ADOLESCENT COGNITION: THINKING IN A NEW KEY

It is not just teenage bodies that undergo tremendous changes in adolescence; young minds begin working in new ways that sometimes cause awkward situations just as do the newly elongated legs or deeper voices. Referring to the work of Piaget, Erikson, Goffman and his own studies, David Elkind looks at the intellectual, emotional and social consequences that result from the changes in thinking. These changes permit new ways of reasoning and enable students to take on much more challenging materials, but sometimes the transition results in inconsistent forms of thinking that create social and emotional difficulties. The film includes newly shot film of a public middle school and structured interviews illustrating the intellectual challenges of this period of life when adolescents are constructing personal identities and new mental capacities. In 2000, this film won the prestigious Bronze International CINDY Award, and received a Finalist Award at the New York Film Festivals. With David Elkind, Ph.D. This is a short clip of highlights from the film. More information available at www.davidsonfilms.com

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Davidson Films
• David Elkind
• Adolescent Cognition
• Jean Piaget
• Erik Erikson
• Goffman
• adolescent cognition

[madelefant05]

An interesting thing. I think my first attempts at abstraction were based on the educational perspective that I was expected to make them. I other words, I realized that I was expected to make these abstractions, and therefore began to try to make them because it was what was expected of me

[ihatecandy01]

very interesting. great video