YOUNG CHILDREN & ADOLESCENCE

YOUNG CHILDREN:

o   They can learn through talking about themselves, families and their lives;

o   They are curious to learn and discover new concepts on their own;

o   They liked to use their imagination and to discover things;

o   They naturally need to touch ,see, hear, and interact to learn;

o   Because their attention span is limited they need engaging and entertaining activities in order to not lose interest;

o   They like to cooperate and work in groups;

o   They need support and encouragement while learning;

o   Teacher need to work their students individually because they need to be guided.

ADOLESCENTS:

§  They are in search for personal identity;

§  They are in need of activities that meet their needs and learning expectations;

§  They need help and support from the teacher and to be provide with constructive feedback;

§  They can draw upon a variety of sources in the learning environment, including personal experience, the local community and the interest;

§  They can learn abstract issues and do challenging activities.

                    FIVE DIMENSIONS OF STUDENTS DEVELOPMENT

1. Confidence and Interdependence

We see growth, and development learner’s confidence and interdependence become congruent with their actual abilities and skills, content knowledge, use of experience and reflectiveness about their own learning.

2. Skills and Strategies

                   Represent “know-how” aspect of learning, when we speak of performance or mastery we generally mean that learners have developed skills and strategies to function successfully in certain situations.

3. Knowledge and Understanding

                   Refers to a content knowledge gained in particular subject areas. It is the most familiar dimension, focusing on the know-what aspect of learning.

4. Use of prior and Emerging Experiences

                   Involves of learners abilities to draw their own experience and connect it to their work.

5. Critical reflection

                   refers to the developing awareness of the learners own learning process as well as more analytical.
Reflection:
               Therefore its not just the age being changed as we grow old, There's also a change on how we think, change in skill and even additional learnings.