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Module 1: Human Development: Meaning, Concepts and Approaches

     From this module, I realized that a human development is a pattern of movement that begins at conception and continues through the life span of a well human being. Also it includes growth and decline. The human development can be positive or negative. Growth deals with quantitative changes while development deals with qualitative changes. Development is relatively orderly.  Development has proximodistal pattern that deals with the development from inward to upward. Another pattern is the cephalocaudal pattern which the development is from head to toe and from top to bottom. Development also takes place gradually.  The pattern of development is more likely be similar, the outcome of development process and the rate of development are vary among individuals.  Development as a process is complex because it is the product of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional process. The biological process is a physical change. The cognitive process is about knowledge, thoughts, language. The socio-emotional is a process that focuses on dealing with people. The  human development has five (5)  different approaches. It includes life-long, multi-dimensional, plastic, contextual and involves growth, maintenance and regulation. The life-span of a human development occurs al throughout the life-span of an individual. The development never stops until death. The traditional occurs human development that shows extensive change from birth to adolescence, little or no change in adulthood and decline in the late old age.  The life-long development does not end by adulthood and no development stage dominates the development. The multi-dimensional consists of biological, cognitive and socio-emotional dimensions. The plastic development is possible throughout the life-span. The contextual development are individuals that can adopt changing beings in a changing world. Development and learning result from a dynamic and continuous interaction of biological maturation and experience.
I have developed and broaden my knowledge about the meaning, concepts and approaches of a human development. This module asserts more knowledge on the development of a human.

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