CHILDHOOD
AND GROWING
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD
0 To 12 years => Children
The process
of physical maturation resulting and increase in the size of a body and various
organs
- It occurs by multiplication of cells
- Its quantitative changes of body (Its has been
measured)
In 1962, (Crow and crow)
DEVELOPMENT ( Maturation of Function)
Development means a progressive of serious of
changes that occur in an orderly predictable pattern as a result of maturation
and experience
- Its related to the maturation and development of
nerve system
- Qualitative change in child function
- It can be measured through observation
In 1959,( Hurlock)
Principles of Growth and Development
- It
involves change
- Early
development is more critical than later development
- Development
is product of maturation and learning
- Development
pattern is predictable
- Its
also predictable characteristics
- There
are individual difference in development
- There
are periods in a development pattern
- There
are social expectation for every
- Every
area of development has potential hazards
- Happiness various at different period in development
Difference between Growth and Development
|
S.No |
Growth |
Development |
|
1 |
Changes in the
physical structure of a body |
Over all
changes
|
|
2 |
Changes in
quantitative aspects |
Changes in quantitative as well as
qualitative |
|
3 |
Will not continue |
Continues process |
|
4 |
May or may not
being development |
It’s possible without growth |
|
5 |
Growth is
cellular. It takes place due to the multiplication of cells. |
Development is progressive and
orderly. |
|
6 |
changes are
physical and external in natural |
Changes are physical, social,
emotional |
|
7 |
Changes are
measurable |
Changes observable |
