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If there’s a silver lining to the pandemic, it’s this: the chance to return to a better “normal,” one that supports the remarkable opportunities for learning during adolescence. Our Co-Executive Director, Adriana Galván, and others spoke about what that might look like at the Education Writer Association’s 2021 National Seminar.
In a new Getting Smart Podcast episode hosted by Tim Vander Ark, Adaptivity podcast host and CDA founder Ron Dahl discusses how adolescence is a critical developmental phase featuring unique opportunities for fostering agency, contribution, and authentic mattering.
In a new Washington Post article, NSCA member Anthony Burrow discusses his study on purpose during adolescence. During a six-year project, Burrow and his researchers selected around 1,200 adolescents to receive $400 no-strings “contributions” to pursue something that benefits their community, family, or even themselves. Eight weeks later, those who received the contributions scored significantly higher than the non-recipients on all measures: latent well-being, sense of purpose, sense of belonging, sense of feeling needed and useful, and affective balance.
