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Goldfus, Carol; Karny-Tagger, Anit – LEARNing Landscapes, 2017
Education changes the brain. The purpose of this meta-review is to afford teachers access to the most up-to-date research regarding principal neuro-processes of adolescent development and behavior to improve students' well-being and motivation in the classroom. This includes facets such as emotional, social, risk and reward mechanisms, stressors,…
Descriptors: Perception, Adolescents, Brain, Adolescent Development
Mary Helen Immordino-Yang; Linda Darling-Hammond; Christina Krone – Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown University, 2019
New advances in neurobiology are revealing that brain development and the learning it enables are directly dependent on social-emotional experience. Growing bodies of research reveal the importance of socially-triggered epigenetic contributions to brain development and brain network configuration, with implications for social-emotional…
Descriptors: Brain, Cognitive Development, Social Development, Emotional Development
Harper, Robyn – Alliance for Excellent Education, 2018
During adolescence, students experience a variety of biological changes in their bodies and brains. This Alliance for Excellent Education report argues that by understanding these changes--as well as the science behind student learning and development--education leaders can take advantage of this second critical window of development to support…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adolescent Development, Human Body, Brain
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Khattab, Nancy; Jones, Cathy P. – Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 2007
The early years of school provide opportunities for active learning, including developing habits of resiliency and perceptions of self-worth. Girls in particular may be at risk for developing negative self-perceptions. This article presents a pilot group (psychoeducational and counseling) designed to educate members about pre-adolescent…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Active Learning, Self Concept, Females
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Enright, Mary Schaefer; Schaefer, Lawrence V.; Schaefer, Patricia S.; Schaefer, Kristin A. – Montessori Life: A Publication of the American Montessori Society, 2008
Lawrence Kohlberg, a psychologist, coined the term "Just Community" to describe a community built on trust and resolution, in which each member participates democratically in the development of the rules and regulations that govern their community life (Kohlberg, 1985). In a school, this means that students and teachers alike actively participate…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Trust (Psychology), Democratic Values, Educational Environment
Sugar, Max, Ed. – 1993
This book emphasizes female adolescents' healthy development within a psychoanalytic frame of reference for what is normative, that also indicates the boundaries of and transitions to what is deviant. The book's 12 articles relate to 3 general topics. The two articles in part 1 of the book, which addresses biological issues, are "Female…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Body Image, Cognitive Development