short note on adolescent education
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The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is an important initiative that aims to empower young people with accurate, age appropriate and culturally relevant information, promote healthy attitudes and develop skills to enable them to respond to real life situations in positive and responsible ways.
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The Adolescence Education Programme (AEP) is an important initiative that aims to empower young people with accurate, age appropriate and culturally relevant information, promote healthy attitudes and develop skills to enable them to respond to real life situations in positive and responsible ways.
Explanation:
Adolescence is a time of transition, where the individual is fuller of doubt than certainty.
Amidst such moments what role do educators play in creating holistic human beings and not fragmented/conflict ridden adults, a pedagogue engages with these fundamental concerns.
There is a very large cohort of adolescents in the developing world and it is coming of age in a very fast changing world. The countries in the world are connected to each other and changes in technology, education, environment, culture, and politics become pervasive and globally inclusive and make a marked change in the living conditions of adolescents. These changes have lowered the distance between different countries. Changes in technology make travel faster, easier and unnecessary due to growth of electronic communication. Due to changes in politics, it is easier to cross national boundaries and due to shift in economic structure, the flow of goods, services and capital has become a routine thing. Globalization per se is not new but what are new are the speed, scale, scope and complexity of this process.
How are these changes affecting their coming of age? First of all adolescent life is not limited by geographical boundaries. Technology made dissemination of information anywhere, anytime and financial transactions and production networks are organized globally with few hiccups. Transportation makes rich and poor countries accessible to each other and migration across international borders a reality. In the twenty first century, many of these adolescents are growing in a transformed world or in other words growing globally.
Each coin has two sides. Globalization has not only opened doors to opportunities but also posed several threats. It has introduced new international conflicts and problems such as rising inequality, social polarization, and the demise of the nation.
Due to these global forces, the next generation will have to live and work in a transformed world and the choices that today’s young people make or others make on their behalf will facilitate or constrain their success as adults. Old expectations regarding employment or life experiences are not valid any more. Furthermore, the transition to adulthood is no longer just a matter of familial and individual choices but is greatly shaped by global contexts, increased contact across cultures and geographical space, and the repercussions that are associated with multiple and simultaneous events across countries. And the traditional values and norms that informed and influenced these choices in the past may not lead to the best decisions in the changing global context in which adolescents find themselves. Arnett (2002) has argued that young people worldwide now develop a bicultural identity that integrates their local identity with new elements derived from their exposure to and interpretation of global culture.
These changes reach even rural areas and mean both opportunities such as markets, technology and democracy and risk in the form of marginalization. Adolescents need to be prepared for making best out of these changes. This article discusses various global factors affecting transition of adolescents into adults, and role of adolescence education in their successful and smooth transition