All the world’s a stage

And all men and women are merely players;

They have their exits and entrances,
And one man, in his time, plays many parts.
OBJECTIVES:
• differentiate between growth and development
• list and describe the principles of growth and development
• list the factors responsible for growth and development
• identify the physical, mental, emotional, social and moral
characteristics of children in their different stages of growth and
development
it is often said, is the only
Human Development
pattern of
movement or
change that begins
in conception and
continues through
the life span.
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT
Quantitative Change Qualitative Change

Both begin in conception and end with death

Positive or negative Evolution or involution
Principles of development
CHILDREN’S
DEVELOPMENT IS Socioemoti
onal
MULTIDIMENSIONAL.
The domains of
development are
interrelated
Cognitive Biological
Principles of development
DEVELOPMENT
FOLLOWS A PATTERN
Development is
relatively orderly
A. Cephalocaudal Law
B. Proximodistal Law
Principles of development
DEVELOPMENT
FOLLOWS A PATTERN
Prenatal (before birth) and postnatal
(after birth) development of human
beings follows a pattern or a general
sequence.
Principles of development
RATE OF GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT IS NOT
UNIFORM
Rapid changes occur in early years and
slow down in later years of life. During
adolescence again there is a sudden rise
in growth and development, which slows
down in later age of life.
Principles of development
ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE
DIFFERENT
No two people can be expected
to react in the same manner to
the same environmental stimuli.

NATURE VS. NURTURE

Principles of development
MATURATION AND LEARNING PLAY
IMPORTANT ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT.
MATURATION is the unfolding of the individual’s inherent
trait.
Phylogenetic functions are functions more common
to the human race. (creeping, sitting, walking)

LEARNING is the development that comes from exercise and

effort on the individual’s part.
Ontogenetic functions are functions learned from
training.
Principles of development
MATURATION AND LEARNING PLAY
IMPORTANT ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT.

“ Maturation determines the general pattern of

growth and the rate at which a child passes
from one stage to the next, but environmental
influences determine the particular form of

”
growth the individual achieves
Principles of development
MATURATION AND LEARNING PLAY
IMPORTANT ROLES IN DEVELOPMENT.
1. Because human beings are capable of learning,
variation is possible.
2. Maturation sets limits beyond which development
cannot progress, even with the most favorable
learning methods, and the strongest motivation on the
part of the learner.
3. There is a definite timetable for learning
Significant Facts about development
EARLY FOUNDATIONS ARE CRITICAL
Because early foundations are likely
to be persistent, it is important that
they be of the kind that will lead to
good social and personal
adjustments as the individual grows.

“The child is the father of man”

Significant Facts about development

“Train up a child in a
way he should go, and
when he is old, he will
never depart from it.”
-Proverbs 22:6