him)
• Search for identity
• Economic independence
• Educational problems (TV, Radio, love affairs,
sexual films etc)
• Adjustment problems (Parents, to his school, to his
peer, to his own life and to his family in total)

11. Educational Implication
• Training for physical development
• Proper mental development
• Proper emotional development
• Knowledge about social relation
• Developing – Philosophy of life
• Religious and moral education
• Sex education
• Pre vocational Education
• Use of dynamic methods of teaching
• Guidance
• Due responsibilities for the adolescence (Self
Government)

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