Welcome, friends! This is a quick orientation to the way this blog is organized, as well the full reading list for the course, organized by topic. The weekly topics for the course are listed on the right sidebar. Click the links to view the blogs posted by the educators in this course on these specific topics. Please note that posts will be added over the course of the semester following the course calendar. We welcome your comments and feedback on these posts, as well as the topics in general.

Session 1
Introduction to the Course: Why Should Teachers Understand Development?
(no readings; no posts)

Session 2
Culturally, Linguistically, and Socioeconomically Diverse Adolescents in Urban Contexts: Framing the Conversation
1) Fine, M. (2003). Silencing and nurturing voice in an improbable context: Urban adolescents in public school. In M. Fine, & L. Weis (Eds.), Silenced voices and extraordinary conversations…Re-imagining schools (pp. 13-37). New York: Teachers College Press.
2) Murray, C., & Naranjo, J. (2008). Poor, Black, learning disabled, and graduating. Remedial and Special Education, 29(3), 145-160.
3) Nakkula, M. (2008). Identity and possibility: Adolescent development and the potential of schools. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 11-21). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.
4) Brantlinger, E. (2008). Who wins and who loses? Social class and student identities. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 147-166). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 3
Observing to Learn and Learning to Observe
1) Knoester, M. (2008). Learning to describe, describing to understand. School studies in education, 5(1/2), pp. 146-155.
2) Malley, S. B. & Hawkins, A. (n.d.) Writing fieldnotes. In Engaging communities: Writing ethnographic research. Chapter 4. An Open Access ethnographic text. Available from http://www.engagingcommunities.org/.
3) Noguera, P. A., Sadowski, M., Fowler-Finn, T., & Tatum, B. D. (2008). Joaquin’s Dilemma. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 23-41). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 4
Perspectives & History of Adolescence
1) Johnson, M. K., Crosnoe, R., & Elder, G. H. (2011). Insights on adolescence from a life course perspective. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 273-280.
2) Lerner, R. M. & Steinberg, L. (2009). The scientific study of adolescent development: Historical and contemporary perspectives. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of Adolescent Development (3rd ed., pp. 1-12). Hoboken: Wiley.
3) Cohen, P. (2010, June 11). The long road to adulthood is growing even longer. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/us/13generations.html

Session 5
Biological & Cognitive Development in Adolescence
1) Brown, D., & Knowles, T. (2007). Understanding the young adolescent’s physical and cognitive growth. In What every middle school teacher should know. (2nd Ed., pp. 10-36). New Hampshire: Heinemann Press.
2) Philip, R (2007). What we know about the brain and learning: Integrating neuroscience, psychology, and education. In Engaging ‘tweens and teens: A brain-compatible approach to reaching middle and high school students (pp. 1-18). California: Corwin Press.
3) Philip, R. (2007). The brain during adolescence: Making sense of technology, media, social status, and education. In Engaging ‘tweens and teens: A brain-compatible approach to reaching middle and high school students (pp. 63-90). California: Corwin Press.
4) Dobbs, D. (2011, October). Beautiful brains. National Geographic Magazine. Available from http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/print/2011/10/teenage-brains/dobbs-text.

Session 6
Socioemotional and Psychological Development in Adolescence
1) Brown, D., & Knowles, T. (2007). Who am I? The social, emotional, and identity trials of young adolescence. In What every middle school teacher should know. (2nd Ed., pp. 37-66). New Hampshire: Heinemann Press.
2) Cushman, K., & Rogers, L. (2008). Everything is off balance. In Fires in the middle school bathroom: Advice for teachers from middle school students (pp. 14-38). New York: The New Press.
3) Parker, I. (2012, February). The story of a suicide: Two college roommates, a webcam, and a tragedy. The New Yorker. Available from http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/02/06/the-story-of-a-suicide.
4) Raible, J., & Nieto, S. (2008). The complex identities of adolescents. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 207-231). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 7
eLiteracy and Social Media(tion)
1) Carr, P. R. (2009). Political conscientization and media (il)literacy. Multicultural Education, 17(1), 2-10.
2) Chun, C. W. (2009). Critical literacies and graphic novels for English-Language Learners: Teaching Maus. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 53(2), 144-153.
3) Gainer, J. (2007). Social critique and pleasure: Critical media literacy with popular culture texts. Language Arts, 85(2), 106-114.
4) Gee, J. P. (2005). Good video games and good learning. Phi Kappa Phi Forum, 85(2), 33-37.
5) Jocson, K. (2014). Critical media ethnography: Researching youth media. In Paris, D., & Winn, M. T. (Eds.). Humanizing research: Decolonizing qualitative inquiry with youth and communities. (pp. 105-123). Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications.
6) Subrahmanyam, K. & Šmahel, David (2011). Constructing identity online: Identity exploration and self presentation. In Digital youth: The role of media in development (Chapter 4, pp. 59-80). New York: Springer.
7) Kirkland, D. E. (2010). 4 colored girls who considered suicide/when social networking was enuf: A Black feminist perspective on literacy online In D. Alvermann (Ed.), Adolescents’ Online Literacies: Connecting Classrooms, Media, and Paradigms. (pp. 71-90). New York: Peter Lang.
8) Morrell, E. (2011). Critical approaches to media in urban English Language Arts teacher development. Action in Teacher Education, 33, 157-171.
9) Santos, X. (2009). The Chicana canvas: Doing class, gender, race, and sexuality through tattoing in East Los Angeles. NWSA Journal, 21(3), 91-120.
10) Sefton-Green, J. (2006). Youth, technology, and media cultures. Review of Research in Education, 30, 279-306.
11) Yosso, T. J. (2002). Critical race media literacy: Challenging deficit discourse about Chicanas/os. Journal of Popular Film and Television, 30(1), 52-62.

Session 8
Differentiation as an Approach to Teaching Diverse Learners
1) Smith, T. E. C., Gartin, B., & Murdick, N. L. (2012). Differentiated instruction. In Including Adolescents with Disabilities in General Education Classrooms (pp.164-182). Boston: Pearson.
2) Marinell, W. H. (2008). Capturing authenticity, transforming perception: One teacher’s efforts to improve her students’ performance by challenging their impressions of self and community. Harvard Educational Review, 78(3), 529-548.
3) Ansalone, G. (2010). Tracking: Educational differentiation or defective strategy? Educational Research Quarterly, 34(2), 3-17.
4) Wehmeyer, M. L. (2008). The impact of disability on adolescent identity. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 167-188). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 9
Blurring the In-School Ouf-of-School Line
1) Kirkland, D. E., & Jackson, A. (2009). We real cool: Toward a theory of Black masculine literacies. Reading Research Quarterly, 44(3), 278-297.
2) Kirkland, D. E. (2009). Researching and teaching in the digital dimension. Research in the Teaching of English, 44(1), 8-22.
3) Basu, S. J. (2008). Powerful learners and critical agents: The goals of five urban Caribbean youth in a conceptual physics classroom. Science Education, 92(2), 252-277.
4) Doucet, F. (2011). (Re)constructing home and school: Immigrant parents, agency, and the (un)desirability of bridging multiple worlds. Teachers College Record, 113(12), 2705-2738.
5) Toshalis, E. (2008). Adolescent spirituality in public schools. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 189-206). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.

Session 10
Newcomers & Perpetual Foreigners
1) Doucet, F., & Suárez-Orozco, C. (2006). Ethnic identity and schooling: The experiences of Haitian immigrant youth. In L. Romanucci-Ross, G. DeVos & T. G. Tsuda (Eds.), Ethnic identity: Creation, conflict, and accommodation (4th ed., pp. 163-188). Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press.
2) Advocates for Children of New York. (2010). Students with interrupted formal education: A challenge for New York City Public Schools. New York: Advocates for Children of New York.
3) Prieto, L. (2009). The stings of social hierarchies: From the San Joaquin Valley vineyards to the ivy walls. In J. A. Van Galen & V. O. Dempsey (Eds.), Trajectories: The Education and Social Mobility of Education Scholars from the Poor and Working Class (pp. 71-81). Rotterdam: Sense Publishers.
4) Suárez-Orozco, C., Qin, D. B., & Amthor, R. F. (2008). Relationships and adaptation in school. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 51-74). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.
5) Lee, S. J. (2008). The impact of stereotyping on Asian American students. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 75-84). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press.

Session 11
Gender Socialization & Identities
1) Harper, S. R. (2014). Succeeding in the city: A report from the New York City Black and Latino Male High School Achievement Study. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania, Center for the Study of Race and Equity in Education. Retrieved from https://www.gse.upenn.edu/equity/nycReport
2) Krywanczyk, L. (2009, March). There are transsexuals in our middle school! Paper presented at the TransRhetorics Conference, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
3) Galley, M. (2008). Would boys and girls tend to answer differently? In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 85-98). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.
4) Kimmel, M. S. (2008). Adolescent masculinity, homophobia, and violence. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 99-116). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 12
Friendship, Love, & Sexuality
1) Appleton, E. (2007). Cribs. In Goldwasser, A. (Ed.) Red: The next generation of American writers—TEENAGE GIRLS—on what FIRES up their lives today (pp. 149-153). New York: Hudson St. Press.
2) Fine, M., & McClelland, S. I. (2006). Sexuality education and desire: Still missing after all these years. Harvard Educational Review, 76(3), 297-338.
3) Barry, R. (2000). Sheltered “children”: The self-creation of a safe space by gay, lesbian, and bisexual students. In Weis, L., & Fine, M. (Eds.) Construction sites: Excavating race, class, and gender among urban youth (pp. 84-99). New York: Teachers College Press.
4) Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (2004). Parent-adolescent relationships and influences. In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (2nd Ed.) (pp. 331-361). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
5) Way, N. (2011). The hidden landscape of boys’ friendships (Chapter 1). Deep secrets: Boys friendships and the crisis of connection (pp. 1-36). Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
6) Aptor, T. (2009, April). Not your typical friendship: Why do girls engage in those terrible friendship wars? Psychology Today Magazine. Retrieved from http://www.psychologytoday.com/node/4115.
7) Diamond, L. & Savin-Williams, R. C. (2003). The intimate relationships of sexual minority youth. In G. R. Adams & M. D. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 393-412). Malden, MA: Blackwell.
8) Sauti Yetu (2012). A closer look at early and forced marriage. Sauti Yetu Occasional Report, Vol. 3. New York: NY.
9) Schellenbach, C. J., Leadbeater, B. J., & Moore, K. A. (2004). Enhancing the development outcomes of adolescent parents and their children. In Maton, K. I., Schellenbach, C. J., Leadbeater, B. J., & Solarz, A. L. (Eds.). Investing in children, youth, families, and communities: Strengths-based research and policy (pp. 117-136). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
10) Proweller, A. (2000). Re-writing/-righting lives: Voices of pregnant and parenting teenagers in an alternative school. In Weis, L., & Fine, M. (Eds.). Construction sites: Excavating race, class, and gender among urban youth (pp. 100-120). New York: Teachers College Press.
11) Sadowski, M. (2008). Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students in U.S. schools. In M. Sadowski (Ed.), Adolescents at School: Perspectives on Youth, Identity, and Education (2nd Ed., pp. 117-146). Cambridge: Harvard Education Press. Note: this chapter is comprised of several independent pieces.

Session 13
Reaching Adolescents and How to Respond
1) Philip, R. (2006). This is your brain on ….:Understanding and curbing adolescent substance abuse. In Engaging ‘tweens and teens: A brain-compatible approach to reaching middle and high school students (pp. 157-174). California: Corwin Press.
2) Philip, R. (2006), Drugs that enhance student achievement: Good kids making bad decisions. In Engaging ‘tweens and teens: A brain-compatible approach to reaching middle and high school students (pp. 175-194). California: Corwin Press.
3) Rhodes, J. E., Davis, A. A., Prescott, L. R., & Spencer, R. (2007). Caring connections: Mentoring relationships in the lives of urban girls. In B. J. Ross Leadbeater & N. Way (Eds.), Urban girls revisited: Building strengths (pp. 142-156). New York: NYU Press.

Session 14
Creating Classroom Community
1) Cushman, K. (2003). Classroom behavior. In Fires in the bathroom: Advice for teachers from high school students (pp. 36-61). New York: The New Press.
2) Cushman, K. (2003). Respect, liking, trust, and fairness. In Fires in the bathroom: Advice for teachers from high school students (pp. 17-35). New York: The New Press.
3) Smith, R., & Lambert, M. (2008). Assuming the best. Educational Leadership, 66(1), 16-21.
4) Brown, D., & Knowles, T. (2007). You want to be What?. In What every middle school teacher should know. (2nd Ed., pp. 1-9). New Hampshire: Heinemann Press.