At Eduplanet21
At Eduplanet21
At Eduplanet21
The educational needs of middle school students are truly unique. In no other period of PreK–12
education can one find such a wide range of physical, social, and cognitive development among
students. For students, the middle school years can be a time of both great vulnerability and great
responsiveness to change. These years are highly formative for behavior patterns in education and
health that have enduring, lifelong significance. The challenge for middle schools is to help provide
the building blocks of adolescent development and preparation for adult life What does curriculum
mean to most of us? Is it a guiding book OR a path that is to be followed? If it’s seen as a
guiding book, then it’s expected to give an overview of the ideals to be practiced and realised.
If it’s seen as a path, then it’s expected to provide clear and specific details about what must be
done at every stage of teaching and learning, along with the details about how things should be
done. This is a time of many physical, mental, emotional, and social changes.
Hormones change as puberty begins. Most boys grow facial and pubic hair
and their voices deepen. Most girls grow pubic hair and breasts, and start their
period. They might be worried about these changes and how they are looked
at by others. This also will be a time when your teen might face peer pressure
to use alcohol, tobacco products, and drugs, and to have sex. Other challenges
can be eating disorders, depression, and family problems. At this age, teens
make more of their own choices about friends, sports, studying, and school.