Developmentally Appropriate
Middle Level Schools, 2^nd Edition

• Chapter 1 explores early adolescence as a developmental period, and its evolution toward acceptance. Contemporary efforts to promote the 10- to 15-year old period are described.
• Chapter 2 examines contemporary research on physical, psychosocial and cognitive development, and provides a developmental portrait of young adolescent learners.
• Chapter 3 shows how young adolescents' physical, psychosocial, and cognitive developmental characteristics can form the basis for developmentally appropriate curricular, instructional, and organizational decisions in middle level schools.
• Chapter 4 highlights resources for middle level school educators, including professional associations, Internet sites, and resource centers.
• Appendix A is a "Checklist to Determine Middle Level Schools' Response to Young Adolescents' Developmental Characteristics."

• Preface
  
• Chapter 1: Early Adolescence and Middle Level Schools
  Questions To Be Explored
  Young Adolescents and Middle Level Schools
  Brief Historical Look at Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adolescence
  The Emergence of the Middle Level School
  Challenges to Middle Level Schools and Young Adolescents
  Promising Directions for Schooling Young Adolescents
  Models for Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools
  Re-engaging Parents: Essential to All Middle Level School Efforts
  Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 2: Physical, Psychosocial, and Cognitive Development
  Questions To Be Explored
  The Need To Understand and Respond to Young Adolescents' Development
  Young Adolescents: Changes, Constants, and Concerns
  Young Adolescents' Development: Interconnected and Diverse
  Physical Development
  Diversity Issue 2.1: Risky Sexual Attitudes Among Urban African American Girls in Early Adolescence
  Psychosocial Development
  Diversity Issue 2.2: Lesbian and Gay Young Adolescents
  Case Study 2.1: Developmental Portrait of a 12-Year-Old Girl
  Cognitive Development
  Diversity Issue 2.3: What About the Boys?
  Case Study 2.2: Developmental Portrait of a 14-Year-Old Boy
  Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 3: Developmentally Appropriate Middle Level Schools
  Questions To Be Explored
  Meeting Young Adolescents' Developmental Needs
  The Developmentally Appropriate Approach
  Physical Development
  Psychosocial Development
  Cognitive Development
  Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 4: Resources for Middle Level School Educators
  Professional Associations
  Internet Sites
  Foundations and Corporations
  National Resource Centers
  Youth Organizations
  Summary
  
• Appendix A
  
• References
  

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