Polangui Community College Polangui, Albay Reporter Instructor Topic Course Date : Emma B. Marilag : Dr. Eliza S.

Nu ez : Principles of Development : FS 1 The Learners Development and Environment : July 17, 2012

PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT
Importance of understanding the concepts of learners developmental pattern : 1. helps developmental psychologists to know at approximately what ages to expect different patterns of behavior 2. use these patterns to set up guidelines 3. it emphasizes the necessity for guidance and stimulation if the childs potential are to be reached 4. it enables the parents and teachers to prepare children ahead for what will be expected of them at given ages. Aspects of development 1. Anatomic the structure of the body and its relation to its parts 2. Physiologic

As small children we begin to wonder what enables people to move, how it is possible for them to talk, how they can see the world and feel the objects around them, what happens to the food they eat, how they derive from food the energy needed for exercise and other types of bodily activity, by what process they reproduce so that life goes on.
3. Behavioral a. The mind of an infant is tabula rasa and that learned associations between stimuli and responses are the building blocks of human development b. Development does not proceed through a series of stages; it is a continuous process marked by the gradual acquisition of new and more sophisticated behavioral patterns or habits c. Only the simplest of human reflexes are inborn and that all important tendencies including traits, talents, values and aspirations are learned. Types of changes a. Change in size b. Change in proportion c. Disappearance of old features d. Acquisition of new features Causes of development 1. Maturation a. development or unfolding of traits potentially present in the individual from his hereditary development b. Gesell- it is the net sum of the gene effects operating in a self-limited life cycle c. It is not only changes in physical characteristics but also in function, capacity to perform or behave which are possible through changes in any part of the organism 2. Learning a. The result of the activities of the child himself Studies of maturation and learning 1. Method of Isolation a. The isolation of the young from the older members of the same species is to see if certain traits of behavioral characteristics of that species will appear 2. Method of Co-twin control a. Identical twin serves as subjects. One twin is given training in practice in learning difficult function while the other is given no training, results are compared 3. Matched grouped method a. This uses two or more groups with identical characteristics. One group is given training while the other group is not. Results were compared later. 4. Genetic study of large groups a. Instead of small groups, large groups were used to see if development appears even if there were differences in the environment Rate of development a. Rapid development observed during the prenatal period and continues throughout babyhood up to the first six years b. Slow development starts from six years to adolescence Implications of the rate of development Since development is dependent on maturation and learning; it therefore makes variation possible. Maturation, which depends upon the hereditary endowment of an individual, sets a limit beyond which development cannot go on even when learning is encouraged.

The effectiveness of learning depends upon maturation Premature forcing of the child results in negativistic, resistant behavior which militates against successful learning and which often retards learning