HOME ECONOMICS J. S. S THREE SECOND TERM

THEME: FAMILY LIVING RESOURCE MANAGEMENT/FOOD AND NUTRITION/CLOTHING AND TEXTILE

CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND CARE 1

PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE

Students should be able to;

1. Describe the meaning and different stages in child development
2. List factors that influence child development

CONTENT

Child development refers to the process through which human beings typically grow and mature from infancy through adulthood. The different aspects of growth and development that are measured include physical growth, cognitive growth, and social growth. Child development focuses on the changes that take place in humans as they mature from birth to about age 17.

There are three broad stages of development: early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. The definitions of these stages are organized around the primary tasks of development in each stage, though the boundaries of these stages are malleable. Society's ideas about childhood shift over time and research have led to new understandings of the development that takes place in each.... View More