EDUC 5420 - Adolescent Development

Reflect on your experience in this course and the materials and assignments used to enhance your understanding of the adolescentexperience. Name three concepts, theories, or ideas that enlightened you...

Using the readings and videos in this unit, please focus your discussion on (1) how you can help adolescents and their caregivers to maintain (or in some cases develop) a supportive and positive relationship and (2) how you can help peers to find deeper and supportive connections with one another. Provide a critical evaluation of concepts discussed and then pose a thought question in which your classmates will respond. Your thought question should not simply elicit a yes/no response, but rather a more detailed response from your peers...

You will discuss your thoughts on the video Devil’s Playground, and explore different aspects of these young people’s moral development,including their moral identity. Please do the following in your paper: 1. Explore Your feelings regarding Rumspringa 2. Explore your feelings about Amish teens being asked to make the choice between joining the Amish church or living outside of thechurch and being ostracized by the Amish community 3. Create educational implications for students who might be facing similar moral decisions by their families and communities...

Using the readings and video in this unit, please discuss your feelings on moral development and use citations for the in-unit textsthat support your statements. Be sure to base your discussion on a minimum of 2 unit readings. Provide a critical evaluation ofconcepts discussed and then pose a thought question in which your peers will respond (e.g., how...

Identify one (1) take-home message (or educational implication) for each of the readings listed in the Reading Assignment section of thisunit. Think about the information presented in the learning resources and how you will utilize it when working with adolescents...