Preliminary Material / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- Schooling the ambiguities of adolescence / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- Why? (Who, What, and Where) conceptual foundations / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- What? past and current research on psychological understanding and ambiguity in adolescence / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- How? applications (theory, education, and future research) / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- Questioning the persistent paradoxical puzzles? 2020 and beyond… / Sandra Leanne Bosacki -- References / Sandra Leanne Bosacki.

Research shows that the ability to "read others" or to make sense of the signs and symbols evident in human communication has an influence on children’s self-conceptions and their social interactions in childhood and adolescence. Given that psychological explanations play a key role in teaching and learning, further research is required, particularly on adolescents within the school context. This book investigates which aspects of these discourse experiences foster the growth of understanding of spirit, emotion, and mind in adolescence. Accordingly, from a co-relational approach to the development of understanding mind and education, this book builds on past and current research by investigating the social and emotional antecedents and consequences of psychological understanding in early adolescence. Specifically, this book explores the question: How do adolescents use their ability to understand other minds to navigate their relationships with themselves and their peers within the culture of ambiguity? To address this question, this book critically examines research on adolescents’ ability to understand mind, emotion, and spirit, and how they use this ability to help them navigate their relationships within the school setting. This book might appeal to a variety of educators and researchers, ranging from early childhood educators/researchers to university professors specializing in socioemotional and spiritual/moral worlds of adolescents.

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