Social interaction: is it necessary for adolescents?

Social interaction: is it necessary for adolescents? Adolescent students (12 to 14 years old) are in the middle of theirdevelopmental years. This is a very delicate time for each of them.Social interaction activities are needed for all students, butespecially for the adolescent. Thus, in 2005 ACEI ACEI Angiotensin Converting Enzyme InhibitorACEI Association for Childhood Education InternationalACEI Association of Consulting Engineers of Ireland drafted a Resolutionto support social interaction for the young adolescent (see www.acei.org/05resolutions.htm). Leaders in our organization, such as JillHunter, have addressed this cause and were instrumental in stressing theneed for more emphasis on this particular resolution. According to according toprep.1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians.2. In keeping with: according to instructions.3. theorist Lev Vygotsky Lev Semenovich Vygotsky (Russian: Лев Семёнович Выготский) (November 17 (November 5 Old Style), 1896 – June 11, 1934) was a Soviet developmental , learning is an interactiveexperience (Mooney, 2000). Teachers can support students' learningby actually providing more time to talk (Tompkins, 2006). If teachersand other educators want to stimulate cognitive development, then theyshould allow students to engage in conversations (Mooney, 2000). Vygotsky has written about the importance of social interactionactivities with peers while adults are still present. Adults are thereto facilitate learning during the adolescent stage. Cooperative learning cooperative learningEducation theory A student-centered teaching strategy in which heterogeneous groups of students work to achieve a common academic goal–eg, completing a case study or a evaluating a QC problem. See Problem-based learning, Socratic method. and dramatic activities are two strategies among many to implementsocial interaction in the middle school years. Adolescents do need totalk together freely; therefore, middle school students need to havesome break or breaks during the school day. In addition, some form ofphysical activity (as a form of play) must be included in thissocialization socialization/so��cial��iza��tion/ (so?shal-i-za��shun) the process by which society integrates the individual and the individual learns to behave in socially acceptable ways. so��cial��i��za��tionn. process for the development of healthier adolescents. Ifeducators and parents expect adolescents to understand how to get alongwith others, communicate well, both orally and written, and becomebetter leaders, then adolescent social interaction activities must bepromoted during the school day and/or after school in our communitiesacross the world. References Mooney, C. G. (2000). Theories of childhood. St. Paul St. Paulas a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26]See : Bravery , MN: RedleafPress. Tompkins, G. E. (2006). Language arts language artspl.n.The subjects, including reading, spelling, and composition, aimed at developing reading and writing skills, usually taught in elementary and secondary school. essentials. Upper SaddleRiver, NJ: Prentice Hall. --Rose B. Jones, Public Affairs Committee