2-18-09

The Adolescent Experience Adelphi University Spring 2009 Professor George Maurer gmaurer22@gmail.com

Essential Questions:

What are the various aspects associated with adolescent development? How are adolescents different from other stages of personal development? How is Middle Level Education adapting to the needs of the adolescent child and why must they do so?

//See handout for copy of Power Point presentation. (//Respond to Implications for Practice slides)

Moving forward...
Now that we have discussed the general attributes of the adolescent child, let's compare it to what we've learned from Garvin's view of "Frogs".

__Learning How to Kiss a Frog__ - Discussion of Chapters 1-3 using [|Chalk Talk Protocol] and the guiding questions below.

Chapter 1: What are the changes children go through as discussed in Chapter 1? (Think about the specific changes in the students as well as their dealings with parents.) Chapter 2: Garvin uses an analogy in chapter 2 to describe the transition from elementary school to middle school. Describe the “dock” and the “boat” and the different ways students reacted to the change. Chapter 3: According to Garvin, how do frogs behave?

For next week...

Review chapters 4-6 through the lens of your role in a [|literature circle] group.