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The Scholar Phase naturally follows for a healthy youth who has an active Core Phase and rich Love of Learning. This transformational time coincides with puberty, and the young person can now think abstractly. This is important because during this time a healthy youth is able to comprehend fully that requirements are not reprimands, achievements are not affirmations, and acquisitions/deficits are not her.

Peer involvement that supports her best self (including educational philosophy and goals) is important during Scholar Phase. It is well for a parent to look ahead to this time and do some concerted community-building in order to facilitate the Scholar Projects that are so ideal to meet the needs of youth in Scholar Phase. Scholar Phase has four main Sub-Phases, as described by Aneladee Milne:

• Practice Scholar
• Apprentice Scholar
• Self-Directed Scholar
• Mentored Scholar

Resources:

• A Thomas Jefferson Education Home Companion, ch. 4, 5, 12, 15, epilogue and appendixes b & d
• Leadership Education: The Phases of Learning, ch. 6 & 7

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