Chapter 9: Supporting the Development of

Children and Youth in School

PED 392Child Growth and Development

Understanding children

Relationships Classroom management Teaching styles

› Visual› Auditory› Kinesthetic

Special needs

Individualized Education Plans (IEP)› Plan for those with disabilities

Included in yearly plans

Teacher competencies

Teaching styles› Teacher directed

Learning centers (Work at own pace; task cards)

Computers › Peer directed

Cooperative learning (4-6 work together) Peer tutoring (same age or other classes) Buddy system (1 on 1 relationship)

› Self Directed

Self directed learning

Mnemonics› Linking familiar information to unfamiliar

Letter strategies› Acronyms

HOMES (Huron, Onterio, Michigan, Erie, Superior)

SQ3R› Survey, Question, Read, Recite, Review

Characteristics of successful schoolsYoung adolescents (pg 522-523)

1. Organize relationships for learning to create a climate of intellectual development and a caring community of shared educational purpose

2. Teach a curriculum grounded in rigorous, public academic standards for what students should know and be able to do, relevant to the concerns of adolescents and based on how students learn best

Characteristics of successful schoolsYoung adolescents (pg 522-523)

3. Use instructional methods designed to prepare all students to achieve higher standards and become lifelong learners

4. Opportunities to learn with and from peers

5. Schoolwide policies and efforts that foster health, wellness and safety

6. Involve parents and communities in supporting student learning and healthy development

Dimensions of successful schoolsAdolescents (pg 525-526)

1. Create small learning communities that foster personalized and continuous relationships between teachers and students

2. Maintain high academic standards for all students

3. Provide support and resources to help all students achieve standards of excellence

Dimensions of successful schoolsAdolescents (pg 525-526)

4. High school courses and instructional methods must be designed in ways that increase adolescent engagement and learning

5. Ongoing assessments of students’ understanding and skills to monitor the effectiveness of curriculum and instructional practices, and students’ progress

6. Both formal and informal tracking by ability should be eliminated

Dimensions of successful schoolsAdolescents (pg 525-526)

7. Draw on parents, religious institutions, and other community resources to enrich the high school curriculum and help students see the real-world meaningfulness of school learning

8. School guidance and counseling responsibilities need to be distributed among school staff, supported by school councilors and other professionals

Child Advocates

Those who press for reforms that will result in better lives for children, or for the maintenance of the status quo in areas in which children are being well served by existing policies and practices

THIS IS YOU, THE TEACHER!!!