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Adolescence : current issues I
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7343
Publisher Barrington, Ill. : Magna Systems, c1995
1 videocassette (31 min.). + 1 guide
The path from childhood to adulthood is realtively smooth for most adolescents; however, for some the path is strewn with obstacles. Teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, sexual abuse, and alcohol and substance abuse are some of the current issues facing adolescents
Series The developing child ; module #31
Adolescence
Adolescent psychology
Adolescence : current issues II
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7344
Publisher [Barrington, Ill.] : Magna Systems, c1995
1 videocassette (24 min.) + 1 guide
Experts in the field of adolescent development discuss ways of meeting the following challenges today's adolescents are faced with: depression, suicide, delinquency, school dropouts, runaways, sexual harassment, etc
Series Developing child ; module #32Adolescence
Adolescent psychology
Adolescence: physical growth and development
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7341
Publisher [United States] : Magna Systems, c1995
1 videocassette (25 min.) + 1 guide
Program is concerned with the adolescents' physical changes during puberty and the impact of early or late maturation on the individual's self concept. The problems associated with adolescence, such as nutritional disorders, teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted diseases, and drug and alcohol use are discussed
Discusses the physical growth and development of adolescents
Series Developing child ; module #28Adolescence
Adolescent -- Growth
Adolescence -- Development
Adolescence: social and emotional development
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.5658
Publisher Barrington, IL : Magna Systems c1995
1 videocassette (38 min.) + 1 workbook (125 p.)
Note VHS
Discusses the development of identity in adolescents
Series The developing child ; module #30Adolescence
Adolescent psychology
Identity (Psychology) in adolescence
Asking Questions
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.5607
Publisher Columbia, S.C. : South Carolina ETV Network ; New York, NY : Insight Media, c1987, [1996]
1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in
The lesson theme is presented through classroom vignettes, a narrative, and a skit. Researchers then demonstrate major concepts illustrated by scenes in actual classrooms, followed by a discussion and explanation of the research recommendationsEducation, Secondary
Teaching
Teachers
Classroom management
Television in teacher training
A Visit to a Motivated Classroom [videorecording]
JMU Memorial-ETMC-Reserves Videotape no. 9137
Publisher Alexandria, VA : Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, c2003
1 videocassette (32 min.) + 1 viewer's guide (37 p.)
Visits an 11th grade precalculus class taught by Marilyn Garber at Mount Vernon High School in Alexandria, Va. to study her teaching strategies and techniquesGarber, Marilyn
High school teaching
Mathematics -- Study and teaching (Secondary)
Evaluating Sources
JMU Media Resources DVD 2694
Publisher Wynnewood, Pa : Schlessinger Media, c2004
1 DVD (23 min.) + 1 teacher's guide
Shows students how to evaluate information such as author credentials and the relevance and timeliness of informationResearch -- Methodology
Internet research
Internet in education
High School
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9009
Publisher Cambridge, MA : Zipporah Films, 1996
1 videocassette (75 min.)
Film explores conditions at Northeast High School in Philadelphia in 1968. The cinema verité method captures the interaction of students and teachers and brings out the implications of education at a very large high schoolNortheast High School (Philadelphia, Pa.)
High school students -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
High school teachers -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Teacher-student relationships -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Education, Secondary -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Conformity
Documentary films
High School II
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.9010-9011
Publisher Cambridge, Mass. : Zipporah Films, c1994
2 videocassettes (200 min.)+ 1 film study guide (30 p.)
A documentary about Central Park East Secondary School, a successful alternative high school in New York's Spanish Harlem. Ninety-five percent of the school's graduates go on to four-year collegesCentral Park East Secondary School (New York, N.Y.)
High schools -- New York (State) -- New York -- Case studies
African American high school students -- New York (State) -- New York
Hispanic American high school students -- New York (State) -- New York
High school students -- New York (State) -- New York
High school teachers -- New York (State) -- New York
Alternative education -- New York (State) -- New York
Alternative schools -- New York (State) -- New York
Education, Urban -- New York (State) -- New York
Education, Secondary -- New York (State) -- New York
Documentary films
Inside the Teenage Brain
Publisher [Alexandria, Va.] : PBS Video, [2005, 1999]
1 streaming video file (60 min.)
Note Originally broadcast in 1999
It's the mystery of mysteries - especially to parents. Now the experts are exploring the recesses of the brain and finding explanations for why adolescents behave the way they do and how the new discoveries can change the way we teach, or perhaps even understand, our teenagers
VIVA PBS streaming video collectionCognition in adolescence
Pediatric neuropsychology
Teenagers
Brain -- Growth
Teenagers -- Family relationships
Teenagers -- Health and hygiene
Middle School Confessions
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.8421
New York : HBO Home Video, 2002, c2001 / directed and produced by Ellen Goosenberg Kent
1 videocassette (75 min.)
Host, Samuel L. Jackson
This video features candid interviews with students of different socioeconomic backgrounds from across the country. Aged 11 to 14 years old, they reveal their sometimes disturbing inner lives
Teenagers -- Interviews
Adolescence -- Interviews
Adolescent psychology
Documentary television programs
Room 309 Decision Points in Secondary Classrooms
JMU Memorial Hall-ETMC 371.1024 Roo
Publisher Memphis, Tenn : College of Education, Memphis State University, 1987
2 videocassettes (VHS) (41 min.) + 1 guide (50 p.)These two cassettes present vignettes with high school students indicative of situations which will confront the public school teacher in the high school classroom
Classroom management
Education, Secondary
A World of Their Own
JMU Media Resources Videotape no.7282
Publisher [Alexandria, Va.] PBS Home Video, [2002], c2001
1 videocassette (57 min.)
Third in a five-part series that presents recent research on the brain. In this episode, research has shown that during puberty, when the brain begins teeming with hormones, the pre-frontal cortex, the center of reasoning and impulse control, is still a work in progress. Discusses the problems of the adolescent brain and also special risks, including addictive drugs or alcohol, with emphasis on the chaos of schizophrenia and research that is being done to understand and alleviate itBrain
Brain -- Research
Adolescence
Schizophrenia
Schizophrenia in adolescence
