encountering new life forms: meeting adolescent needs
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Encountering New Life Forms: Meeting Adolescent Needs. How to teach young teenagers without losing your mind. Development of the Person:. Primary needs Unlearned Secondary needs Learned Toward self-sufficiency Toward self-actualization. Strommen’s Five Cries of Youth. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Encountering New Life Encountering New Life Forms: Meeting Adolescent Forms: Meeting Adolescent NeedsNeeds
How to teach young How to teach young teenagers without losing your teenagers without losing your mind.mind.
Development of the Development of the Person:Person:
Primary needsPrimary needs• UnlearnedUnlearned
Secondary needsSecondary needs• LearnedLearned
– Toward self-sufficiencyToward self-sufficiency– Toward self-actualizationToward self-actualization
Strommen’s Five Cries of Strommen’s Five Cries of YouthYouth
The cry of the unlovedThe cry of the unloved The cry of the orphanThe cry of the orphan The cry of social protestThe cry of social protest The cry of prejudiceThe cry of prejudice The cry of the joyfulThe cry of the joyful
Worries of AdolescentsWorries of Adolescents
56% school performance 22% my parents might divorce53% looks 21% I may die soon48% others like me 19% sexual abuse47% one parent might die 18% trouble from friends45% how I’m treated by friends38% societal ills 15% parent’s drinking36% violence at school 12% getting beat up at school35% I might lose a friend 11% I might kill myself35% drugs/alcohol30% might not get a good job26% body normality25% US nuked
Self-development tasksSelf-development tasks
1. Achieving mature 1. Achieving mature relations with age-relations with age-mates of both sexes;mates of both sexes;
2. Achieving a 2. Achieving a masculine or masculine or feminine identity;feminine identity;
3. Accepting one’s 3. Accepting one’s body;body;
4. Achieving 4. Achieving emotional independ.emotional independ.
5. Selecting & 5. Selecting & preparing for career;preparing for career;
6. Achieving financial 6. Achieving financial independence;independence;
7. Preparing for 7. Preparing for marriage & family lifemarriage & family life
8. Socially 8. Socially responsible behaviorresponsible behavior
9. Ethics & set of 9. Ethics & set of values.values.
Some Adolescent IssuesSome Adolescent Issues
SleepSleep SexSex Self-imageSelf-image Prolongation of adolescenceProlongation of adolescence IndependenceIndependence PeersPeers EthicsEthics
The Early AdolescentThe Early Adolescent
Rapid growthRapid growth Girls ahead of boysGirls ahead of boys Sensitive about Sensitive about
being differentbeing different Deep, close rel. Deep, close rel.
w/same sexw/same sex Questioning Questioning
authorityauthority AntagonisticAntagonistic Sense of justiceSense of justice
InquisitiveInquisitive Sexual awarenessSexual awareness New rolesNew roles Need security, deep Need security, deep
lovelove Peer standardsPeer standards Conformity to fadsConformity to fads New sense of New sense of
chronologychronology
Secondary needsSecondary needs
GregariousnessGregariousness AggressionAggression AffiliationAffiliation InquisitivenessInquisitiveness PowerPower AchievementAchievement StatusStatus
GregariousnessGregariousness
Social beingsSocial beings Need to belong:Need to belong:
• Homeroom may be homeHomeroom may be home• Need to know teacher loves themNeed to know teacher loves them• Need to be part of the teamNeed to be part of the team
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“Many of us see our teachers more than we see our parents. I think that teachers need to realize that they are a part of ourlives as much as they are. Yes, our parents are important, but teachers are also because we see them so much.
-9th grade girl
AggressionAggression
The need to assert, carve out The need to assert, carve out territory, have “turf”.territory, have “turf”.
Allow opinions to be expressedAllow opinions to be expressed Involve them in problem solvingInvolve them in problem solving Let them take care of routine tasksLet them take care of routine tasks Acknowledge their presence & Acknowledge their presence &
uniquenessuniqueness
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“I like the way I am. I have a family that supports me and loves me, too. Sometimes my classmates try to be someone else. I think they look ridiculous; you shouldalways be yourself, no matter what.”
11 year-old girl
AffiliationAffiliation
Need to associateNeed to associate Boys/girls and relationshipsBoys/girls and relationships FriendshipsFriendships School spiritSchool spirit Belonging/gangsBelonging/gangs
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“ I was just dying to fit in with a certain crowd. It took methe whole seventh grade year to realize that for people to like you, you have to be yourself and not put on a front.”
14 year-old boy
Inquisitiveness: the need Inquisitiveness: the need to knowto know
Relation of learning to lifeRelation of learning to life ““senioritis”senioritis” CuriosityCuriosity
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“ I don’t know. I just wanted to try out everything. I wantedto know what it was like to get drunk or high or everything.I guess I didn’t think of the consequences. I think youdon’t really learn the important things in school. Youhave to try stuff out to really learn.”
12 year-old boy
Power: the need for Power: the need for identityidentity
Decision-makingDecision-making Graffiti, Dare-devil antics, gangsGraffiti, Dare-devil antics, gangs
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“ I changed my attitude because I wasn’t showing people respect. When I realized what I was doing, I said,’This isn’t right. I should treat others like I wanted to be treated.’”
13 year-old boy
AchievementAchievement
Need for recognition for something Need for recognition for something specificspecific
Motivation: boys vs. girlsMotivation: boys vs. girls Creation of Rites of PassageCreation of Rites of Passage
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“I never had more than five minutes to sit down andbreathe. I like being busy but it got to a point whereit was just way too much.”
15 year-old girl(was captain of the volleyball team, first-chair flute withThe school orchestra, played on the tennis team, takingSinging and art classes and had 3 hours of homework nightly.)
StatusStatus
The need to be somebodyThe need to be somebody Demonstrate students’ power over Demonstrate students’ power over
their statustheir status Value all kinds of talentValue all kinds of talent Notice them outside the classroomNotice them outside the classroom
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“it’s cool to see your name on the broadcast monitor in the cafeteria or in the local paper because you scored thewinning basket. No one is going to get on the PA and say ‘Susie got an A in Spanish.’”
-12 year-old boy
AutonomyAutonomy
Need for independence: rebellionNeed for independence: rebellion ““Don’t trust anyone over 30”Don’t trust anyone over 30” Need for choices AND Need for choices AND
consequencesconsequences Jobs, financesJobs, finances
The voices of youthThe voices of youth
“Nobody should change for anyone, no matter how muchthey get made fun of, laughed at or even talked about,because you’re your own person.”
14 year-old girl
How do we encounter How do we encounter them?them?
Listen, listen, listenListen, listen, listen Stick with themStick with them Keep asking questionsKeep asking questions Take them seriouslyTake them seriously Dare them to dreamDare them to dream Don’t try to “fix” thingsDon’t try to “fix” things
Why?
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