Promoting positive behaviour among adolescents

Pages:95-97
Fahad Alshemeri (Faculty of Education, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

Behavior of adolescents is the most common type of conversation internationally. We describe adolescent’s behaviour in negative terms. The present article focuses on behavior management of adolescents within the context of the family and school. Many of the behavioural traits that the adolescents display are confrontational, and disrespectful towards the teachers and to their own parents . The natural human response from the parents and teachers are expected to promote the positive behviour. Parents as well as the teachers should accept the challenge and express concerns in dealing the disruptive and ill-behaviour in classrooms and family. The present article offers new and creative insights in teaching, guidance and dealing with behavioural problems of adolescents. More specifically, in this article, the author discusses in brief problems during adolescence, and zone of proximal developmein. The importance and role of moral education curriculum planning and instruction in promoting positive behavior among adolescents have been emphasized. There can be no doubt that guidance to the teachers and parents is needed to promote positive behavior among adolescents. The goal of this article is to focus of the indepth understanding of moral values, among adolescents and to introduce character education programme inthe schools and to promote guidance and counseling activities.