PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE TEENAGER

Psychosocial Development of the teenager

 What I knew.

To follow talking about teenagers’ development; the adolescence theory share other interesting change that teens present in their growth, this is called “Psychosocial development”.

Honestly, at the beggining of my career i did not know anything about the Psychosocial problems that teenagers suffered. I just knew that in this stage, teens feel that they are not accepted in any social group, this is because they experiment certain changes in their body and also in their brain, they feel that they are uggly, that they do not have a good body (talking about girls) and that is why they believe that are the worst in the classroom or in their social group. One good example about what i knew about Pshychosocial was that, in this period teens fall in love in a first time; boys feel attracted by girls, and girls feel attracted by boys, but they do not like that anybody else know about it since, they think that will be rejected. Moreover, I knew that in this period they present a series of emotional feelings where they cry for simple things, they get angry easily etc. 
But let me share you about the experts say about Psychosocial Development.
 

What I learned.
  
According to Erickson (1959) states that

“The psychosocial conflict of adolescence is an identity versus identity confusion. The "virtue" that should arise from this conflict is fidelity”. That is why, adolescence is called a vulnerable period. This means that, at this stage, teenagers present many issues in their identity; they do not know what happen in their life and get confused easily. This period present a series of issues that adolescents show in their life. As Erikson said adolescence is characterized by persistent feelings of exaggerated rebelliousness, emotional volatility, and feelings that everybody is against one. That refers that the feelings that teenagers presents are the problems that have with people that are around them, as for example “Family”. According to Erikson (1958) argue that “Family interactions change during the teenage years. There is more intimacy, but also more conflict over issues of autonomy. Conflict with parents tends to be most frequent during early adolescence and most intense during middle adolescence. Authoritative parenting is associated with the most positive outcomes.” This is because they feel that parents ignore them and think that the attention is not focused on them. However, there are many factors that makes teenagers have different aggressive behaviors, some of them are for example; the place where they grew up, the people who were with them and influence in a bad way in their life etc. In other words the experience of adolescence is heavily influenced by one’s social and cultural environment. That is why, in this stage, teachers and parents need to give the opportunity to teenagers to have a better communication among them. Adults need to help adolescents in this part since, is where teenagers feel more insecure, and need to have someone that can understand them and help to guide them to the best road.

 What I will do as a Teacher.

In conclusion, the psychosocial development that teenagers present can affect their learning. For this reason, I would like to focus in teenagers’ problems such as; the feelings and emotions that they present in this stage and how I can apply good strategies that can motivate them in the classroom. As a teacher I must involve my students in a space where they can feel comfortable; that is why, it is necessary to be patient with my students so that they feel valued and respected and feel safe enough to share ideas. One strategy that I can use to involve teens to share their ideas is to leave them to create their own rules for the class, this means that they can give their opinions about what are the rules that they will follow in the class. This is a good example about how teachers can involve teens to express their thoughts and feelings in the classroom. Moreover, it is necessary to know about teens problems, and I can develop a good strategy, creating plans with each student for their learning goals for the year and refer to them regularly when students meet a goal. In this way, I will motivate students and I will let them know that I am interesting in their life and their goals. For this reason, I might encourage respectful communication in the classroom, even when viewpoints differ, this will help us to create a better environment where they will share their ideas without any problem.