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Tsukerman G. A.
10-12-year-olds: "No man's land" in developmental psychology
(resume)
The goal of the review of studies in
10-12-year-olds is to solve practical problem of
optimal conditions of education for them. The data
are controversial. 10-12-year-olds are different
from junior schoolchildren but at the same time
they need gradual environmental changes for
non-trau-matic transition from junior
schoolchild's state to adolescence. The author
argues that the principal motive power for such a
transition in psychic development is reflection.
The reflection serves child's self-consciousness,
child's ability for self-development. It must be
taken into account when the problem of
individualisation in learning activity is
considered.
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