Characteristics of eighth grade students

The reason why people pay special attention to eighth grade students is closely related to the various performances reflected by eighth grade students in recent years. For example, they are rebellious, blindly pursue freedom and equality, are easily influenced by the outside world, have extreme emotions, are easily agitated and irritable, have bipolar mood swings, and act based on emotions. However, they are also characterized by great plasticity, proactive attempts, and pursuit of independence. Various situations show that students in eighth grade are a turning point in their growth and development and a critical period in education. In addition, eighth grade is the period when junior high school life begins to differentiate. After a year of study and life, the environment and people are familiar, and some students are not as well-behaved as they were in seventh grade. If schools and families pay close attention to the education of eighth grade students, more students will catch up and move forward together with the collective. The vast majority of students study diligently and want to make progress, but because their thinking is not mature enough, they often look at problems in a one-sided and naive way. They want others to treat them as "adults" and want others to trust and respect them. Parents should adopt appropriate education in response to this kind of thinking and guide students to make continuous progress.

Characteristics of physical and mental development of first- and eighth-grade students

Junior high school students are in a period of "physical and mental fusion", especially among eighth-grade students. The education circle calls it the "psychological weaning period" . Some people believe that the eighth grade is the "most dangerous" stage in the entire middle school, and eighth grade students are the most difficult to manage, which is called the "eighth grade phenomenon."

The root cause of this "phenomenon" can be traced from three aspects: physiological, psychological and study pressure.

(1) Physiological reasons.

Eighth grade students are basically around 14 years old. Census data shows that students of this age have entered puberty. The curiosity and desire to explore brought by puberty’s sexual maturity promote the development of adolescent sexual consciousness. How To understand love, deal with the affection for the opposite sex, and sexual behavior, they need the guidance of parents and teachers on these issues. However, because parents and society adopt a closed-door attitude toward sex knowledge education and are even ashamed to talk about it, students have troubles in adolescence.

(2) Pressure for further studies.

Although there is no pressure to enter a higher education in the eighth grade, when opening the textbooks for the second grade, the teachers have an obvious feeling: compared with the knowledge in the seventh grade, the knowledge content in the eighth grade is much deeper and more difficult. . Students are facing greater challenges in learning. Some students are afraid of difficulties and feel that learning is difficult. They cannot understand or keep up in class, and thus lose interest in learning. Over time, they even break out and give up. study. This is also an important reason for the polarization of learning among eighth graders.

Although the high school entrance examination is not imminent, many eighth-grade students have already experienced the harshness of the high school entrance examination from their seniors. The pressure of entering higher education and social employment pressure have become issues they have to think about. Coupled with the overemphasis on academics by many parents and schools, many teenagers often neglect to participate in other social activities, and even sacrifice their own interests for studying. When they only have one thing to study in their lives, they will naturally feel that life is monotonous and boring, and they will be particularly yearning for and obsessed with the outside world. They often hang out with some socially undesirable youths, or indulge in Internet cafes, dance halls and other entertainment venues. Due to the huge psychological changes in adolescence brought about by physiological development, eighth grade students are in an important stage of transition from teenagers to early youth. Their emotions are irritable and irritable and fluctuate in two extremes. They like to act based on their emotions; they have self-esteem and self-confidence. , The desire to be strong and competitive increases sharply; there is an independent intention, a sense of adulthood, and a sense of autonomy and self-reliance. The cognitive ability lags significantly behind the independent intention and action ability, the mutual love mentality increases, and the self-control ability lags behind. Outstanding performance in three aspects: interactions with the opposite sex, relative ambivalence about sexual knowledge, and psychological anxiety:

(3) Psychological reasons.

Eighth grade students begin to undergo major psychological changes. Children are young and innocent in primary school. They generally listen to teachers and parents, behave well, and obey the rules. After entering junior high school, I felt unfamiliar with the new campus and study life in the first academic year. I was timid and had to consciously abide by discipline. After entering the second grade of junior high school, the students' psychology began to undergo major changes.

Adolescent children think that they have matured physically and mentally. They think they know everything and are even more rational than their teachers. Therefore, they long for independent space and are not used to the behavioral constraints and disciplines of teachers and parents. Especially rebellious towards parents.

Another psychological characteristic of eighth-grade students is that they don’t care about anything on the surface. In fact, they have a strong herd mentality. They want to be unique but also worry about breaking away from the group. As a result, some students develop unhealthy mental states such as tension, anxiety, and low self-esteem. Due to the serious imbalance between psychological development and physical development, varying degrees of antagonism, escape, lying, destruction, violence and other bad behaviors will occur.

2. Some suggestions for family education:

For the above reasons, for eighth grade students, families, schools, and society should strengthen their understanding of them and invest more in them. focus on. It is not enough for people to simply realize their specialness; practical measures should be taken to help them get through the "dangerous period" of life.

(1) Ease the tension with children

Many parents today have begun to realize the physical and mental characteristics of their children during adolescence, but they are still not able to master the methods well. , especially now that they are all only children, parents usually only pay attention to caring about their life and study, and are accustomed to pampering them at home. But once the children's self-awareness begins to awaken and challenge the accustomed parental authority, the parents' reaction is only May be overwhelmed. How to educate and guide children during this period? Parents can handle the tense relationship with their children from the following three aspects:

1. Respect their children and adopt an education method that focuses on encouragement.

Treat children as adults, return the right of speech to children, and partially hand over the right to choose and make decisions to children. Involve children in discussions and decisions about important matters in the family. Promptly affirm children's strengths and achievements, and encourage them more and criticize less when they face difficulties and setbacks.

2. Prevent the occurrence of two extremes.

The first is excessive indulgence, and the second is blind suppression. Neither will lead to good educational outcomes. Therefore, when it comes to educating their children, parents must adhere to basic moral principles in order to teach their children to master a certain degree and prevent them from deviating from the correct life trajectory.

3. Parents themselves must have a strong sense of self-discipline.

The first thing you ask your children to do is to lead by example. Otherwise, it will cause extreme resentment in the child, and even strong rebellion.

(2) Encourage students to actively contact and understand society.

Establish a correct outlook on life and values, get rid of low-level tastes and cultivate high-pressure tastes. Society should strengthen public opinion guidance in certain aspects, such as: How should middle school students view popular culture correctly? In today's era of diverse values, how should middle school students choose? Obviously, it is not wise to blindly emphasize the importance of classroom knowledge. It is advocated that classroom knowledge should be actively extended outside the classroom. By going out of the campus, students can deepen their understanding of theoretical knowledge on the one hand, and more importantly, understand society and cultivate A sense of competition and a strong will, learn to interact with others, experience success and setbacks, and develop psychological endurance. Gradually grow from setbacks and difficulties and form a positive and enterprising attitude towards life.

(3) Strengthen home-school contact and communicate more with class teachers and students.

As the saying goes, "A line is separated by a mountain." In order to integrate home-school resources and maximize the role of family education and school education, it is essential to strengthen communication and contact with the school.

Family is the first classroom for children to receive education, and family education is the foundation of school education. School education is for all students, and teachers’ energy is limited. Therefore, more or less teachers' attention will be focused on it, and it is easy for some neglect to occur. So how to strengthen the connection and communication between parents and schools and educate children well is not only an important aspect of school moral education, but also an inevitable way for parents to cultivate healthy and sound children.

Nowadays, while people are busy, they all long for "sons to become dragons and daughters to become phoenixes". However, due to busyness and their own conditions, they only have the "desire" for love but lack the "ability" to love, so ever. , there are all kinds of weird phenomena in the children's education, either they let it go and don't care; or they are anxious, but they can't control it. As an educator, I feel that paying attention to home-school cooperation is one of the key links to comprehensively improve the quality of our education.

Practice has proven that only when home and school form a synergy can the educational effect be additive. Let us build a bridge between school and family, implement home-school contact, cooperate with each other, and promote the healthy growth of our children!

(4) Parents should pay attention to their own words and deeds to educate their children on "being a human being".

Parents should put their children’s “life” education in an important position. Parents all know that educating children is not only the cultivation of intelligence and the infusion of knowledge, but more importantly, the education of being a person, especially the education of becoming a modern and healthy person. To build a sound personality for children, the quality of grades must not be used as the only criterion to measure a child's progress. The education of "being a human being" is also an important issue in children's growth. In life, parents are their children's first teachers, and their daily words and deeds will have a great or small impact on their children. This requires parents to set an example and set an example for their children. According to relevant questionnaire surveys, parents have the greatest influence on them as a person. Their personality factors, especially good qualities such as honesty, enterprising, diligence, and hard work, have a profound impact on them and benefit them throughout their lives. On the contrary, if parents neglect to guide their children due to their busy work schedule and lead their children to go into misunderstandings, these parents will eventually regret it.

(5) Be good at listening to your children. Spiritual growth requires catharsis.

In my work as a class teacher, I have come into contact with many such children. Many of their inner thoughts do not want to be known to their classmates, and they cannot communicate with their parents, or their parents do not have the patience to listen. When they came to talk to me, they said: :Teacher, I will go crazy if I don’t talk to someone (of course it’s not that serious, but it’s enough to illustrate their desire to talk to others). After the conversation, looking at the students' relaxed and cute faces, I felt the great role of listening. Listening can bring happiness and strength to people. Therefore, parents also listen to their children's voices in their spare time. Parents always have one reason: busy. I have talked to parents many times at parent forums: It is your duty to do a good job, but it is also your unshirkable responsibility and obligation to educate your children well. When we work hard, don’t we just want our children to live a happy life? But if the child cannot grow up healthily, then the gain outweighs the loss. If you provide enough food and drink for your children, does that mean you have fulfilled your responsibility? Therefore, for the healthy growth of their children, parents should sit down and have heart-to-heart communication with their children, promptly discover the problems their children encounter, guide and solve them in time and nip them in the bud. Only in this way can children have a good life. With a relaxed, happy and positive attitude, we can meet the challenges of the future.

(6) Believe in children and give them self-confidence.

No one likes to be told that they are worthless, and children are no exception. The traditional paternalistic style no longer meets the needs of the times, and parents must learn to motivate their children. Appropriate incentives will ignite children's passion for struggle. Looking at the success of people in ancient and modern times, without exception, it has a lot to do with good family education and parental guidance. Parents who successfully educate their children have noticed that in educating their children, they should guide their temperament, broaden their horizons, and cultivate their children. The six principles of strengthening their talents, establishing their ambitions, encouraging their fighting spirit, and correcting their mistakes cannot be neglected.

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