The Child and Adolescent

Learners and Learning

Principles
EDU 530

Instructor:
Mr. Aldrin C. Laddran
Basic Concepts on Child &
Adolescent Development
Lesson Objectives:
• Define growth & development
• Identify factors affecting growth &
development
Insight:
Compare yourself when you were in
elementary and when you were in
high school, were there changes
physically? Intellectually or
mentally? How about emotionally?
Are you familiar with the two terms?

GROWTH DEVELOPMENT
01 GROWTH
It refers to quantitative changes in
an individual as he progresses in
chronological age. It may refer to
increases in size, weight, or
height.
01 GROWTH

Example:
02 DEVELOPMENT
It is the pattern of movement or change
that begins at conception and
continues through the life span. The
scientific study of human development
seeks to understand and explain how
or why people change throughout life.
This includes all aspects of human
growth, including physical, emotional,
intellectual, social, and personality
development.
 DEVELOPMENT
02
Example:
TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH:

GROWTH
Increase in size and number,
quantitative, physical aspect, limited
to a definite age

DEVELOPMENT
Encompasses overall changes,
qualitative, improvement in
circumstances, lifelong process
 MAIN FACTORS
WHICH GOVERN
ALL GROWTH &
DEVELOPMENT
 HEREDITARY ENVIRONMENTAL
FACTORS FACTORS
It includes the environment
These are innate
where the child lives, family
characteristics with the child
atmosphere, methods of child
is equipped with.
training, the family
constellation, the total social
community, maternal nutrition,
and the socioeconomic
factors.
TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH:

HEREDITY
Innate, equipped at birth, from
parents’ genes, nature

ENVIRONMENT
Community where the child lives,
socioeconomic status, child-rearing
practices of parents, nature