Application 1. State five characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective and their implication to child care, education and parenting. Characteristics of human development Educational implication to child care, from life-span perspective education and parenting It does not end in childhood. 1.Development is lifelong Child care: parents and teachers should help their children or students to make them ready to face changes in their lives. Education: As a teacher we should consider our students’ individual uniqueness. They have different skills,strength and weaknesses, meaning we should not be perfectionist but be understanding instead. Parenting: Parents should not be perfectionist with their children and should guide and help them in every developmental task that they must do for them to be develop. 2. Development is plastic Childcare: Parents and teacher should guide and help their children or students to be ready to face changes in their lives. Education: Development is possible throughout the lifespan same with learning. Parenting: There are different or unexpected happenings that parent may encounter while nurturing their children, which they need to accept. 3. Development is multidimensional Development is consist of biological, cognitive and socio emotional dimensions. Childcare: Development is relatively orderly. Parents and teachers should help their children on their development. Education: Teachers should there is also called cognitive skills or process involves changes in individual’s thought, intelligence and language Parenting: 4. Development is contextual 5. Development regulation involves growth Individuals are changing beings in a changing world. Childcare: Education: Parenting: and Growth maintenance and regulation are three goals of human development. Childcare: Education: Parenting: 2. “Growth is an evidence of life” or development is an evidence of life”. What does it meant? What does this imply to a person’s development? Like what the life span development approach implies that development is lifelong, this quotation means that as long as we live or the more we got older the more we need to be develop or mature through different development tasks that we need to face every developmental stages. 3. If you’re approach to human development is traditional, are the characteristics of human development from life-span perspective acceptable? Explain your answer. II. Principles of Human development (NAEYC, Characteristic of human development from 2009) life-span perspective a.All the domains of development and learning-physical, social... b. Many aspects of children’s learning and development follow well … c. Development and learning proceed at varying rates… d. Development and learning result from dynamic… e. Early experience have profound effects… f. Development proceeds toward greater complexity… g. Children develop best when they have secure , consistent … h. Development and learning occur in are influenced by multiple social and cultural context. i.Always mentally active in seeking to understand the world around them… j. Play is an important vehicle for developing regulation… k. Development and learning advance when children are … l. Children’s experiences shape their motivation and approaches to learning such as persistence… Development is multidimensional Development is multidimensional Development is multidimensional Development is multidimensional Development is multidimensional Development involves growth maintenance and regulation Development is contextual Development is contextual Development involves growth maintenance and regulation Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation Development is contextual Development is contextual TEST YOUR UNDERSTANDING 1. Do the following to ensure mastery of the big ideas presented in this Module. a. Give the meaning of human development Human development 2. Fill in the blanks with the correct answer. Patterns of development a. The direction of growth following cephalocaudal pattern is from the top-the head to the bottom. b. The direction of growth following the proximodistal pattern is from center or midline to the periphery direction. 3. Differences between the traditional and life-span approaches to human development Traditional approach shows extensive change from birth to adolescence little or no change in adulthood and decline in late old age. In contrast, life-span approach is when developmental change takes place as it does during childhood. 4. Characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective. deveopment is lifelong Development is plastic Characteristics of human Development Development is contextual Develoment is multidimensional Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation Reflection Development is lifelong. It does not end in adulthood, meaning as we grow older the more we need to be develop .Through our experiences with life lessons and to the people around us, these will help us to be develop but only if we never limit ourselves, and always remember that we have bundle of possibilities. Meaning we can be more only if we never limit ourselves. Though I am now on my way to say goodbye in my teenage life, I still consider myself as a learner who still need the guidance of significant people in my life because I’m still on my way to development, there are lot of things which I still need and should be learn and explore. RESEARCH CONNECTION View on YouTube of Helen Pearson: Lessons from the longest study on human development. Fill out the Problem For the past 70 years, scientist in Britain have been studying thousands of children through their lives to find out why some end up happy and healthy while others struggle. Research Methology Scientist used questionnaires to collect ifnformations that can be use to comapare the one who says do well at at school or end up healthy or happy or wealthy as adults and the one who struggle much more. Findings Disadavantafe children have been more likely to struggle on almost every score. Theyve been more likely to do worse at school, to end up with worse jobs and to earn less money. Likwise, children who who had tough start in life are also more likely to end up unhealthy as adults.ntheyre more likely to be overweight, to have high blood pressure, and then decades down the line more likely to have failing memory, poor health and even to die earlier. Conclusions The study shows that poverty and parenting matter. The data showed also that good parenting only reduced the educational gap between the rich and poor children by about 50 percent. Meaning if we want to to ensure the success and well being of the next generaton then tackling child poverty is an incredibly important thing to do. How are the findings of this research useful to teachers? This research helps and guide the teachers on how to deal with students effectively not only as teacher but also as a second parent to their students.
