Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Advantages Disadvantages
Students learn about their body Students may be embarrassed.
changes in a safe environment.
Students may not participate in
Students learn to accept class due to embarrassment.
differences.
Some students may feel
Students develop a low level
understanding about growth and singled-out or victimised if they
puberty. are or look different to the
accepted ‘norm’.
Students develop an
understanding that everybody Early maturing students may
goes through change and not every seek older friendships.
body looks the same.
Cognitive Development
Thestudy of child development relating to
psychology and neuroscience.
Construction of thought processes.
Involves:
Remembering
Problem-solving
Decision-making
Goal Setting
This strategy is useful for cognitive development. Goals can be short-
term or long-term. Research suggests that goal setting allow students to
successfully navigate their own education pathway, rather than seeking a
mentor.
Advantages Disadvantages
Goals can set a benchmark Can cause students to
for achievement. feel inadequate.
Can serve as motivation. Some adolescents feel
as though they are not
Gives a needed push.
good enough to set
Can change a students goals.
attitude about oneself.
Goals may be unrealistic
Successful navigation of or unattainable.
own education.
Social and Emotional
Development
Full participation of all people in a society to promote
social progress, justice and the betterment of the human
condition and integration of economic, cultural and social
policies are emphasized.
Family plays a significant role in social development.
Emotional development involves learning what
feelings and emotions are, understanding how and why
they happen, recognising one’s own feelings and those
of others, and developing effective ways of managing
them.
Visual Arts Program
Using different coloured paints (to represent different emotions), students will choose to paint with
the colours they feel most often. Students will then engage with students who have chosen similar
colours and they are to discuss their feelings and why.
The aim of this strategy is to get peers engaging with each other, focusing on social and emotional
development.
Advantages Disadvantages
Enables students to understand how Some students may not want to share
they are feeling. their emotions with others.
Students are able to express their May leave some students feeling
feelings and connect with others that isolated and confused.
are feeling the same.
Some students may not want to
Gives them an understanding that they participate as they feel the task is
are not alone. elementary.
Some helpful resources
https://youthoffthestreets.com.au/
https://www.youthbeyondblue.com/
http://www.reach.org.au/
http://au.reachout.com/
http://www.bigbrothersbigsisters.org.au/
www.pcycnsw.org.au/YouthPrograms
References
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Board of studies. (2014). PDHPE (Personal Development, Health and Physical Education). New South Wales Education Standards Authority. Retrieved from
http://www.boardofstudies.nsw.edu.au/syllabus_sc/pdhpe.html
Chua, H., Wong, A. K. W., Shek, D. T. L. (2010). Social development in hong kong: Development issues identified by social development index (SDI). Social
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Derose, L. M., Shiyko, M. P., Foster, H., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2011). Associations between menarcheal timing and behavioral developmental trajectories for girls
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Negriff, S., Susman, E. J., & Trickett, P. K. (2011). The developmental pathway from pubertal timing to delinquency and sexual activity from early to late
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Schoper, S.E. (2017). Helping students become self-mentors: Implications of a goal setting assignment. Transformative Dialogues: Teaching & Learning Journal
9(3) 1-5. Retrieved from https://www.kpu.ca/sites/default/files/Transformative%20Dialogues/TD.9.3.4_Schoper_Students_Become_Self-Mentors.pdf