For my portion of the group presentation, I have been researching the affects adolescence has on emotions. Thus far, I have broken my research in to four categories: individual emotions, dating, relationship with parents and the affect of peers. What I have found in regards to emotions is that they are fluctuation due to hormones. The hormones can cause students to have emotional outbursts. They are susceptible to be jealous, sad, angry, happy in a relatively short time. Self-Esteem is the lowest when students enter high middle school but increases throughout the Middle School experience. In addition, relationships with peers become very important. Adolescents have a need to be accepted by their peers. Having friends becomes as important as having friends. Dating also becomes very important. Adolescents begin to socially construct what dating and a relationship is. Relationships with parents become distant, as adolescents strive to achieve more independence.
This is some of the main points that I will touch on during my presentation, not all. However, the reason why these issues are important because they affect Middle School Teachers. Teachers must understand these changes in order to be sensitive and cater to the learning styles of students. There are specific strategies and methods which can be used to teacher Middle School Students, which other members in my group will touch on.
Charlie
16 years ago
1 comment:
You know, I'm not sure if this is just an adolescent thing: wanting friends and feeling loved either by a significant other or your parents. I think so many people are quick to judge teens and almsot suggest that they concentrate to highly on those things but if you think about it: these topics are pretty much number one with many adults I know - yes learning is very important especially in a school setting, but so is being part of something and not being isolated. I'm very interested in your presentation: good luck! :)
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