Development and Strategies for Educators.

Catalog description

Development and Strategies for Educators is designed to (1) expand on the neuroscience behind what educators know about the cognitive, emotional, social, and physical changes that take place in students during upper elementary, middle school, and high school. The course (2) approaches these changes from the perspective of how adolescent academic and social behaviors stem from developmental changes in the brain and social needs for autonomy, belonging and status; with an emphasis on educator strategies that scaffold positive identity development, a mindset toward self-efficacy, and productive academic and social communication skills.