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NATURE AND PRINCIPLES
OF DEVELOPMENT
“CONSTRUCT A DEFINITION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS”
DEVELOPMENT
Growth
Environment
Maturation
AGIN
G
LEARNI
NG
IMPORTANT TERMS IN THE STUDY OF DEVELOPMENT
THE PROCESSES
AND PERIODS IN
DEVELOPMENT
•Biological Processes
(changes in child’s body)
•Cognitive Processes
(child’s thinking, intelligence, and
language )
•Socioemotional Processes
(child’s relationships w/ other people,
changes in emotion, and changes in
personality)
THE LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVES
•Development is a lifelong process.
•Development is multidirectional.
•Development always involves both gain and
loss.
•Development is characterized by lifelong
plasticity.
THE LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVES
•Development is shaped by its
historical/cultural context.
•Development is multiply influenced.
•Understanding development requires
multiple discipline.
BASIC ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
1. Assumption about human nature
•Original Sin (Thomas Hobbes)
•Inherently Good (Jean-Jacques
Rousseau)
•Tabula Rasa (John Locke)
BASIC ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
2. Nature and Nurture
3. Activity and Passivity
4. Continuity and Discontinuity
5. Universality and Context-Specificity
EXPLORE:
DESIGNING MY LIFE
MAP
A teacher's life is influenced by his
or her background, this is specific
to significant life experiences;
values formed; and support groups.
Design your own life map by
specifying ten significant life events
that lead to choosing teaching as a
profession. Make yours interesting
and creative.
APPLY:
MY DEFINITION OF
DEVELOPMENT
ASSESSMENT

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Chapter-1-Nature-and-principles-of-development.pptx

  • 1. NATURE AND PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT “CONSTRUCT A DEFINITION OF HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND ITS IMPLICATIONS”
  • 3. THE PROCESSES AND PERIODS IN DEVELOPMENT •Biological Processes (changes in child’s body) •Cognitive Processes (child’s thinking, intelligence, and language ) •Socioemotional Processes (child’s relationships w/ other people, changes in emotion, and changes in personality)
  • 4.
  • 5. THE LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVES •Development is a lifelong process. •Development is multidirectional. •Development always involves both gain and loss. •Development is characterized by lifelong plasticity.
  • 6. THE LIFESPAN PERSPECTIVES •Development is shaped by its historical/cultural context. •Development is multiply influenced. •Understanding development requires multiple discipline.
  • 7. BASIC ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 1. Assumption about human nature •Original Sin (Thomas Hobbes) •Inherently Good (Jean-Jacques Rousseau) •Tabula Rasa (John Locke)
  • 8. BASIC ISSUES IN HUMAN DEVELOPMENT 2. Nature and Nurture 3. Activity and Passivity 4. Continuity and Discontinuity 5. Universality and Context-Specificity
  • 9. EXPLORE: DESIGNING MY LIFE MAP A teacher's life is influenced by his or her background, this is specific to significant life experiences; values formed; and support groups. Design your own life map by specifying ten significant life events that lead to choosing teaching as a profession. Make yours interesting and creative.