Characteristics

Of Adolecents
and Their
implications In
Education
 What Is Youth?

Youth is the time of life when one is young, and often means the time between
childhood and adulthood (maturity). It is also defined as ‘’the appearance,
freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristics of one is young. Its definitions of
specific age range varies, as youth is not defines chronologically as a stage that can
be tied to specific age ranges. Nor can its end point be linked to specific activites,
such as taking unpaid work or having sexual relations without consent
 UNDERSTANDING OF
ADOLENCENTS PERSONALITY
A. Personality Meaning,
Etymological personality is a translation of
English "personality". While the term
etymological personality comes from the Latin
"person" (mask) and "personare" (penetrate).
Persona is usually used by performers in ancient
times to portray a certain form of behavior and
personal character
Understanding in terms of terminology in the opinion of experts include:
- May defines personality as "a social stimulus value". So according to the way -
other people react, that's the individual's personality. In other words, the
opinions of others determine the individual's personality.
- McDougal and his friends argue, that personality is a level of traits where
usually high-level traits have a decisive influence.
- Gordon W. allport suggests, personality is a dynamic organization within
individul as a psychophysical system that determines the typical way of
adjusting to the environment. (Yusuf, 2009: 126).
Personality can also be interpreted as the quality of individual behavior
that appears to be uniquely adapted to the environment. The
uniqueness of the adjustment is closely related to the aspects of
personality itself, which includes the following:
– Characteristics
– Temperament
– Emotional stability
– Responsibility
– Sociality
 b. Personality
Meaning • Self rejections
Profile Of Adolescent and
• Emotional symptons
Psychomotor Development
• Improper biological satisfaction.
EARLY YOUTH LATE YOUTH • Rapid physical-hormonal & hormonal development
• Very fast • The rate of
Profile Of Language Development and Adolescent Cognitive Behavior
development rates development
• Proportion of descreases EARLY YOUTH LATE YOUTH
height and weight • Proportion of
• Language and password • More self-stabilizing on
• Emergences of height and weight
development began to be chosen foreign language
secondary the body looks
interested in foreign • More rationalism idealist
characteristics balanced
languages • Formal logic accompanied
(Growing pubic • The reproductive –
• More critical criticalism conclusive generalization
region fur, etc.) ’ are ready
• Ability to operate the rules and comprehensive
• Active in various • More selective in
of formal logic rules • Specific talent trends reach
types game/activity choosing creativity
• Talents (aptitudes) start the peak
show tendency-clear • Start thinking and act
Problem That May Arise Due To Physical Development and
tendency ‘’what’s next?’’
Psychomotor
• Tends to think and act
Clumsiness to get along between teenagers and even adult
even once ‘’here and now’’
Problems That May Arise Related To Language
and Cognitive Development :
– learning unpleasant foreign languages
tend to be hateful
– inconsistency between talent, interest.
– Especially early teens tend to think ‘’here
and now’’ in making life decisions
– Very vulnereable to ‘’misguided’’ but
basic thoughts the logic of thinking is
strong
– with cognitive development in
adolescence it is very rich idealis, idol
seekers, curiosty, and want to be
recognize-valued
profile of Development Of Social,
emotional, moral, and religious
Teenagers
EARLY YOUTH
• starting with tendencies
ambivalent in making friends
• dependence on friends the
peer and the spirit of the law
• emotional reactions and
expressions still unstable and
not yet well controlled
• identify yourself with idolized
figure of morality
• skeptcs appear on religion
• still looking and trying find
the handle of life
LATE YOUTH
• associate with a number of
friends limited and selective
• start flexible with friends the
same age
• emptional reactions and
expressions looks more
stable, controlled, and able to
master yourself
• self-identificarion of figures
idol morality as a result
consideration of value
independence
• high appreciation about
religious life
• start to find a handle live
more definitively
 C. Factors that influence youth
personality
1. Teaching Factors, External Factors
(External)
There are two major groups which
include external factors that affect
humans. The two groups are organic
groups, namely human animals and
plants and inorganic groups, including
natural conditions, and objects.
Included in natural conditions is climate,
livelihoods (pigs, seafarers,
pegungungan, trade, etc.)
2. Inner Factors, Basic Factors
(Intern)
There are several internal factors in adolescent personality
development, namely:
– Development of Sexuality
– Fantasy development
– Development of Emotions
– Development of Will / desire
– Development of Mind
– Development of Aestetics
– Development of Religion
Every stage of human life there must be developmental tasks that must be passed. If
someone fails through the developmental task at the actual age then at the next stage of
development there will be a problem in that person. To get to know the personality of
adolescents, it is necessary to know the tasks of their development. These development
tasks include:

1. Teenagers can accept their physical condition and can use it effectively
2. Teens can get emotional freedom from parents
3. Teens are able to get along more mature with both sexes
4. Know and accept your own abilities
5. Strengthening self-control on the basis of value and norm scale
D. IMPLICATIONS OF TEEN
CHARACTERISTICS ON EDUCATION

The school environment has a major influence on the development of adolescent souls. Schools besides
carrying out teaching functions are also functions of education. In terms of school education in terms of
'second home' for students, it is a place of reference and protection if teenagers experience problems.
Efforts can be made by the teacher in terms of understanding students as teenagers, namely:
– Helping students find their identity and face the failure they face.
– Emotions that peak are characteristic of adolescents. The teacher can guide adolescents to control
negative emotions.
– Teaching how to understand others and tolerance is a way for teachers to educate teenagers.
– By learning the various characteristics of adolescents will greatly help students wo are still in
adolescence, for the success of the teaching process. Because every teenager is different, the
teacher must or cannot be a friend and parent for the teenager himself. An innocent, objective
attitude towards students is needed, fair and shows sympathy and attention in dealing with
adolescents.