Allocate at least 5 hours in the field to support this field experience.
Teacher candidates will learn about typical adolescent behaviors and characteristics from an administrator and a practicing teacher. Speak with your instructor if there is the need to interview alternate professionals, if necessary.
Part 1: Interview
Contact an administrator or instructional coach and a practicing teacher for secondary grades 6-12 and arrange separate interviews. Speak with your instructor if there is the need to interview alternate professionals, if necessary.
Use the following points of discussion to guide your interview:
- Discuss characteristics of adolescence.
- What characteristics seem to change the most and why?
- What characteristics seem to never change?
- How does physical development influence the characteristics of adolescence?
- How does cognitive development influence the characteristics of adolescence?
- How do social and emotional relationships influence the adolescents?
- What technologies are most effective to facilitate learning in adolescents?