Growth and Development of Childhood

CHILDHOOD AND GROWING

GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD

0 To 12 years => Children

12 To 19 years => Teenage

Growth   (change)

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)

          Structural and physiological changes.

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)

Development is consent with growth as well as changes in behaviors which results from environmental situations.

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

Factors influencing Growth and Development of the Child

Ø    Growth and Development depends upon on both internal and external factors

Internal Factors:-

Ø Heredity

Ø Biological

Ø Intelligence

Ø Emotional

External Factors (Social Factors):-

Ø  Socio economic status

Ø  Cultural factors

Ø  Poverty

Ø  Physical and psychological environment

Ø  Climate

Ø  Natural resources