PERSONAL AND SOCIAL IDENTITY
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The Nature of the Development of Personal and Social Identity
Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the nature of the development of personal and social identity through the study of:
- the development of personality, self-awareness and self-concept
- the development of identity and the social self
- the role of socialisation and the influence of agents of socialisation on the development of personal and social identity
- the influence of each of the following on the development of personal and social identity:
- the development of personality, self-awareness and self-concept
- the development of identity and the social self
- the role of socialisation and the influence of agents of socialisation on the development of personal and social identity
- the influence of each of the following on the development of personal and social identity:
- family and kinship
- ethnicity and culture
- gender
- sexuality
- beliefs
- location, class and status
- peers
- school
- media, including contemporary communication technologies
- the ‘nature versus nurture’ debate
- ‘adolescence’ as a social construct and its validity for different cultures
Most of this part of the topic can be taught through the following project.
For the full task download this file:
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Here's a Prezi to accompany the task (based on old syllabus though):
Other resources
- Birth order effect on personality theory debunked
- Generations (McCrindle Research)
- The 7-Up Series (21-up best for contrasting with students' lives and where they are heading) > Worksheet
- Adolescent development (MindMatters)
- Adolescent development (World Health Organisation)
But wait, there's more...
Students will develop knowledge and understanding of the nature of the development of personal and social identity through the study of:
- theories that offer an explanation or understanding of the development of the physical and social self: TWO theorists to be studied from the following list:
- theories that offer an explanation or understanding of the development of the physical and social self: TWO theorists to be studied from the following list:
- David Elkind
- Erik Erikson
- Carol Gilligan
- Robert Havighurst
- Jane Loevinger
- Jean Piaget
- a theorist not listed above
- changing rights and responsibilities
- Theory of Generations: Karl Mannheim OR Generational Theory: Strauss–Howe.
THEORIST Jean Piaget - watch the video but stop after 8:00mins (cognitive development)
THEORIST Erik Erikson - watch the video but stop after 6:00mins.
THEORIST Erik Erikson - Who am I? (identity crisis)
THEORIST Abraham Maslow - watch the video but stop after 6:00mins (motivation, social development and the hierarchy of needs)
THEORIST Lawrence Kohlberg - watch the video but stop after 8:30mins (morality development)
TASK: Develop a Fakebook page for one of the theorists.