Child and Adolescent

Development
 THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS
Difference between Growth and Development

• Growth is the progressive increase in the size

or parts of a child.

• Development is the progressive acquisition of

various skills (abilities) such as head support,
speaking, learning, expressing the feelings and
relating with other people.
 THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS
Growth
Quantitative changes in size, weight,
number, etc.
One of the parts of development
Changes that take place in particular
aspects of the body
Continue throughout life but stops
with the attainment of maturity
Quantitative and observable
May or may not bring about
development
Development
Qualitative changes in the quality
Growth is one of its parts
Describes the changes in the
organism as a whole
Continuous process-from womb to
tomb
Changes are qualitative in nature and
cannot be measured
Possible without growth
THE CHILD AND ADOLESCENT LEARNERS
Essential Factors of Development
1. Maturation - The development or unfolding
traits potentially present in the individual
considering his hereditary endowment.
2. Learning -It is the result of activities and
experiences on the person himself.(Gines, et
al., 1998)
3. Environmental Influences- in and through
which the growing takes place.
 Major Principles of Development
1. Development follows an orderly sequence
which is predictable.
CEPHALOCAUDAL PATTERN
 According to this principle, the child gains control of the head first, then
the arms and then the legs.
 Development proceeds from the head downward.

PROXIMODISTAL PATTERN
 Development proceeds from the center of the body outward. .
 This means that the spinal cord develops before outer parts of the body.
 The child's arms develop before the hands and the hands and feet
develop before the fingers.
 Major Principles of Development
2. The rate of development is unique to every
individual.
 Major Principles of Development
3. Development takes place gradually.
 Major Principles of Development
4. Development is complex because it is
the product of biological, cognitive, and
socio-emotional processes.
 Domains of Development
Socio-
Biological emotional
Development Development
Cognitive
Involves changes in Development
Involves changes in
the child’s body and the child’s
underlies brain Involves changes relationships with
development, in the child’s other people,
height and weight thinking, changes in
gains, motor skills, intelligence, and emotion, and
and puberty’s language changes in
hormonal changes personality
 Quiz
¼ sheet of paper
 QUESTION NO. 1
Dr. Escoto, the school physician conducted
physical examination in Ms. Manuel's class.
What concept best describes the quantitative
increase observed by Dr. Escoto among
learners in terms of height and weight?

A. Development C. Growth

B. Learning D. Maturation
 QUESTION NO. 2
Which situation best illustrates the concept of
growth?

A. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.

B. A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental
ability test.
C. An education student has gained knowledge on
approaches and strategies in teaching different
subjects
D. An elementary grader has learned to play piano.
 QUESTION NO. 3
Which statements below best describes
development?
A. A high school student's height increased by
5'2" to 5'4“.
B. A high school student's change in weight from
110 lbs. to 125 lbs.
C. A student had learned to operate the
computer
D. A student's enlargement of hips
 QUESTION NO. 4
A newborn infant first learn how to crawl and
stand before he/she can walk or run. Which of
the following principles is illustrated by his
behavior?
A. Development proceeds from specific to general.
B. Development proceeds from general to specific.
C. Development follows an orderly pattern.
D. Development follows a general pattern.
 QUESTION NO. 5
Dina has learned to read faster than Bali because Dina
was provided with all the resources by her family.
Which principle supports this?

A. The rate of development is unique to every

individual.
B. Development is determined by the environment
C. Early development is more critical than the late
development
D. Early development is less critical than late
development.
 QUESTION NO. 6
Which of the following learner's
characteristics will affect most of the
learners learning in the academic class?

A. His affective characteristics

B. His cognitive characteristics
C. His psychomotor characteristics
D. His socio-emotional characteristics
 QUESTION NO. 7
The direction of growth following the
cephalocaudal pattern is:

A. from bottom to top

B. from head to the arms and legs
C. from fingers to the arms and neck
D. from lower part to upper part of the body
 QUESTION NO. 8
This include changes in the individual’s
relationship with other people, changes in
emotions and changes in personality.

A. Biological development
B. Socio-emotional development
C. Cognitive development
D. Socio - cognitive development
 QUESTION NO. 9
This involves the changes in the individual’s
physical nature.

A. Biological development
B. Socio-emotional development
C. Cognitive development
D. Socio - cognitive development
 QUESTION NO. 10
The following are the differences of growth and
development EXCEPT:

A. Growth is observable while development cannot be

measured.
B. Growth is the qualitative changes in size, weight and
number while development is the quantative change
in the quality.
C. Growth is more of the physical sense while
development is more of the affective aspect of an
individual.
Let’s check!
 QUESTION NO. 1
Dr. Escoto, the school physician conducted
physical examination in Ms. Manuel's class.
What concept best describes the quantitative
increase observed by Dr. Escoto among
learners in terms of height and weight?

A. Development C. Growth

B. Learning D. Maturation
 QUESTION NO. 2
Which situation best illustrates the concept of
growth?

A. A kinder pupil gains 2 pounds within two months.

B. A high school student gets a score of 85 in mental
ability test.
C. An education student has gained knowledge on
approaches and strategies in teaching different
subjects
D. An elementary grader has learned to play piano.
 QUESTION NO. 3
Which statements below best describes
development?
A. A high school student's height increased by
5'2" to 5'4“.
B. A high school student's change in weight from
110 lbs. to 125 lbs.
C. A student had learned to operate the
computer
D. A student's enlargement of hips
 QUESTION NO. 4
A newborn infant first learn how to crawl and
stand before he/she can walk or run. Which of
the following principles is illustrated by his
behavior?
A. Development proceeds from specific to general.
B. Development proceeds from general to specific.
C. Development follows an orderly pattern.
D. Development follows a general pattern.
 QUESTION NO. 5
Train up a child in the way he should be; when he
grows up, he will not depart from it. Which
principle supports this?
A. Development is determined by his heredity
B. Development is determined by the environment
C. Early development is more critical than the late
development
D. Early development is less critical than late
development.
 QUESTION NO. 6
Which of the following learner's
characteristics will affect most of the
learners learning in the academic class?

A. His affective characteristics

B. His cognitive characteristics
C. His psychomotor characteristics
D. His socio-emotional characteristics
 QUESTION NO. 7
The direction of growth following the
cephalocaudal pattern is:

A. from bottom to top

B. from head to the arms and legs
C. from fingers to the arms and neck
D. from lower part to upper part of the body
 QUESTION NO. 8
This include changes in the individual’s
relationship with other people, changes in
emotions and changes in personality.

A. Biological development
B. Socio-emotional development
C. Cognitive development
D. Socio-cognitive development
 QUESTION NO. 9
This involves the changes in the individual’s
physical nature.

A. Biological development
B. Socio-emotional development
C. Cognitive development
D. Socio-cognitive development
 QUESTION NO. 10
The following are the differences of growth and
development EXCEPT:

A. Growth is observable while development cannot

be measured.
B. Growth is the qualitative changes in size, weight
and number while development is the
quantitative change in the individual.
C. Growth is more of the physical sense while
development is more of the affective aspect of an
individual.
 ASSIGNMENT (by group)
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