Prof.

Ed 1 - The Child and

Adolescent Learners and
Learning Principles
Instructor: Dr. Linnie Viernes
Name: Arnulfo L. Dela Cruz Course: BEED I - B

Module 1 - Human Development: Meaning, Concepts and Approaches

1. Do the following to ensure mastery of the big ideas presented in this Module.
a. Give the meaning of human development: Human Development is about how the human
develop its mental emotions, mental thinking, and maturity .

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

Patterns of development
a. The direction of growth following the Cephalocaudal pattern is from Top to the Bottom .

3. Differences between the traditional and life-span approaches to human development.

The life-span approach emphasizes developmental change during adulthood as well as childhood. The
traditional approach on the other hand, emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no
change at all in adulthood, and decline in late old age .
4. Characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective.

Development
Development Is:
Is: Plastic
Lifelong

Characteristics
of
Human
Development
…

Development Development
Involves: Is:
Growth, Multidimensional
Maintenance &
Regulation Development
Is:
Contextual
 Module 2 - The Stages of Developmental and Developmental Tasks

1. Put a check (✓) beside those statements that are correct and an (✘) beside those that are wrong. If
your answer in an (✘) explain why.

✘ 1. Developmental are only for the first 3 stages of human development.

- Explaination: Because It applies to all the human developments.

✘ 2. Failure of achieving developmental tasks in an earlier stage also means failure for the
learner to master the developmental task in the next stage.

- Explanation: Humans learn and adapt, thus a child can still complete a developmental task.

✓ 3. Preschool age corresponds to early childhood stage.

✓ 4. Adolescence is middle and late childhood.

✘ 5. Teenage is middle childhood.

- Explanation: Teenage is referred to as adolescence.

✓ 6. Mastery of fundamental skills is a major concern during early childhood.

✓ 7. Play is a great need of children in middle childhood.

✓ 8. Preparing children for schoold readiness is the major concern of middle childhood.
Module 3 - Human Development
Complete the sentence.
1. With regards to the nurture-nature, continuity-discontinuity, change-stability controversies, the
wiser stand is to ensure that you comprehend what is being addressed and that the question
correctly provides you with a viable option. As William Greenough said, and I quote: “The
interaction of hereby and environment is so extensive that to ask which is more important, nature or
nurture, is like asking which is more important to a rectangle, height or width.” as I read this words
carefully, I came up with a neutral judgement to this controversy. It's vital to understand how
abstract notions like comfort and logic vs emotion connect to everyday experiences. That is why I
think there should be a balance of respect on this topic.

As far as our discussing are concerned, which statement is correct and which one is wrong? Put a
check (✓) before the correct statement and (✘) mark the wrong one. If you mark a statement (✘),
explain why.

✓ 1. Heredity exerts a greater influence on human development than environment.

✘ 2. What has been experienced in the earlier stages of development can no longer be changed.

- Explanation: Behavior, routines, personality and ethics are deeds that can be
fluctuated.

✓ 3. From the perspective of life-span developmentalist, later experiences are the key
determinants of a person’s development.
 Module 4 - Research in Child and Adolescent Development

Read each statement below. Do you agree/disagree with each statement? Put a check mark (✓) to
indicate your answer.

Statement Ye No
s
1. Research is only for those who plan to take master’s degree or doctorate degree. ✓
2. Research is easy to do. ✓
3. Research is all about giving questionnaires and tallying the responses. ✓
4. Research with one or two respondents is not a valid research. ✓
5. Teacher, because they are busy in their classroom, are expected to use existing ✓
research rather than conduct their own research in the classroom.
6. There is no need to go into research because a lot of researches have already been ✓
conducted.
7. Students are mere users of knowledge arrived at by research. It is not their task to ✓
conduct research.
8. Students do not possess the qualification to conduct research. ✓
9. It is not worth conducting research considering the time and money it requires ✓

TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING:

Write “T” if the statement is CORRECT and “F” if the statement is WRONG.

T 1. Quality research adheres to the scientific method.

F 2. For research on child and adolescent development to serve its ultimate purpose, researchers
must be governed by ethical principles.

T 3. Which research design and data-gathering technique to use has nothing to do with the nature
of research problem and objective/s of the research.

T 4. Teachers are both procedures of knowledge when they conduct research and are consumers or
end users of knowledge.
 REFLECTION
It is said that because teachers are overloaded with work, they usually frown on the conduct of
research. Reflect on the consequences of this attitude. What can be done to prevent this? Write
your reflection here.

As a student, I can relate myself in this situation. There are times that we are given a task or asked to
do something but its lacking with politeness. I believe that being polite towards others has a huge
impact on their response towards the given task. Frowning towards a given task is a negative asset to
have as an educator, that’s why it is important to have an optimistic personality at all times. Another
thing to consider is the teachers’ emotional state. Not everyone can tolerate the stress that they’re
receiving under pressure on a daily basis. We do not know what he/she have been through.
To prevent this type of scenarios to happen, we must consider this factors. And for the teachers’ side,
they must maintain a presence of mind in any situation.
Submitted by: Arnulfo L. Dela Cruz (BEED I - B)