Topic-based materials for teaching teenagers

Why a topical or student-centred approach?

• Teenagers are hard to please
• Teenagers often do not like the materials that books provide
• Teenagers enjoy rebelling against a prescriptive approach
• Teenagers get bored quickly
• Teenagers crave independence
• Left to their own devices teenagers are often more responsible, cooperative and sensible than we give them credit for
• Teenagers often have stronger opinions about life than many adults

So, in the following topic-based activities:

• Teenagers set their own activities within a secure framework
• Teenagers get to work in groups helping and teaching each other
• Teenagers choose what to read
• Teenagers get to set their own questions and goals
• Teacher acts as a facilitator and co-learner 
• Teenagers get to feel good about what they do know rather than feeling bad about what they don’t know

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