2. how adolescents learn angelica dimarcut
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Chapter 4: Developmental Dimensions Of Learning
Topic: How Adolescents Learn
What is Adolescence?
Dynamic change representing the change from childhood to adulthood, beginning with puberty
Period of preparation for adulthood Furious growth and development Progression from appearance of secondary
sexual characteristics (puberty) to sexual and reproductive maturity
Development of adult mental process and identity
Transition from total social-economic dependence to relative independence
AdolescenceAges 15 – 19 years old
Ethics / Morality
Increases exposure to values and beliefs of others
Starts to question own beliefs, which may lead to conflicts with parents or family
Begins to develop own set of values
Emotional
Develops more advanced problem-solving skills
Concerned with self-image compared to peers
Identity
Has sense of self that is largely shaped by peers, although becoming less so
May be struggling with gender identification
Family
May become more removed from family and may seek more privacy
Moves away from parents toward peers
Social
Peers influence leisure activities, appearance, substance use, and initial sexual behaviors.
Family influences education, career, religious values, and beliefs
Multiple Intelligences
The Theory of Howard Gardner
Linguistic Children with this kind of intelligence enjoy writing,
reading, telling stories or doing crossword puzzles,speaking and listening.
Activities: reading books, writing and telling stories.
Logical-Mathematical
Children with lots of logical intelligence are interested in patterns, categories and relationships. They are drawn to arithmetic problems, strategy games and experiments.
Activities: work with abstract symbol, patterns, questioning, categorize, classify observations, experimenting, formulate hypotheses and construct relationships
Bodily-Kinesthetic This is the ability to use physical gestures to express
emotions. They are often athletic, dancers or good at crafts such as sewing or woodworking. In other words – learn by doing.
Activities: dance, drama, body language, role play, games, create products or invent things.
Spatial These children think in images and pictures. They
may be fascinated with mazes or jigsaw puzzles, or spend free time drawing, reading charts and maps, building with Legos or daydreaming.
Activities: maps, charts and puzzles, design, draw and create things.
Musical Musical children are always singing or drumming to
themselves. They are usually quite aware of sounds others may miss and are good auditory learners.
Activities: Singing, music, playing an instrument.
Interpersonal Children who are leaders among their peers, who are
good at communicating and who seem to understand others' feelings and motives possess interpersonal intelligence.
Activities: Group work, interview, managing people
Intrapersonal Through this intelligence we explore our thoughts, our emotions, what we think, feel and why we do the things we do.
Activities: Individual work.
Natural Involves understanding the natural world of plants and animals, noticing their characteristics, and categorizing them; it generally involves keen observation and the ability to classify other things as well.
Activities: exploring nature, making collections of objects, studying them, and grouping them
“Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make your paths straight.”
Proverbs 3:5-6
Prepared by: Angelica E. Dimarucut
(TLE- Sched 4)