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Development and meaning of play.
M7 Assignment - Adolescent Development in Play
Research adolescent psycho-social development and competencies that adolescents gain through play:
- Study at least three resources (articles, fact sheets, videos, or slide presentations) from Cornell University's Act for Youth Center for Excellence Adolescent Development Toolkit.
OR
- Informally chat with four - five pre-adolescents and/or adolescents of varying ages and genders, about their favorite interests and activities.
From your reading, viewing, or conversations - or a combination - submit 3-4 page paper that:
- reports your findings
- discusses adolescent play, its forms, contexts, benefits and perils,
- identifies social-emotional competencies and/or potential future-focused competencies adolescents gain through play
- addresses how play contributes to psycho-social development and the search for identity in adolescents.
For specifics regarding how your work will be evaluated, consult the M7 Assignment Rubric.
text: Johnson, J. E., Christie, J. F., & Wardle, F. (2005). Play, development, and early education. Boston: Pearson/A and B.
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Adolescent development in Play
Adolescence can broadly be described as a transitional period of development from child
to adult stage, and it involves many physical, cognitive, personality and social development
changes (Act for Youth, 2017). Physical development of the adolescent can be categorized into
three main areas; there is the adolescent spurt of growth which signifies early maturation. The
second category is the development of primary sex characteristics which is in the way organs
that are related to the reproduction start developing, and finally, there is the secondary sexual
feature which includes the physiological features and signs of sexual maturity and may not be
directly involved to the reproductive organs.
Cognitive development
Adolescents develop intellectually, that is characterized by a higher level of thinking, and
they go beyond the short term thought of here and now to higher and broader levels. They tend to
question the things that happen around them rather than just take them on face value, they can
see possibilities in issue, and they can test hypotheses and m...
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