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SUBJECT:
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LEARNING MODULE

 Distinguish the characteristics of child and

COURSE LEARNING adolescent learners based on
OUTCOME developmental principles and theories
(PO 6.2.a., PO 6.2.b, BTI 1.1.1, 1.2.1)
STUDENT/INTENDED
 Discuss how current research and
LEARNING OUTCOMES
theories on child and adolescent
(This is based on the Course development can be applied to teaching
Learning Outcome) and learning (CLO 2).
(Take note: You can have more than 1 objective for
each category)
Cognitive:
Define human development.
Identify issues involving human development.

Objectives Psychomotor:
Apply some principles for human
development.

Affective:
Ponder on issues that will be mitigated during
the child’s development.

LEARNING CONTENT: Issues in Human Development

A. INTRODUCTION

Each of us has his/her way of looking at our own and other people’s
development. These paradigms of human development, while lacking in
scholastic vigor, provide us with a conceptual framework for understanding
ourselves and others. Scholars have come up with their models of human
development. Backed up by solid research, they take a stand on issues on
human development.

B. LESSON CONTENT
What is human development?
The pattern of movement or change begins at conception and
continues through a person’s life span. It has to do with creation and
improving the living condition where people can develop their full potential to

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have long and healthy life, it has access and appropriate education, system to
have an opportunity to live according to their needs and interest.
Issues on Human Development:
 Nature vs Nurture
Nature - refers to an individual’s biological inheritance or the genes
inherited from the parents.
 Behavior is caused by innate characteristics :The
physiological/biological characteristics we are born with.
 Behavior is therefore determined by biology.
 Also a Determinist view- suggests all behavior is determined by
hereditary factors: Inherited characteristics, or genetic make-up
we are born with.
 All possible behaviors are said to be present from conception.
 Genes provide the blueprint for all behaviors; some present
from birth, others pre-programmed to emerge with age.
 Is a developmental approach:
 E.g. Piaget: children’s thought processes change at
predetermined age-related stages changes in age are related
to changes in behavior
NURTURE - refers to environmental experiences of the individual.
 An individuals behavior is determined by the environment- the
things people teach them, the things they observe, and
because of the different situations they are in.
 Also a determinist view- proposes all human behavior is the
result of interactions with the environment.
 Behaviorist theories are nurture theories:
- Interactions with the environment shape behavior.
 Born an empty vessel- waiting to be filled up by experiences
gained from environmental interaction.
 No limit to what they can achieve:
- Depends on quality of external influences and NOT genes.
 The quality of the environment is KEY
 You can become anything provided the environment is right.

Nature - Nurture Interaction

 Behavior is often a result of the interaction between nature and
nurture .
 An individuals characteristics may elicit particular responses in
other people e.g. Temperament: how active, responsive or

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emotional an infant is influences in part determines their caregivers

responses. Gender: people tend to react differently to boys and
girls due to expectations of masculine and feminine characteristics.
 Aggression: Displaying aggressive behavior create particular
responses from other people

 Continuity vs Discontinuity

Continuity - does development involved gradual, cumulative change.

Children become more skillful in thinking, talking or acting much the same
way as they get taller. For example, children become more skillful, talking
or acting, much the same way as they got taller.

Discontinuity - distinct change. The discontinuity view sees development

as more more abrupt- a succession of changes that produce different
behaviors in different age-specific life periods called stages.

 Quantitative vs Qualitative

Quantitative - these are the changes with the amount of something, such
as height, weight, or vocabulary size. For example, a quantitative change
would be a child growing four inches and gaining twenty pounds.
- Quantiitative changes are variations in the quantity or amount of thought,
feeling, or behavior. These changes are usually can be expressed as
numbers. For example, increases in height and weight are considered
quantitative changes and can be expressed in units of measurement, such
as centimeters or grams.

Qualitative - refers to increased skills and function complexity resulting in the

increased specialization. The qualitative stage are changes in the way the
child thinks and behaves. It is also in how they perceive the world as they
grow older.

- Qualitative development refers to the changes that children will go through

as they gain knowledge and grow larger physically. For example, would be
going from crawling to the walking stage, beginning to talk from the bobbling
stage. These examples show changes in the quality of life, movement and
medication. Another qualitative stage would be in a certain way the feel

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toward something and interpret things in the world or it might just be a

personal experience.

- Qualitative change those that vary in “quality”, “kind” or “type”. Qualitative

changes are more more difficult to describe precisely and are not not usually
described as number. Example walking and abstract thinking.

C. ANALYSIS

A. Short Response Test:

Direction: Read the article “How the First Nine Months Shape the Rest of Your
Life”. Then analyze and answer the questions below for you to come up with a
critique paper.

Your answers will be graded using this analytical rubrics below.

1. Does the article agree that heredity, environment and individual’s choice
are the factors that contribute to what a person may become?

2. Are you convinced by the word “PERMANENTLY” in 4th paragraph that

you were what your first experiences have made you? Explain your
answer.

D. ASSESSMENT

A. Multiple Choice: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. If cross-cultural research reveals that certain aspects of childhood

physical development are the same and happen at the same ages in
different countries, this would most likely be evidence for:

A. the influence of nature on human development.

B. The influence of nurture on human development.
C. the discontinuous process of human development.
D. Many different courses of human development.

B. TRUE or FALSE: Write True if the statement if correct and False if the
statement is incorrect.

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1. No two cells of the human body contain exactly the same genetic
Instructions.

REFERENCES:
Corpuz, B.B., Lucas, MR. D., Borabo, HD. L. & Lucido, P. I. (2018). The
Child and Adolescent Learners and Learning Principles, Lorimar Publishing
Inc., Quezon City, Philippines.
Corpuz, B.B., Lucas, MR. D., Borabo, HD. L. & Lucido, P. I. (2010). The
Child and Adolescent Development: Looking at Learners at Different Life
Stages, Lorimar Publishing Inc., Quezon City, Philippines.

ASSSESMENT (Answer Key)

A. Multiple Choice
1. A
2. C
3. A
4. C
5. A
B. True or False
1. False 6. False
2. True 7. False
3. False 8. True
4. False 9. False
5. False 10. True

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