SPECIAL EDUCATION Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Child Development, Adolescence

• School: Western Mindanao State University
• Department: Education
• Course: SPECIAL EDUCATION

Document Summary

Take a look at yourself in the mirror. The study of human development explores how and why people change as they grow and develop and how and why they remain the same. It covers the entire life span from conception until death. In this lesson, it is expected that you can: define early childhood development, value the importance of understanding early childhood development; Put a check (/) before each statemnt if you. Agree and (x) if you disagree with the statement. Development is a series of age-related changes that happens over the course of a life span. Development refers to a process of change in growth and capability over time, as a function of both maturation and interaction with the environment. Early childhood is the period between one and five years of age. Early childhood is considered as one of the stages in the life span.