Respond to: Understanding the Young Adolescent’s Physical and Cognitive Growth
After reading this article, I realize that adolescence probably is the most challenging, critical and crucial stage of one’s whole life cycle. The fact strikes me the most is that being a successful adolescents’ educator guiding students to know and view their body and emotion changes positively is far from enough. Being an experienced and knowledgeable educator, most importantly we Continue reading MVP 4—The complexity of adolescence!
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MVP 3-The plasticity of adolescents!
Respond to: The Scientific Study of Adolescent Development: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
We all know that a human being will go through different stages, such as childhood, puberty, and adulthood, to complete his/her life journey. We also hear very often that adolescence is full of trouble, chaos and struggle. That is obviously the main reason why all my friends and families suggested me to teach elementary school, so as to avoid encountering and handling countless tricky Continue reading MVP 3-The plasticity of adolescents!
MVP 2- What African-American students are facing shocks me!
Respond to: Understanding the Link between Racial Identity and School-Related Behaviors
For me, it is a shock to learn that black (African-American) adolescents are living in such a life of uncertainty. And out of my expectation, the living environment, especially the aspects of sociocultural, political and educational, needs to bear the responsibilities on putting them in this unfavorable and struggling situation. Continue reading MVP 2- What African-American students are facing shocks me!
MVP 1 – Am I prepared?
Respond to: Silencing and Nurturing Voice in an Improbable Context: Urban Adolescent in Public School
Silencing both in students’ and teachers’ sphere could have such a devastating effect has never ever come across my mind. The passage alarms me that if there is no such a thing as silencing and teachers are encouraged to tap into students’ actual life experience and all the social inequities students may encounter; as a future adolescent educator, am I well prepared to handle these Continue reading MVP 1 – Am I prepared?