Domains of Development
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Learning Objectives:
•List down the various developmental
domains; and
•Discuss the features of Physical and
Motor Development.
Domains of Development
Refers to the different areas or aspects in which children’s development take place.
Physical and Motor
Development
Cognitive Socio-Emotional
Development Development
Physical and Motor Development
Physical Growth includes:
• Increase in height and weight
• Changes in the proportion of the body
• Includes the bones
https://www.123rf.com/clipart-vector/child_growth.html?sti=lv0olxiuowa2o90wbv|
Physical and Motor Development
Development takes plays in
two ways:
Proximodistal
Cephalocaudal
https://educerecentre.com/principles-of-growth-and-development/
Physical and Motor Development
https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2020/covid-19-ayond-ur-body.html https://www.news-medical.net/health/An-Overview-of-Brain-Development.aspx
Two kinds of Motor Skills
https://sproutsdevelopment.com/resources/gross-motor-skills/ https://www.educatall.com/page/1180/At-your-fingertips--fine-motor-skills.html
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Two kinds of Motor Skills
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
• Involve large muscles
• Help control crawling,
standing, walking,
https://sproutsdevelopment.com/resources/gross-motor-skills/ climbing,etc.
GROSS MOTOR SKILLS
Two kinds of Motor Skills
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
• Involve smalls muscles
• Affects the ability to use hands
and fingers effectively.
https://7daysofplay.com/fine-motor-skills-why-are-they-important/ • Eye-hand coordination
FINE MOTOR SKILLS
Cognitive Development
• Cognitive development is the formation of thought
processes, including remembering, problem solving,
and decision-making, and the use of language from
childhood through adolescence to adulthood.
• It is a field of study in neuroscience and psychology
that focuses on development in the specific areas
that include conceptual resources, information
processing, perceptual skill, and language acquisition.
Cognitive Development
• Gauvain and Richert (2016) define cognitive
development as the process by which human beings
acquire, organize, and learn to use knowledge.
• He discusses two aspects of cognitive development:
“what develops,‟ or the content of knowledge, and
“how knowledge develops.”
Cognitive Development
• Discussion of “what develops‟ focuses on concepts,
the mental groupings of similar objects and other
entities that play a fundamental role in organizing
knowledge of experience. The processes of memory,
problem solving, reasoning and executive function
are used to describe “how‟ knowledge develops.
Socio-emotional Development
• Interact with others
• Relate with others and obey
social rules
• Relate to others in different
social situations
https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/nl/StMonicasPrimaryWholeSchoolBlog/children-free-clip-art-with-child-
playing-dayasriod-top-2-clipartix-friends-clipart-kids-3103_2062/
Socio-emotional Development
Basic Emotions
• e.g. happiness, fear and anger can
be inferred through facial
expressions.
https://stock.adobe.com/ph/images/set-of-cute-cartoon-baby-with-different-funny-emotions-in-flat-design-cartoon-
character-cute-children-with-dissatisfied-business-smiling-crying-laughing-smiling-and-disgusted-face/322271601
Socio-emotional Development
Complex Emotions
• Complex emotions such as shame,
guilt and envy cannot be simply
inferred from facial expressions.
Socio-emotional Development at Different Stages
Infancy
• Interact by smiling, crying,
babbling and cooing.
• Positive response and stimulation
encourages infants to develop
socially.
https://www.123rf.com/photo_71091964_baby-boy-emotions-set.html
Socio-emotional Development at Different Stages
6-8 months
• Develops a sense of
belongingness with parents and
other familiar persons
• Feel stranger anxiety
https://www.123rf.com/photo_71091964_baby-boy-emotions-set.html
Socio-emotional Development at Different Stages
• At 2 years
• Anxiety decreases gradually
and children develop special
attachments
• Detach little from parents
• Learn to show autonomy by
saying “no” to what they do and
not what to do
https://www.vectorstock.com/royalty-free-vector/children-with-different-emotions-on-their-faces-vector-19020557
Socio-emotional Development at Different Stages
• Early Childhood
• 2-5 years old develop
• Self-awareness
• Attitudes, likes and dislikes and ways of acting
• Socialized primarily by parents
• Parents make children understand and realize the
difference between right and wrong and help in developing a
code of conduct in them
