2-9-09

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

Isolation vs. Collaboration
 * Teaching as we know it? http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/006927.html

Article Review: [|Text-based discussion] and [|guidelines to follow]

According to Boss, "nearly one third of the nation's new teachers bail out of the profession within three years of teaching, citing isolation as one of the top reasons for their early exit."

Similarly, [|Roland Barth] suggests that "too many teachers are still stuck in a grown-up version of parallel play...the self-contained classroom, with the door shut and a piece of artwork covering that little pain of glass."

Do you agree with this view of the teaching profession? Are there contributing factors that create this environment? As leaders, how do we begin to change a culture of isolation to one that is more collaborative among educators? What are the benefits of teacher collaboration?

Moving forward....
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 PowerPoint Presentation//

For next week....

Read __Learning How to Kiss a Frog__ by Garvin.