The purpose of this section is to give you an opportunity to interact a little with an idea about how we grow up. As you scroll down the page you will see different sections of a jigsaw, with statements on each piece of the puzzle. By clicking on a single piece of the puzzle it will be highlighted and at the end of the exercise your total selection will be profiled in the whole puzzle at the bottom of the page.
So, the task is to think of a student you are familiar with in your work. If you do not work directly with children you can consider a young person you know personally, or a colleague and, if you would rather, you can think of yourself. Think about how you experience the other person, what puzzles you, what might irritate you at times, or that provokes your curiousity.
Scroll down the page and take a look at the statements on the puzzle pieces. If there's any connection you see between the statement and the person you have in mind, just click on them. There will be some that don't seem to make much sense, others which you find off-putting - never mind, just click on those that catch your attention and make sense when you think of the individual.
When you have looked through the sections, you will see how they all fit together on the main jigsaw at the end of the page. What you have here is a simple profile of the young person and it will be handy to have in mind when we meet for the on-line session focused on the Cycle of Development model.
