Name of Student: Maria Bianca Babas

Course/Section: BSED-ENG 2-1

MODULE 1. HUMAN DEVELOPMENT: MEANING, CONCEPTS AND APPROACHES

ACTIVITY. State the five characteristics of human development from a life-span perspective and their implications to child-care, education, and parenting.

CHARACTERISTICS IMPLICATIONS 1. Development is lifelong. This characteristic of life-span perspective implies that development occurs even until our last breath. In child-care, an individual in its childhood is mostly a curious one, this curiosity is brought until its education starts. As children grow, their education leads them to development, even until they are in parenthood. Development occurs as long as a person lives. 2. Development is plastic. This characteristic of life-span perspective implies that change occurs in development. In child-care, children undergo drastic changes, and of course that includes their needs. Those needs must be provided for a child’s welfare. In education, learning means being subjected to change. However small the change is, development takes place, so regardless of age, changes through development occurs. With that said, education should not be discriminating. In parenting, improvement due to any deliberate effort to help parents be more effective in caring for children is development. As the child grows, one’s parenting style should develop and match with the child’s needs. 3. Development is multidimensional. This characteristic of life-span perspective implies that development is established in the processes of physical, mental, and socio- emotional aspects of a person. In child-care, to promote children’s physical development, external forces should be done such as provision of healthy foods to eat and inauguration of exercises. For the mental development, they should be exposed in healthy environment and teach them meditation. For the socio-emotional development, they should learn how to make friends. Education covers it as well, because it teaches an individual the betterment of physical changes thus adhering to it, intelligence and language is improved, and at school, having relationships are common. In parenting, however, it is almost the same as in child-care, except the focus is the physical, mental, and socio-emotional processes’ improvement to be “the best parent.” 4. Development is contextual. This characteristic of life-span perspective implies that development is based on a person’s background such as their culture, beliefs, and physical environment. In child- care, for example, most of the time when a guardian is strict, the child responds to them with fear. The child then will probably develop into a parent who will do the same to his or her children. See that child-care reflects on what we experienced while being a child. In education, we respond to challenges of it differently. Someone who lives with many riches will probably not have the motivation to study, and the someone who lived without fortune may be more motivated to study. In parenting, just like in child-care, parents are plausible to practice their response to what they have had experienced when they were in the position of being a child. 5. Development involves growth, This characteristic of life-span perspective maintenance and regulation. implies that development consists of growth, maintenance and regulation, wherein child- care growth is mostly seen through physical changes, so the maintaining and regulating the act of consuming healthy foods should be implemented. In education, growth is symbolized because of knowledge one has acquired, so maintaining good study habits and regulating the knowledge input is established. In parenting, growth becomes obvious as one feels the need to become a better parent, so maintenance in terms of physical fitness and regulation for the mindset becomes a necessity.