http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-on-my-personal-retreat/ life, faith, youth ministry, emerging church, leadership, whimsy Wed, 16 May 2012 14:27:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-on-my-personal-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-639254 The Primal Teen: Book review » JakeBouma.com Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:33:29 +0000 http://www.ysmarko.com/?p=837#comment-639254 [...] I first heard about Barbara Strauch's The Primal Teen from Mark Oestreicher (a.k.a. ysmarko) on his blog, and then in person when he plugged it during his seminar on middle school ministry at the 2007 National Youth Workers Convention. [...] [...] I first heard about Barbara Strauch’s The Primal Teen from Mark Oestreicher (a.k.a. ysmarko) on his blog, and then in person when he plugged it during his seminar on middle school ministry at the 2007 National Youth Workers Convention. [...]

]]> http://whyismarko.com/2006/books-read-on-my-personal-retreat/comment-page-1/#comment-231538 ysmarko Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:19:03 +0000 http://www.ysmarko.com/?p=837#comment-231538 [...] this is fascinating to me. allstate has an advertisement out completely built on the research of adolescent brain development research (specifically about the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex — the decision making center of the brain) that i’ve been posting about so much (see here (primal teen review), here (thoughts about the proliferation then winnowing of neurons prior to and after puberty), here (purely speculative rumination about mary’s cognitive ability — this one really ticked some people off!), here (just a cartoon), here (link to an excellent overview article), here (notes from jh pastors summit of dr. todd clements presentation), here (discussion of implications for teaching middle schoolers), and here (discussion of implications for younger youth ministry volunteers). [...] [...] this is fascinating to me. allstate has an advertisement out completely built on the research of adolescent brain development research (specifically about the underdeveloped prefrontal cortex — the decision making center of the brain) that i’ve been posting about so much (see here (primal teen review), here (thoughts about the proliferation then winnowing of neurons prior to and after puberty), here (purely speculative rumination about mary’s cognitive ability — this one really ticked some people off!), here (just a cartoon), here (link to an excellent overview article), here (notes from jh pastors summit of dr. todd clements presentation), here (discussion of implications for teaching middle schoolers), and here (discussion of implications for younger youth ministry volunteers). [...]

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