1st Edition

Young Adolescents and the Middle Schools They Need Strategies for Educators to Support Student Growth

By Dave F. Brown Copyright 2025
168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

168 Pages
by Routledge

This textbook offers comprehensive information for middle level educators on understanding and addressing the unique challenges and opportunities in teaching students in grades 5–9. It illuminates the unique developmental processes of this population—physical, social, emotional, cognitive, and identity searches—and presents strategies for fostering their healthy overall growth. Drawing from... Read more

1. Do You Have What It Takes?  2. Ensuring Equity  3. Young Adolescents’ Identity Development  4. Young Adolescents’ Physical Development  5. Powerful Learning Machines: Young Adolescent Brain and Cognitive Growth  6. Self-Discovery: Emotional, Social, and Moral Development  7. Why Should I Return to Your Class? Creating Communities of Care  8. Essential Interventions for Young Adolescents  9. What Happens in Real Middle Level Schools  10. Curricula That Students Want and Need  11. Designing Learning That Fuels Student Motivation  12. Stop Evaluating Students: Engage Them in Assessment  13. Be the Change for Young Adolescents

Biography

Dave F. Brown (He/him/his) is an educational researcher, former middle grades teacher and Professor Emeritus in the College of Education and Social Work at West Chester University, USA. He is the Executive Director of the Vermont Association for Middle Level Education (VAMLE), on the Board of Directors for the New England League of Middle Schools (NELMS), and a member of the Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) Equity in the Middle Grades Committee.