Introduction to human growth and development.

UNICEF

________ is another organization that has played a significant role in safeguarding the rights of children- to education, better health, and family support.

Development

________ refers to qualitative changes in the human being as a whole.

John Watson

________ (1928)- argued that childrens behavior and development was controlled by the environment- that the childrens behavior can be shaped into whatever society wishes by examining and changing the environment.

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

________ an American poet of the 19th century once lamented "Ah.

Childhood experiences

________ are useful in determining adulthood characteristics.

Human Refers

________ to a being who is a member of the species of homo sapiens often referred to as mankind.

pattern of change

Refers to a(n) ________ that begins at conception and continues through out the life span.

Gesell

________ developed sophisticated observational strategies- argued that children simply blossom with age due to biological maturational blueprint.

Tabula Rasa View

________: proposed by English philosopher John Locke in the 17thCentury, he argued that children are like a blank tablet /slate.

individual students

The understanding patterns of growth and development helps educators to plan lessons based on ________ needs.

Piagets

On intelligence, ________ model of continual and progressive change in the structure of behavior and thought in children has assisted educators in preparing intellectual experience in schools.

Culture

________ and Ethnicity- demographic complexity /stereotypes- socio- cultural contexts of development becoming too complex.

intellectual changes

It is the continuous process through which physical, emotional and ________ occur.

Sigmund Freuds psychoanalytic theory

________ was prominent in the early 20th century.

Psychologists

________ trained in biology and medicine have ventured into experimental studies of human beings in spite of raging debates on ethical and intellectual grounds.

human growth

Information on ________ and development is crucial in school activities such as placement and retention; counseling and planning curricular content and experiences.

Positive change

________ or increase in size and maturation; often over a period of time.

Sigmund Freud

________, Stanly Hall (questionnaires to 400 Boston students) and Alfred Binet (intelligence test) were the pioneers of modern study on human development.

Human development

________ is a complex life long process of growth and change.

progressive development

It is the ________ of a living thing.

Aristotle Greek

Children are the legacy we leave for the time we will not live to see "said ________ philosopher of the 4th Century BC.

Innate Goodness View

________: proposed by Swiss philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau who stressed that children are inherently good and should be allowed to grow naturally with little parental monitoring or constrains.

Medical research

________ on human development have shed light on what educators can do to influence human growth and development.

Social policy

________ is a national governments approach to influencing the welfare of its citizens.

Human growth

________ from infancy to maturity involves great change in body size and appearance.

human growth

Accumulated data on ________ and development provides a basis for understanding the differences in educators learning theories.

He is aesthetical, creative and a vocational being

utilizing his talents to make a living

Original Sin View

Middle ages (evil beings/born sinful-bad-need salvation)

Tabula Rasa View

proposed by English philosopher John Locke in the 17thCentury, he argued that children are like a blank tablet/slate

Innate Goodness View

proposed by Swiss philosopher Jean Jacques Rousseau who stressed that children are inherently good and should be allowed to grow naturally with little parental monitoring or constrains

During 1920s a number of child development research centers emerged

infant and child behaviors were observed(play, friendship patterns, fears, aggression, sociability).Society for Research in Child Development was formed

Gesell developed sophisticated observational strategies

argued that children simply blossom with age due to biological maturational blueprint

He envisioned that a child moves through a series of psychosexual stages

filled with conflict between biological urges and societal demands

James Mark Baldwin

a pioneer in the study of the development of childrens conscious thoughts

 Issues such as defining normal growth, promoting certain kinds of growth and emphasizing certain types of cognitive and affective growth make the study of human development a necessary foundation for curriculum planning (Bondi, J. &Wiles, J.; 1998 Curriculum Development a Guide to Practice

pp.24-25)

Todays Children

Contemporary Concerns

Families and parenting-styles

dysfunctional families

UNICEF is another organization that has played a significant role in safeguarding the rights of children

to education, better health, and family support

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