A teacher’s success in instructing teenagers is substantially enhanced the more the teacher understands teenagers. Between brain development, changing hormonal makeup, and environmental stimuli, there can be no doubt about what adults have known for years by experience: Teenagers are different.
Teachers must assist the natural development by providing tools and methods (discussed in later chapters of this book) that promote it in an environment that allows students to stumble without consequences. Finally, teachers must be patient and provide encouragement as the natural process takes place. At the end of the chapter, the author gives a few specific suggestions for teachers.
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Type Book ChapterPub Date 3/1/2012Stock # PB313X_1