The Stages of Development and Development Tasks

The Satges of Development and Developmental Task

1. Chapter 2: The Stages of Development and Developmental Tasks

2. Preliminary Activity Please answer the following questions with honesty and utmost effort and be able to turn in your work in our Google classroom. 1. Be able to describe at least 2 learning disabilities and define the importance of having the knowledge and understanding of these challenges towards us as future educators. 2. Adolescence is considered as the period of storm and stress, Why do you think this is happening towards our teenagers? How are you going to manage the emotional and physical aggression of teens if you will be teaching in the secondary level?

3. Developmental Tasks

4. (June 5, 1900 in De Pere, Wisconsin – January 31, 1991 in Richmond, Indiana) was a professor, physicist, educator, and aging expert. Educational theory before Havighurst was basically old school where children learned by rote and little concern was given to how children developed. From 1948 to 1953 he developed his highly influential theory of human development and education. The crown jewel of his research was on developmental task.

5. Infancy & early childhood (Birth - 6 years old) Middle childhood (6–13 years old)

6. Adolescence (13–18 years old) Early Adulthood (19–30 years old)

7. Middle Age (30- 60years old) Later maturity (60 years old and over)

8. Tasks that arise from physical maturation : Learning to walk, talk, control of bowel and urine , behaving in an acceptable manner to opposite sex , adjusting to menopause . Tasks that arise from personal values : Choosing an occupation, figuring out ones philosophical outlook. Tasks that have their source in the pressures of society : Learning to read, learning to be responsible citizen.

9. (Ages 0–6) Learning to: Walk Crawl Take solid food Talk Control the elimination of body wastes Learning sex differences and sexual modesty Getting ready to read Forming concepts Learning language to describe social and physical reality.

10. Learning: Get along with age mates. Physical skills necessary for ordinary games Building wholesome attitudes toward oneself as a growing organism. Appropriate masculine or feminine social role Developing concepts necessary for everyday living Developing conscience, morality and a scale of values Achieving personal independence. Developing attitudes toward social groups and institutions.

11. Achieving a masculine or feminine social role Accepting one’s physique and using the body effectively Achieving new and more mature relations with age mates of both sex Achieving emotional independence of parents and other adults Preparing for marriage and family life Acquiring a set of values and an ethical system as a guide to behavior Desiring and achieving socially responsible behavior Selecting an occupation

12. Selecting a mate Learning to live with a partner Starting family Rearing children Managing home Getting started in occupation Taking on civic responsibility Finding a congenial social group. Marriage??

13. Assisting teenage children to become responsible and happy adults Achieving adult social and civic responsibility Reaching and maintaining satisfactory performance in one’s occupational career Developing adult leisure time activities Relating oneself to one’s spouse as a person To accept and adjust to the physiological changes of middle age Adjusting to aging parents.

14. Adjusting to decreasing physical strength and health Adjusting to retirement and reduced income Adjusting to death of a spouse Establishing an explicit affiliation with one’s age group Adopting and adapting social roles in a flexible way Establishing satisfactory physical living arrangements

15. Adolescencia [On line] Available at: http://ktadol.blogspot.com/2009/06/robert- havighurst-plantea- la-teoria- de.html [Consulted on Wednesday June 1st 2011] Robert J. Havighurst [On line] Available at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_J._Havighurst [Consulted on Wednesday June 1st 2011]

16. ASSESSMENT: Please answer the following questions with honesty and utmost effort and be able to turn in your work in our Google classroom. Be able to watch this video and answer the following questions; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFKzE52XRmw 1. Do you agree with the phrase, “our childhood holds the secrets to our identities” Why or Why not? 2. Recall a time where the teachers words or actions negatively influenced your thinking and behavior in a way? How about a time when they positively influenced your life?