GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

AGNES B. ILANO
RESOURCE SPEAKER
 OBJECTIVES

AT THE END OF THE SESSION STUDENTS SHOUD

BE ABLE TO:
1. Define growth and development.
2. Differentiate growth and development.
3. Identify principles of growth and
development.
4. Identify factors affecting growth and
development.
What is growth?
GROWTH

-IS THE PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN THE SIZE

OF A CHILD OR PARTS OF THE CHILD.
What is Development?
DEVELOPMENT

• IS THE PROGRESSIVE ACQUISTION OF

VARIOUS SKILLS(ABILITIES) SUCH AS HEAD
SUPPORT, SPEAKING, LEARNING, EXPRESSING
THE FEELINGS AND RELATING WITH OTHER
PEOPLE.
 DIFFERENCE BETWEEN GROWTH AND
DEVELOPMENT
GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

Purely physical Implies overall

sense. It generally changes in shape,
refers to increase form or structure
in size, length. resulting in
improved working
or functioning.
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

Changes in Changes in the

quantitative aspects quality or character
come into the rather than the
domain of growth quantitative aspects
comes in this
domain
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

Involve body Changes of an

changes orderly, coherent
type tending
towards the goal of
maturity,
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

The changes Implies

produced by growth improvement in
are the subjects of functioning and
measurement. They behaviour and
may be quantified. hence bring
qualitative changes
which are difficult to
be measured
directly.
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

Growth is cellular it Development is

takes place due to organizational. It is
the multiplication of organization of all
cells. the part which
growth and
differentiation have
produced
 GROWTH DEVELOPMENT

Growth may or may Development is

not bring also possible without
development. growth.
1. CONTINUITY
 The quality of something that does not stop or
change as time passes

2. SEQUENTIALITY
 Arrange in particular order or sequence
3. GENERALITY TO SPECIFIC
 Development proceeds from simple to
complex or from single acts to integrated acts.
4. DIFFERENTIALITY
 Begins with a generalize response and
progresses to skilled specific response.
5. Development proceeds from the head
downward.
6. Development proceeds from the centre of the
body outward
7. Development depends on maturation and
learning.
Thank you