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Peer reviewedBeane, James A. – Middle School Journal, 1999
Discusses criticism of middle school reform based on questions about the universality and intensity of the characteristics of early adolescence. Suggests ways in which middle school advocates might respond to various criticisms, from using research evidence to supplementing their emphasis on development with a socially conscious commitment to…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Change Strategies, Community Attitudes, Criticism
Download full textLummis, Ben – Center for Collaborative Education, 2001
The educational needs of middle school students are truly unique. In no other period of PreK-12 education can one find such a wide range of physical, social, and cognitive development among students. For students, the middle school years can be a time of both great vulnerability and great responsiveness to change. These years are highly formative…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Curriculum Development, Middle Schools, Educational Principles
Cohen, Jonathan, Ed. – 1999
Based on the view that social and emotional learning (SEL) needs to be an integral part of middle school education, this book provides an overview to social and emotional learning and the development of middle school students, presents a representative range of SEL programs and perspectives, and offers reflections on the current status of SEL and…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Change Strategies, Conflict Resolution
Minicucci, Catherine, Ed.; Olsen, Laurie, Ed. – 1993
Proceedings of a conference on educating secondary school age children from immigrant families include summaries of papers, discussions, and panel presentations on the following topics: adolescent immigrant age and developmental issues; instructional issues in language development and bilingualism; limited-English-speaking students' access to core…
Descriptors: Accountability, Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Bilingualism
Takanishi, Ruby, Ed.; Hamburg, David A., Ed. – 1997
This book contains 11 papers based on presentations at a 1994 conference held in Marbach, Germany, and a 1995 conference in Geneva, Switzerland, focusing on frontiers in the education of young adolescents in European countries and the United States. The following papers are included: "Foreword" (Klaus J. Jacobs); "Meeting the…
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Biology, Change Strategies, Cross Cultural Studies
