Chapter 1

I like how the textbook categorized young adolescent development into five groups. The groups are intellectual, physical, emotional/psychological, social, and moral and ethical development. Within each section are lists of characteristics of young adolescents within that type of development. Also listed are ways teachers and educators can help students out when they notice these characteristics. For example, under physical development, the book states that young adolescents are more concerned about their physical appearance, lack physical health, and have quicker growth in various muscles throughout their body. A teacher is able to help their students by providing a health class or health presentation where the students can learn about what is happening to them and how they can properly take care of themselves.

This is beneficial for middle school teachers because young adolescents experience many changes with their attitudes, their ideas, their ways of learning, and their body. Knowing that these changes are most likely to happen and knowing different steps to help the students is something that will help a middle school teacher be proactive with assisting instead of reactive to a situation.