The Excellence Centre What is an adolescent Prehormonal Hormonal patterns setting in Living with the hormonal patterns changes in thinking capacity Moving from simply having disclosure of the stories of life to testing the disruption of the stories of life through learning to ask good q ID: 638016
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The Amazing Adolescent
Stephen J Fyson PhD
The Excellence CentreSlide2
What is an adolescent?
Pre-hormonal
Hormonal patterns setting in
Living with the hormonal patterns – changes in thinking capacity
Moving from simply having disclosure of the stories of life to testing the disruption of the stories of life, through learning to ask good questions…
Male and Female – still relevant? Slide3
What shapes Adolescents?
Contemporary psychology / education speaks of two domains:
NATURE
= our genetic inheritance, such that we are described as being partly determined by our genetic predispositions [inherent capacities and some predispositions]; and
NURTURE
= our social upbringing, such that we are described as being partly determined by our social upbringing within our familial and cultural contexts [early years of socialisation do induct us into certain patterns of civil conduct, and styles or patterns of normally relating to others].Slide4
Biblical Basics…
What about these?
Image of God
:
Honour and Respect, Calling and Vocation
[“meaning and purpose”]
Truth
:
Things are real (physical and social) and Truth is our reference point
[boundaries of physical and social experience]
Grace
:
We are imperfect and need forgiveness // and to give forgiveness
[commitment to keeping relationships going]Slide5
Biblical Basics contd.
Faith, hope and love
How do we present the awe and wonder of our humanity, and the adventure of good character, in the face of:
Physical comfort;
And thus God-denial?
Sin
How do we describe this reality to adolescents in a real way?
[Incarnational discipleship… living together in Grace and Truth]