Changes From Adolescence and Transforming Into a Mature Individual With Identities Assimilated

Essay from the year 2022 in the subject Sociology - Children and Youth, grade: First Class, , course: Masters in Education (Advanced Teaching for Elementary, Middle and Secondary), language: English, abstract: The following essay will discuss the importance of adolescent development within an international school setting. The norms within an International Baccalaureate school are given that teachers and educators are trained accordingly to the needs as outlined by the International Baccalaureate organisation, where a focus is placed on inquiry-based learning, assessments, student agency, and how to promote international mindedness, allowing students to learn through making connections within a global context while being knowledgeable, caring, risk-takers and open-minded. The essay is divided into three sections, the author's personal experiences transforming from childhood into becoming a teenager with all the social and peer pressures students have to encounter at this age, even being a mature adult and attending University.