lecture concept of growth and deve

1. 101 Childhood and growing up
Concept of growth and development
Lecture 3
Presenter:Dr.Leena Patil

2. 1.3 Growth, Maturation and Development
of Learner
Quantitative changes in the body
that is height ,weight while
development refers to both the
qualitative and Quantitative changes.

3. Concept of Growth and
Development
These two terms are Interchangeable and
taken as synonymous terms.
An individual starting from a fertilized
egg, turns into a full fledged human adult

4. What is a growth
• What is growth?
The Encyclopedia Britannica defines “growth”
as an increase in the size or the amount of an
entity.
• The word growth is used for all those
structural and physiological changes that take
place within individual during the process of
maturation

5. Increase in size

6. • It is a biological process and continues for
birth to adulthood. From the very beginning, a
child needs food. When he eats food, it
becomes a part of his body.
• During this time new cells are produced which
results in physical increase. This physical
increase is called growth.

7. A) Meaning of Growth
• Growth is a sign of life
• The term growth is used in purely physical
scene.
• Growth is one of the parts of a developmental
process
• Growth may be referred to describe the
changes which take place in particular aspects
of the body and behavior of an organism.

8. • Growth does not continue throughout the life.
• The changes produced by growth are subjects
of measurements.
• Growth may or may not bring development.

9. Definition of growth
• Hurlock:-
Growth is change in size in proportion,
disappearance of old features and acquisition
of new ones.
Crow and crow:-
Growth refers to structural and physiological
changes.

10. Development
• Development means overall changes in shape
,form or structure.
• It refers to overall changes in the individual
growth which is one of its parts.
• Development is continuous process.

11. Definition
• Websters:
Development is the series of changes which an
organism undergoes in passing from an
embryonic stage to maturity.
J. E. Anderson(1950)
Development is concerned with growth as well
as those changes in behavior which results
from environmental situation.

12. Various Aspects of Growth and
Development
• Physical
development
• Internal and
external organ
• Mental
Development
• Powers of reasoning
,thinking,imaginatio,
concentration,creati
vity,sensation,perce
ption,memory
Emotional
development
• Basic instinct
• Evolution of
various
emotions

13. Various Aspects of Growth and
Development
Moral
development
• Moral sense and
development
• Ethical and moral
codes
Social
development
• Child is selfish
• antisocial
Language
development
• Communication
and development
of various skills
• Effective use of
language

14. Thank you