A very significant transition occurs when young adults, already coping with the issues of late adolescence, step out of school and into college.
Stepping Out: Issues and Challenges of Leaving School Read Post »
Adolescence is often described as a period of increased impulsive and risk-taking behaviour.
Contemporary Culture and Adolescent Risk Read Post »
As a teacher, house parent and a parent, not necessarily in that order, I have often wondered at the seemingly irreconcilable differences between an energetic, impulsive, complaining, ‘immature’, angst ridden adolescent and the staid, ‘mature’, orderly adult.
Images of GeographyGeography – the very name conjures up images of misty mountains, bubbling brooks, rapidly flowing rills, deep gorges, endless undulating plains, and majestic rivers, so slow-flowing that they almost seem indolent, yet with a hidden power that man has sought to harness for aeons.
The Human Perspective in Teaching Geography Read Post »
