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"Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I'd had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
—Patricia Wolfe, International Educational Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc.
"Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"
—Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College
"Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
—Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education
How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood.
In this enlightening volume, expert educator Robert Sylvester explains how adults can better understand teenagers through an engaging discussion of the adolescent brain. Readers will learn how to:
- Mentor adolescents rather than attempt to manage and control them
- Nurture creativity, imagination, and individuality
- Understand such critical issues as sexuality and bonding,productivity and vocation, morality and ethics, risk and security, technology and drugs, collaboration and autonomy, and more
Familiar examples and nontechnical language make this an accessible resource appropriate for rewarding classroom or family discussion.
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Author
- 1. Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused
- Confusion Within Adolescents
- Confusion About Adolescents
- An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters
- 2. Brain Organization and Development: Being Human
- Mirror Neurons
- The Organization of the Human Brain
- The Development of the Human Brain
- Maintaining a Developing Brain
- 3. Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species
- Biological Differences
- Interpreting Gender Differences
- Cultural Confusion
- Human Bonding Behavior
- Emerging Cultural Conflicts
- The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure
- 4. Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet
- A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students
- A 21st-Century Vocation
- Home, School, and Vocation
- 5. Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture
- Factual Knowledge and Decisions
- Adaptive Preferences and Choices
- The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base
- 6. Risks and Security: Going Beyond the Known
- Our Brain's Regulatory Systems
- From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision
- The Biology of Risk and Security
- Adults and Adolescent Risks
- 7. Technology and Drugs: Going Beyond Nature
- Biological Stress
- Technological Enhancement
- Drug Support
- Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer
- 8. The Arts and Humanities: Going Beyond Reality
- Adornment
- Language, Music, and Dance
- The Humanities
- 9. Collaboration and Autonomy: Going Beyond Adolescence
- Collaboration
- The Reach for Autonomy
Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission
Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission
Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex
Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex
Glossary
Glossary
References and Resources
References and Resources
Index
Index
Description
"Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I'd had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
—Patricia Wolfe, International Educational Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc.
"Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"
—Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College
"Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
—Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education
How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood.
In this enlightening volume, expert educator Robert Sylvester explains how adults can better understand teenagers through an engaging discussion of the adolescent brain. Readers will learn how to:
- Mentor adolescents rather than attempt to manage and control them
- Nurture creativity, imagination, and individuality
- Understand such critical issues as sexuality and bonding,productivity and vocation, morality and ethics, risk and security, technology and drugs, collaboration and autonomy, and more
Familiar examples and nontechnical language make this an accessible resource appropriate for rewarding classroom or family discussion.
Contents
Preface
Preface
About the Author
- 1. Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused
- Confusion Within Adolescents
- Confusion About Adolescents
- An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters
- 2. Brain Organization and Development: Being Human
- Mirror Neurons
- The Organization of the Human Brain
- The Development of the Human Brain
- Maintaining a Developing Brain
- 3. Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species
- Biological Differences
- Interpreting Gender Differences
- Cultural Confusion
- Human Bonding Behavior
- Emerging Cultural Conflicts
- The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure
- 4. Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet
- A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students
- A 21st-Century Vocation
- Home, School, and Vocation
- 5. Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture
- Factual Knowledge and Decisions
- Adaptive Preferences and Choices
- The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base
- 6. Risks and Security: Going Beyond the Known
- Our Brain's Regulatory Systems
- From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision
- The Biology of Risk and Security
- Adults and Adolescent Risks
- 7. Technology and Drugs: Going Beyond Nature
- Biological Stress
- Technological Enhancement
- Drug Support
- Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer
- 8. The Arts and Humanities: Going Beyond Reality
- Adornment
- Language, Music, and Dance
- The Humanities
- 9. Collaboration and Autonomy: Going Beyond Adolescence
- Collaboration
- The Reach for Autonomy
Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission
Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission
Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex
Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex
Glossary
Glossary
References and Resources
References and Resources
Index
Index
Reviews
January 2007 | 176 pages | Corwin
| Format | Published Date | ISBN | Price |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paperback | 28/04/2023 | 9781412926119 | $39.95 |
| Hardcover | 27/02/2023 | 9781412926102 | $80.95 |
| Lifetime | 28/04/2023 | 9781452293486 | $36.00 |
"Excellent advice on dealing with young people. I wish I'd had this book when my own children were adolescents!"
—Patricia Wolfe, International Educational Consultant, Mind Matters, Inc.
"Written in a reader-friendly manner, the book thoughtfully examines the transition period from childhood to adulthood and combines scholarship from psychology, education, and neuroscience. Loved the graphics!"
—Sheryl Feinstein, Associate Professor, Augustana College
"Readers will leave this book with a sense of calmness about living or working with adolescents."
—Bob Patterson, Training Manager, Discovery Education
How the teenage brain thinks, feels, learns, and changes on its journey to adulthood.
In this enlightening volume, expert educator Robert Sylvester explains how adults can better understand teenagers through an engaging discussion of the adolescent brain. Readers will learn how to:
- Mentor adolescents rather than attempt to manage and control them
- Nurture creativity, imagination, and individuality
- Understand such critical issues as sexuality and bonding,productivity and vocation, morality and ethics, risk and security, technology and drugs, collaboration and autonomy, and more
Familiar examples and nontechnical language make this an accessible resource appropriate for rewarding classroom or family discussion.
Table Of Contents:
- Preface
- About the Author
- 1. Adolescence in Contemporary Society: Being Somewhat Confused
- Confusion Within Adolescents
- Confusion About Adolescents
- An Introduction to the Issues Explored in Subsequent Chapters
- 2. Brain Organization and Development: Being Human
- Mirror Neurons
- The Organization of the Human Brain
- The Development of the Human Brain
- Maintaining a Developing Brain
- 3. Sexuality and Bonding: Maintaining Our Species
- Biological Differences
- Interpreting Gender Differences
- Cultural Confusion
- Human Bonding Behavior
- Emerging Cultural Conflicts
- The Hazards of Sexual Pleasure
- 4. Productivity and Vocation: Maintaining Our Planet
- A 21st-Century Curriculum for 21st-Century Students
- A 21st-Century Vocation
- Home, School, and Vocation
- 5. Morality and Ethics: Maintaining Our Culture
- Factual Knowledge and Decisions
- Adaptive Preferences and Choices
- The Development of Our Moral/Ethical Base
- 6. Risks and Security: Going Beyond the Known
- Our Brain's Regulatory Systems
- From Emotional Arousal to Conscious Decision
- The Biology of Risk and Security
- Adults and Adolescent Risks
- 7. Technology and Drugs: Going Beyond Nature
- Biological Stress
- Technological Enhancement
- Drug Support
- Psychoactive Drugs: A Primer
- 8. The Arts and Humanities: Going Beyond Reality
- Adornment
- Language, Music, and Dance
- The Humanities
- 9. Collaboration and Autonomy: Going Beyond Adolescence
- Collaboration
- The Reach for Autonomy
- Appendix A: Neurotransmitters and Neural Transmission
- Appendix B: The Cerebral Cortex
- Glossary
- References and Resources
- Index