Adolescent Issues for Middle Adolescent Issues for Middle School TeachersSchool TeachersMarquette BanksEDD 563December 19, 2016

Table of ContentTable of ContentKey stages of physical developmentCognitive, moral, social, and emotional

development in adolescentsMoral reasoning and self-controlHow adolescent societies, cultures,

subcultures, and peers influence moral and social development

ObjectiveObjectiveTo provide middle school

teachers with a presentation explaining what adolescent development issues they should expect during the middle school years.

Key Stages of Physical Key Stages of Physical DevelopmentDevelopment The sensorimotor stage  The preoperational stage lasts

from about ages 2 to 7. The concrete operational

stage lasts from about ages 7 to about 11 or 12.

 The formal operational stage lasts from age 12 to adulthood (Dolgin, 2011).

Sensorimotor StageSensorimotor StageMoral ThinkingHabitsReflexesFive Senses Egocentrism

Pre-operationalPre-operational

AccommodationMetacognitionConversation Emotions

Concrete OperationalConcrete OperationalUnderstanding OperationsInductive LogicDeductive logicRehearsal Strategies

Formal Operational Formal Operational LogicProblem Solving Formal LogicComplex Situations

Cognitive, moral, social, and Cognitive, moral, social, and emotional development in emotional development in adolescentsadolescentsHands on projectsCollaboration activities with

peersDealing with multiple variablesSelf –EsteemDelinquencyPopularity

Moral reasoning and self-controlMoral reasoning and self-control

Kohlberg’s Stages of Development◦Pre-Conventional◦Conventional◦Post-Conventional

How adolescent societies, cultures, How adolescent societies, cultures, subcultures, and peers influence moral subcultures, and peers influence moral and social developmentand social developmentMotives for choiceVocational choicePeersBarriers

ConclusionConclusion

The stakeholder provided adequate information to help middle school teachers with explaining adolescent development and the issues they should expect during the middle school years.

References References

Bee, Helen (2002). Child and Adolescent Development (9e).

Retrieved from https://phoenix.vitalsource.com/#/books/0536675821.

Dolgin, K. G. (2011). The adolescent development, relationships,

and culture (13th ed.). Retrieved from

https://phoenix.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781323240021.