Study plan
4-Lesson Study Plan on Golan’s Analysis of Transitions and Change
Create a 4-lesson study plan on Golan’s analysis of transitions, types of change, adaptation, coping, and developmental significance using the indexed study material.
Lessons in this plan
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1. Defining Transitions and Mapping Their Main Forms
Identify how Golan defines transitional periods and distinguish major forms of transition, including stage-related transitions, free-floating transitions, and endings that may or may not be replaced by new roles or statuses.
- 2 2. Types of Change: Continuity, Growth, and Loss Explain Golan’s discussion of change as involving continuity of meaning, and differentiate incremental or substitutional change, growth-oriented change, and loss-producing change in transitional experience.
- 3 3. Adaptation, Mastery, Coping, and Defense in the Change Process Define the four key outcome concepts introduced by Golan—adaptation, mastery, coping, and defense—and compare coping with external challenges versus coping aimed at maintaining internal integration.
- 4 4. Developmental Significance: Teachable Moments, Sense of Coherence, and Transitional Tasks Analyze why transitions matter developmentally by examining teachable moments, the disruption and restructuring of one’s inner world, the role of sense of coherence, and the concrete emotional and decision-making tasks people face during transition.