UNIVERSITY OF NORTHEASTERN PHILIPPINES

College of Education

Name: JANNET B. CIELO

Course: TCC-1 Child and Adolescent Development (Saturday 12:00 P.M. – 3:00 P.M.)
Professor: ANTHONY C. VISTA
Unit 2 Module No. 1
Date Submitted: September 21, 2020

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: MEANING, CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES

TITLE OF THE MODULE

APPLICATIONS

ANSWER Q1.
We humans have a different characteristics but the five characteristics of human development
from a life-span perspective and their implications to child care, education and parenting are;

Characteristics of human Educational implications to child care, education and parenting

development from a life-
span perspective
1. Development is lifelong. The people continue to develop throughout their lives and
development occurs throughout all periods of life.
2. Development is multidimensional. Development consist of biological (or physical), cognitive (or
mental), and socio-emotional dimension that change across
many different aspects of life.
3. Development is plastic. Development is possible throughout the lifespan
4. Development is contextual. . Individuals are changing beings in a changing world.
5. Development involves growth, The goals of individuals vary among development stages.
maintenance and regulation

ANSWER Q2
“Growth is an evidence of life” or “Development is an evidence of life” this mean that Growth is an
evidence of life is about getting better because you can’t be alive if you don’t expand. We must value
ourselves in this word on how to survive and every experience, memories and decision we make has
been part of our life.

ANSWER Q3
Yes, the characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective is acceptable
because the development and growing of a person is taking multiple aspects and placing them in different
frameworks for understanding.

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ANSWER Q4

Principles of Human Development (NAEC, 2009) Characteristic of Human Development from Life-
span Perspective
a. All the domains of development and Development is multidimensional.
learning – physical, social and emotional,
and cognitive – are important, and they
are closely interrelated. Children’s
development and learning in one domain
influenced by what takes place in other
domains.
b. Many aspects off children’s learning and
development follow well documented Development is multidimensional.
sequences, with later abilities, skills, and
knowledge building on those already
acquired.
c. Development and learning proceed at
varying rates from child to child, as well Development is lifelong.
as at uneven rates across different areas
of a child’s individual functioning.
d. Development and learning result from a
dynamic and continuous interaction of Development is contextual.
biological maturation and experience.

e. Early experiences have profound effects,

both cumulative and delayed, on a child’s Development is multidimensional
development and learning; and optimal
periods exist for certain types of
development and learning to occur.
f. Development proceeds toward greater
complexity, self-regulation, and symbolic Development involves growth, maintenance
or representational capacities. and regulation.
g. Children develop best when they secure,
consistent relationships with responsive Development is multidimensional.
adults and opportunities for positive
relationship with peers.
h. Development and learning occur in and
are influenced by multiple social and Development is contextual.
cultural contexts.

i. Always mentally active in seeking to

understand the world around them, Development is contextual.
children learn in a variety of ways; a wide
range of teaching strategies and
interactions are effective in supporting all
these kinds of learning.
j. Play is an important vehicle for
developing self-regulation as well as for Development is multidimensional.
promoting language, cognition, and social
competence.
k. Development and learning advance when
children are challenged to achieve at a Development is multidimensional.
level just beyond their current mastery,
and also when they have many
opportunities to practice newly acquired
skills.
l. Children’s experiences shape their
motivation and approaches to learning, Development is multidimensional.

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 such as persistence, initiative, and flexibility; in turn, these dispositions and behaviours affect their learning and developm

SYNAPSE STRENGTHENERS

ANSWER Q1 A. The cephalocaudal and proximodistal pattern.

B. Yes, this practice have something to do with proximodistal patterns of development, because according
to the explanation of proximodistal pattern of development is where growth start at the center of the body
and moves towards the extremities. An example of such pattern is the pencils of pre-K, Kindergartners
and Grade 1 pupils are bigger than those of pupils in the higher Grade levels because proximodistal is
the early development of muscular control of the trunk and arms relative to the hands and fingers.

ANSWER Q2 Interpret the following quotations in relation to human development:

A. “Every man is in certain respects like all other men, like some other men, no other man.” (Murray,
H.A. & C. Kluckhohn)

The quotation means that every man should respect too. Because every man needs to
be and has to be respected too. Even if that man is not attractive we should respect them.
Because everyman has feelings their feelings are fragile too.

B. “Man is an unfinished project. He is always in the process of becoming.”

The quotation means that human never to be known when to be finished. A human has a
lot of mistakes and imperfections but in everyday that we wakes up we tries to adjust and polish
ourselves in every mistakes we commits, we are in the process of becoming a better person than
when we was yesterday.

ANSWER Q3. I attached a power point presentation.

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TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING

1. Give the meaning of Human development.

According to Wikipedia, Human Development means the process characterized

by the variation of the materials conditions that most influence the possibilities of
satisfying needs and desires and to explore and realize the physical and psychic,
biological and cultural, individual and social potentials of each person.

2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer.

a) The direction of growth following the cephalocaudal pattern is from the top (head) to the
bottom.
b) The direction of growth following proximodistal pattern is from the muscular control of the
trunk and the arms to the hands and fingers.

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

The differences between the traditional and life-span approaches to human development
are traditional approach emphasizes extensive change from birth to adolescent, little or no
change in adulthood, and decline in late old age. While life-span approach emphasizes
developmental change during adulthood as well as childhood.

4. Characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective.

Development is lifelong

Development is contextual Development is multidimensional

Characteristic of Human Development

Development involves growth, maintenance an

Development is plastic

5. In one sentence, write the characteristic of human development expressed in this Venn Diagram

The process of enlarging people’s freedoms, opportunities and improving their well

being.

6. Discuss the meaning of the quotations written beneath the title of these Unit and Module.
Relate the quotation to your life. Child care, education and parenting.

“All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and woman merely players;
They have their exits and entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts…”
-William Shakespeare

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 “By virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the development
and fulfilment of his potentialities as a human being.” - Ashley Montagu

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 7. Put a check before a correct statement and an x before a wrong one. If you put x, explain why.
_√_ 1. Development is a pattern of change.
_√_ 2. Development is either growth or decline.
_x_ 3. From both traditional and life-span perspectives development is lifelong. (In traditional
approach change occur from birth to adolescence but there is a little or no change in adulthood,
and decline in adulthood while in life-span approach, development change still occurs even in
adulthood.)
_√_ 4. In the development process, there are things that hold true to all people.
_x_ 5. Individuals develop uniformly. (Individuals develop indifferently because individual vary in
contextual matters.)
_√_ 6. Development is predictable because it follows an orderly process.
_x_ 7. Development is undimensional.( Development is multidimensional because it is the
product of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional processes.
_x_ 8. Development takes place in a vacuum.
_x_ 9. The effect of biological process on development is isolated from the effect of cognitive and
socio-emotional processes. (These processes are intertwined. The effect of one process or factor
on a person’s development is not isolated from the other processes.)

RESEARCH CONNECTION

HELEN PEARSON: LESSONS FROM THE LONGEST STUDY ON HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

PROBLEM:

How to reduce the poverty gap so that we no longer have children born into poverty and all the
future problems that creates for those individuals and our country

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY:

They carried out huge survey of mothers and ended up recording the birth of nearly every baby
born in England, Scotland and Wales in one week that was nearly 14,000 babies

FINDINGS:
The study reveals that children born into poverty or into disadvantage are far more likely to walk a
difficult path in life. Many children in this study were born into poor families or into working-class families
that had cramped homes or other problems, and it’s clear now that those disadvantaged children have
been more likely to struggle on almost every score. They’ve been more likely to do worse at school, to
end up with worse jobs and to earn less money. Children who had a tough start in life are also more
likely to end up unhealthy as adults. They’re more likely to be overweight, to have high blood pressure,
and then decades down the line, more likely to have a failing memory, poor health and even to die earlier.

CONCLUSIONS:

The study concluded that children who were growing up in poverty were almost a year behind the
richer children on educational tests, and that was by the age of just three. Children who had engaged,
interested parents, ones who had ambition for their future, were more likely to escape from a difficult start.
It seems that parents and what they do are really, really important, especially in the first few years of life.

SOURCE:

Helen Pearson Longest Study on Human Development

[Link]

HOW ARE THE FINDINGS OF THIS RESEARCH USEFUL TO TEACHERS?

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 This research useful to teacher for them to understand the student learning and for the teachers
to understand that not all student develop the same. And for the teacher to take especial consideration for
individual student.

REFLECTION

Guide Questions:

1. You are a bundle of possibilities. You are meant to develop like any other living thing or else you
will rut. Remember “Growth is an evidence of life”. If you are alive, then you must be growing and
developing. Are you on your way to development?

Yes, I am on my way to develop, nothing in this life will be easy, I learned after a struggles
and failures I whole heartedly faced it. I know I am now on my development as a better person I trust
myself and I work hard. Life gives us exactly what we give out.

I admit that I still have a lot to work on. But there is no end to grow and develop, there is
always a room for improvement. I, we need to make mistakes to learn, and we all grow and develop
in different ways. We all face challenges, but making those small steps towards better our self will be
incredibly satisfying and fulfilling our self that we are growing and developing.

2. Like you, each of your future student is also a bundle of possibilities. How should you look at
them in terms of development? Write down your reflections. There’s no wrong answer,
remember.

My student also a bundle of possibilities, as a teacher I will provides my student with

motivation to learn and enjoy the process of learning. I trait my student fair and fair. I always put
myself in their situation and I always understand them and help them throughout their learning
process. I will empathize more with them knowing their feelings, thoughts and ideas.

As a teacher I should look at them to develop and provide inspiration to my students so that
they will want to change their minds to become a better and successful person someday. I should
care for them not only about academics but also about student as a people because students
nowadays are very sensitive in their feelings.

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