Educational Planning for Adolescence
Educational
programmes for adolescents should take into account all the physical,
emotional, social and intellectual needs of the youth. The school
programmes can utilize the developing characteristics
of adolescents in the following ways:
1. Physical energy is at its climax during adolescence. To utilize this
physical energy, the education prescribed for adolescents should contain
provision for work experience, manual work, physical training, games, athletics
etc…
2. The extreme imagination and sentimentality of adolescents can be
used to induce them to learn literature, music and art.
3. Adolescents differ in their needs, interests and abilities. The
school library and the work rooms must be adequately equipped in order to cater
to the differing tastes and needs of adolescebts.
4. Adolescence is characterized by an increased ability to solve
abstract problems.
5. The tendencies of hero-worship and idealization are very strong
in adolescents. These tendencies can be used to inculcate proper character,
desirable habits, appreciable values and right attitudes in adolescents by
encouraging them to read about great men of history
6. Adolescents are imaginative.
Their excessive imagination can be exploited by making them express it
through literature, music, painting, handicrafts etc…
7. Adolescents demand independence. Hence the teacher must provide
possible opportunities for self-study and self-expression
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