Physical Development is the development of the body and can be characterised by both quantitative and qualitative changes. (McDevitt & Ormrod‚ 2010) The following is an evaluation of the physical developments of middle school children aged six to ten years. This essay approaches considerations for physical development and how they can be accommodated in the learning environment. To understand physical development it is important to look into motor development and its influences. How we can accommodate
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Physical development: Average 4-year-olds gain the ability to cut straight lines and cut out shapes with scissors. They usually have a noticeable preference for the right or left hand. They are able to participate more in self care by brushing their own teeth and‚ for the most part‚ dressing and undressing themselves. Most 4-year-olds can run‚ jump and ride a tricycle. Their sense of balance is increasing‚ and they’re able to stand on one foot for at least 5 seconds. Four-year-olds are learning how
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Physical Cognitive Dissonance The story begins with two respectable men taking a stroll. One of them‚ a man named Enfield‚ relates to his relative‚ a prosecutor named Utterson‚ an encounter he had had some months ago with an evil looking man named Hyde. The man had trampled a little girl he ran into on the street. Enfield‚ along with several people on the street‚ took an immediate and overpowering dislike of Hyde’s sinister appearance. After the incident‚ Hyde enters a building and subsequently
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three domains of development‚ as described in Chapter 1. The three domains of adult development are physical development‚ cognitive development‚ and socioemotional development. The interesting fact about the study of physical development is that it not only looks at obvious physical changes but at the unseen changes such as changes in the brain (Witt‚ Mossler‚ 2010‚ p. 3). Although both the study of physical development and cognitive development look at the brain‚ the study of physical development
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“Describe the physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual.” Definition of physical “Of or relating to the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit” definition of intellectual “A person possessing a highly developed intellect.” definition of emotional “A mental state that arises spontaneously rather than through conscious effort and is often accompanied by physiological changes; a feeling” definition of social development “Pattern
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Personal Response to James Fowler’s Six Stages of Faith It is important to recognize in this discussion of moral development and the emerging cognitive development of young adulthood is extremely susceptible to social and ethical scaffolding. It must be admitted that university education is no longer “universal” from the perspective of being exposed to conflicting philosophies/world-views without bias. Most university instructors (secular) will mentor toward their own personal bias. Berger (2011)
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P1-Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages of an individual. Contraception and Birth Each month a woman will produce one egg from both of her ovaries‚ which will eventually then lie on eat side of her uterus. The egg will firstly need to travel down the fallopian tubes and then it will be released into the uterus. Male semen will then be needed for conception‚ this contain millions of sperm which only one will be needed to make the father genetic
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P1 – Describe physical‚ intellectual‚ emotional and social development for each of the life stages Conception and Pregnancy All human life begins from conception. Majority of the time‚ women won’t know the exact day when they got pregnant. Your doctor will count the start of your pregnancy from the first day of your last menstrual period. That’s about two weeks ahead of when conception actually occurs. Each month inside your ovaries‚ a group of eggs starts to grow. Eventually one of the eggs
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My age and physical development matches the adolescent’s category. Itis the period of life from about age 13 to the early twenties‚ during which a young person is no longer physically a child but is not yet an independent‚ self-supporting adult (Ciccarelli & Meyer‚ 2006‚ p.274). My numerical age and development is twenty years old. Starting in my adolescence stage‚ I have grown a beard‚ have grown taller‚ gained more weight and have also have developed more muscle. Cognitively‚ according to (Piaget
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Assessment 1: Essay- Physical Development. Within the grades kindergarten to grade 2 and the ages between 4-7‚ an extensive amount of growth physically and physiologically takes place in a child. This goes hand in hand with children beginning primary school and the time in which their extensive educational years begin. For this time of their lives to be successful in them gaining physical and physiological growth‚ Children need to be encouraged and supported in improving further their gross motor
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