Learning Module No.

Subject: Prof Ed 1 - Child and Adolescent Learners Development

Module Title : The stages of Development and Developmental Tasks
Learning Outcomes : 1. Identify developmental stages of learners in different curriculum year levels
2. describe the developmental tasks in e ach stage.
3. State how these developmental tasks affect your role as a facilitator of
learning.
Reference : Corpuz, B., et al. 2015 . Child and Adolescent Learners Development . LORIMAR
Publishing, Inc., Metro Manila.

CONCEPTS :

Developmental task is one that arises at a certain period in an individual’s life, the successful
achievement of which leads to happiness and success with later tasks, while failure leads to unhappiness
, social disapproval and difficulty with later tasks.

Eight Developmental Stages and Developmental Tasks (by Santrock , 2002) :

1. Prenatal period ( from conception to birth ) - involves tremendous growth from a single cell to
an organism complete with brain and behavioral capabilities.
2. Infancy ( from birth to 18 to 24 months ) - time of extreme dependence on adults. Many
psychological activities are just beginning- language, symbolic thought, sensorimotor
coordination and social learning.
3. Early childhood ( end of infancy to 5-6 years ) . These are the pre-school years . Young
children learn to become more self-sufficient and to care for themselves, develop school
readiness skills and spend many hours in play with peers.
4. Middle and late childhood ( 6 – 11 years of age, the elementary school years ) . The
fundamental skills of reading, writing and arithmetic are mastered. The child is formally
exposed to the larger world and its culture. Achievement becomes a central theme of the child’s
world and self-control increases.
5. Adolescence ( from 12 years of age ending up to 18-22 years of age ). Begins with rapid
physical changes- dramatic gains in height and weight, changes in body contour, and
development of sexual characteristics ( enlargement of the breasts, development of pubic and
facial hair, deepening of the voice.) pursuit of independence and identity are prominent.
Thought is more logical, abstract and idealistic.

6. Early adulthood ( from late teens or early 20s, lasting through the 30s ) . It is a time of
establishing personal and economic independence, career development, selecting a mate ,
starting a family and rearing children.
7. Middle adulthood ( 40 – 60 years of age ) – It is a time for expanding personal and social
involvement and responsibility; of assisting the next generation in becoming competent and
mature individuals; and of reaching and maintaining satisfaction in a career.
8. Late adulthood ( ( 60s and above ) - It is a time for adjustment to decreasing strength and
health, life review, retirement and adjustment to new social roles.

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EXERCISES: A. On your paper, write a check (/ ) if your answer to the statement is TRUE . If your
answer
Answer is FALSE, write X and explain why.
 ____ 1. Developmental tasks are only for the first 3 stages of human development.
____ 2. Failure of achieving developmental tasks in an earlier stage also means failure for the
learner to master the developmental task in the next stage .
_____ 3. Play is a great need of children in middle childhood.
4 Preparing children for school readiness is the major concern of middle childhood.

B Answer this question

- What are the implications of the developmental tasks to your role as a
facilitator of Learning?
Example: # 1. Early childhood – What are preschool teachers supposed to do with
Pre-schoolers?
Answer: Help them develop readiness for school and not to be too academic teaching approach. They
ought to give much time for pre-schoolers to play.
Or perhaps help the pre-schoolers develop school readiness by integrating children’s games in school
activities.
# 2 - Middle and Late Childhood
Elementary school teachers ought to help their pupils by
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