TAILIEUCHUNG - Lecture Human development - Family, place, culture - Chapter 1: What is human development?

This chapter sets the scene by looking at the ways that humans started to consider life in terms of its unfolding over time as the journey from infancy to maturity, ignorance to understanding, simplicity to sophistication. This way of looking at the world has a long history in human societies, yet historically the idea that each person develops is a fairly recent idea. | 1- Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development Chapter 1 What IS human development? 1- Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development Defining human development Human development can be defined as a process of progressive changes in people’s lives over time that enables them to adapt more effectively to their environments. Points to note about this definition: People always have many forms of connections with one another What counts as progress is not unproblematic Change is always happening We are interested in the conditions that enhance people’s lives, so that we can live well in the situations in which we find ourselves Place shapes and locates the conditions of our lives Invite students to think about the many forms of connection or relationship they have with other people. A social constructionist approach Ideas about developmental progress: Change over time Are different at different times in history Foreground different assumptions from time to time Developmental progress is not one-directional: It is not a single line, marching towards a single goal It is complex and is made up of many strands There is no single truth about ‘right’ development 1- Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development Development: a broader picture Evolutionary theory encouraged those interested in social progress to think that: Some developmental changes help the species survive Developmental change follows a pattern from primitive to more highly evolved, in stages Speedy development through stages is an advantage The history of child development began with attempts to chart predictable stages, or ‘normal’ development 1- Copyright 2010 McGraw-Hill Australia Pty Ltd PPTs to accompany Claiborne & Drewery, Human Development The power of norms A norm can be defined as a statistically .

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