EDSM 8500:Emerging Trends & Research on Adolescence

3 Class Hours 0 Laboratory Hours 3 Credit Hours
Prerequisite: Admission to graduate study in Education
This advanced graduate seminar considers emerging trends and research on adolescence. Topics include research in neuroscience, resilience, self-regulation, and positive youth development models in deepening educators’ understanding of the cognitive, psycho-social, and behavioral changes occurring during adolescence and the implication of such changes for middle and secondary school contexts. Adolescent development and related research is understood through an asset versus a deficit lens.