Correct Answer - Option 2 : To Address emotional and motivational needs
According to WHO & Adolescent Health Care the age is between 10 to 19 years and divides adolescence into three psychosocial developmental phases:
- Early adolescence: age 10-13 years
- Middle adolescence: age 14-16 years
- Late adolescence: age 17-19 years.
Adolescence is characterised by rapid physical, social, mental, and emotional changes. It is also a time of opportunity and risk. In the view of Stanley Hall (the father of adolescent psychology), it’s a time of “storm and stress.”
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Emotions impact the development of character throughout life but the most critical stage in the development of emotions in adolescence. (13-19 years). Adolescence is the transitional stage of childhood and adulthood when a child develops physically and psychologically into an adult.
- Adolescents face many biological, social, and personal changes. During adolescence, a person transits from a child to an adult i. e transitional stage it is. Adolescents become aggressive at times and face many adjustment problems. That is why besides the academic needs adolescent students required emotional and motivational support.
- The motivational and emotional support of the teacher influence students’ satisfaction, motivation, overall achievement and self-concept. Students feel more comfortable in the class, where their emotions are satisfied. The important impact of the supportive behaviour of the teacher strengthens the relationship between students and teachers. Teachers who are trusting, caring, and respectful of students provide the socio-emotional support that children need to approach, engage and persist on academic learning tasks, and develop positive self-perceptions and values.
Thus, from the above-mentioned points, it is clear that it is required for adolescent students to address emotional and motivational needs in addition to academic needs.
