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Cephalocaudal Patterns of Development Proximodistal Patterns of Development

1. Growth is an evidence of life means that living things must grow and expand through tissue, cell, bone and muscle growth which requires sufficient nutrition. Without growth, an organism would not develop properly indicating a lack of life. 2. Development refers to the advancement and growth of an object as it matures and improves through necessary adjustments for better quality of life. 3. The 5 major principles of human development from a lifespan perspective are: development is lifelong, multidimensional, plastic, contextual, and involves growth, maintenance and regulation. As a teacher, understanding these principles will help improve the development of learners and their own development as an educator.

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Cephalocaudal Patterns of Development Proximodistal Patterns of Development

1. Growth is an evidence of life means that living things must grow and expand through tissue, cell, bone and muscle growth which requires sufficient nutrition. Without growth, an organism would not develop properly indicating a lack of life. 2. Development refers to the advancement and growth of an object as it matures and improves through necessary adjustments for better quality of life. 3. The 5 major principles of human development from a lifespan perspective are: development is lifelong, multidimensional, plastic, contextual, and involves growth, maintenance and regulation. As a teacher, understanding these principles will help improve the development of learners and their own development as an educator.

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Exercise 1.

Answer the following questions below.


1. “Growth is an evidence of life”, What does this mean?
Existence is demonstrated by growth. You can't be alive unless you expand. Bone,
muscle, tissue, and cell growth all contribute to this. As a result, growth must include
sufficient nutrition; otherwise, you will not grow as well as you should, indicating that
you have life.

2. Define development in your own words.


The term "development" refers to an object's advancement and growth. Development is
also the progress of making improvements and adjustments that are necessary for a better
quality of life and existence. It can also refer to something that has gone through a
maturation process.

3. State the 5 major principles of human development from a lifespan perspective. Give at
least one application of each principle in the teaching-learning process. What have these
principles to do with you as you teach learners?
 Development is lifelong.
 Development is multidimensional.
 Development is plastic.
 Development is contextual.
 Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation.

Development involves growth, maintenance and regulation. This principle will allow me
to teach learners improve their development and also my development as a future
educator.

4. Research further on the cephalocaudal and proximodistal patterns of development.


a. Illustrate both patterns by a drawing or diagram.

Cephalocaudal patterns of Proximodistal patterns of


development development
Growth and development from the Proximodistal growth starts in the
head down is referred to as center/core of the body and
cephalocaudal development. This gradually moves outwards to the
begins from infancy. body's margins. It can be shown in
the ways that the foetus' spinal
For example, a child's head cord develops first before the
develops much sooner than his outside fingers, toes etc.
or her legs. This is true both in
terms of physical growth and An example of such a pattern
motor development. is the early development of
muscular control of the trunk
and arms relative to the hands
and fingers.
Exercise 1.2

True or False. Write true if the statement is correct, and rewrite the statement if the statement is
wrong. Write the correct answer in the space before the number.
FALSE 1. Development consists only of biological and cognitive, not socioemotional
dimensions.
FALSE 2. Development ends in adulthood.
TRUE 3. Proximodistal pattern of development wherein muscular control of the trunk and the
arms comes earlier as compared to the hands and fingers.
TRUE 4. Human development begins at birth and continues through lifespan.
FALSE 5. Development is unidimensional.

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