They have a need to make a difference and change the world they live in to become a better place. A Need for Intensity Adolescents have a high level of intensity, and need opportunities to channel this energy into something that interests them and affects others in a positive way. A Need for Routine Routine not only involves drill used for practicing purposes, but routine in an adolescents life needs to involve an atmosphere that encourages steady, determined effort toward a goal. Adolescents also need the security and privacy that routine gives them. A Need for Myth and Legend Myths are important to the health of a culure and to the development of individuals.
Myths portray human issues in ways that adolescents can understand.
A need for fact is a need to find out for one's self. It is a need to distinquish between fact, opinions, and evidence in order to develop skills in looking for evidence. This is also especially important to an adolescent's cognitive development, because as students have experience with concrete data, they can then move into they formal operations stage of cognitive development. A Need for Physical Activity Adolescents have an overabundance of restless energy and need some way to channel this energy. Students need a break from the traditional pattern which allows for some physical activity during the normal school day.