The Child and Adolescent Learners

1. Define terms childhood and adolescent

2. Identify provisions on children’s right and
young person
3. Describe and analyse the present situation
of Filipino children and adolescents
 A. Childhood

 - refers to the time of being a child

- the early stage in the existence or
development of a person
- evolving series of steps, usually constant
towards adulthood shaped by forces and ideas
from ethnicity to class, from region to religion
and from gender to politics
- time of innocence(free from innocence but
vulnerable to forces in the environment)
- period where one enjoys closeness with
parents and shared expectations
 Childhood Patterns
 Typical “free” child – homogenous society where he had to contend
with similar values, common religious precepts and expectations,
and opportunities from a characteristically rural setting.

“ Extension of childhood”- stretched to adolescence

Stanley G. Hall (20th century)-schooling of children for longer
periods of time( minimum lengths of school years + high school)
- Age of consent: 21 to 22
- Attempts of strengthening child labor laws
- Health and welfare – like vaccination and nutrition
- Raised with particular traditions:
- religious faith - proper use of resources
- family importance - appreciation for larger culture

- Calvert 1992-” The basic markers for becoming an adult completing one’s
schooling
finding occupation, marriage remains the same
 b. Adolescence
 Latin word: adolenscia (adolescere) “to grow up”
 - period of psychological and social transition
between childhood and adulthood
- transitional stage of human development in
which a juvenile matures into an adult
- teenager
- involves biological, social and psychological
changes
Accdg. to World Health Organization (WHO)- the
period of life between
10 and 19 years of age
(US 12-14 up to 19-20), 13-19 y.o
The Rights of Children and Young Persons

∗ PD No. 603 (December 10, 1974)

- Aimed at understanding children better and for the
Filipino teacher to be more aware of the children’s
rights.

Title and Scope of Code. - The Code shall be known

as the "Child and Youth Welfare Code". It shall apply
to persons below twenty-one years of age except
those emancipated in accordance with
law. "Child" or "minor" or "youth" as used in this
Code, shall refer to such persons.
 United Nations Conventions on the
Rights of the Child 1989(UNCRC)-
provides comprehensive listing of rights
for children-social, economic, cultural, civil
and political
 Convention of the Rights of the
Child (CRC)- obligated to give primary
consideration to the best interest of the
child in all aspects of its decision-making.