To All Deans, Please take note our 2022 version of VMGO for our orientation.

MISSION STATEMENT
(rev. Oct 2022 led by Dr. Arlyn Magana – VMGO Section 1)

Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation, as an institution of higher learning is dedicated to the pursuit
of Knowledge, Truth and Wisdom through the Guidance of the Divine Providence as it seeks the total
development and formation of the Filipino Youth.

PHILOSOPHY

The academic programs of Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation are geared towards empowering its
students with human, conceptual and technical skills so that they can best develop themselves and be
instruments in bringing about a good and fruitful life for all.

OBJECTIVES

Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation commits itself to make every Lourdenian graduate:

1. a productive Filipino Citizen

2. a citizen who is committed to uplift the quality of life of other people, and,

3. A fully developed and globally competitive professional who respects the personal worth and
dignity of people and is committed to the development of the community and country.

VISSION STATEMENT

Our Lady of Lourdes College Foundation is a learning institution, holistically responsive and globally
competitive, producing graduates who are competent, morally upright, and productive citizens.

Basic Concept and Issues on Human Development

Prof. Ed 1

Human Development

- Human development is the pattern of movement or change that begin us at conception and continues
through the Iife span.

- it includes growth and decline.

- Development can be positive or negative.

Some Major Principles of Human Development

Principle I

Development is relatively orderly.

Proximodistal pattern - The muscular growth of the trunk and the arms comes earlier as compared to
the hands and fingers.
Cephalocaudal Pattern - During infancy, the greatest gross occurs at the head — with physical growths,
weight differentiation gradually working its way top to bottom.

Principle 2

while the pattern of development is likely to be similar, the outcome of developmental process and the
rate of development are likely to vary among individuals.

Principle 3

Development takes place gradually.

Principle 4

Development as a process is complex because it is the product of biological, cognitive and socio-
emotional process.

Biological – involves changes in the individual’s physical nature

Cognitive- involves changes in the individual’s thought, intelligence and language.

Socio-emotional – includes changes in the individual’s relationship with other people, changes in
emotions and changes in personality.

Approaches to Human Development

Traditional - Human development shows extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change
in adulthood and decline in the late old age.

Life-span - Human development occurs al throughout the life-span of an individual.

Characteristics of life-span development

Life-long – it does not end by adulthood and no development stage dominate the development.

Multi-dimensional -Development consists of biological, cognitive, and social- emotional dimensions.

Development is possible throughout the life-span.

Contextual - Individuals are changing beings in a changing world.

Growth, maintenance and regulation - These are considered goals in that varies in every developmental
change.

Principles of child development and learning that inform practice

All the domains of development and learning physical, social, emotional, and cognitive, are important
and closely related. Many aspects of children's learning and development follow well documented
sequences, with later abilities, skills, and knowledge building on those already acquired. Development
and learning proceed at varying rates from child to child, as well as at uneven areas across different
areas of a child's individual functioning. Development and learning result from a dynamic and
continuous interaction of biological maturation experience. Early experiences have profound effects
(cumulative and delayed) on a child's development and learning; and optimal periods exist for certain
types of development and learning to occur. Development proceeds toward greater complexity, self-
regulation, or symbolic representational capacities. Children develop best when they have secure,
consistent relationships with responsive adults and opportunities for positive relationships with peers.
Development and learning occur in and are influenced by multiple social and cultural contexts. Always
mentally active in seeking to understand the world around them, children learn in a variety of ways; a
wide range of teaching strategies and interactions are effective in supporting all these kinds of learning.
Play is an important vehicle for developing Development and learning advance when children are
challenged to achieve at a level Just beyond their current mastery, and also when they have many
opportunities to practice, newly acquired skills. self-regulation as well as promoting language, cognition
and social competence. Children's experiences shape their motivation and approaches to learning such
as persistence, initiative, and flexibility; in turn, these dispositions and behaviors affect their learning
and development.