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Many
psychologists and educationists have appreciated the value of the knowledge of
growth and development or simply put, developmental psychology to education,
some of the most important contributions are as below:
•
It
helps in understanding how children change as they grow up and the forces that
contribute to this change or make children become maladjusted
•
It
has helped in training early childhood educators who are qualified in early
childhood education with specialisation in daycare of children
•
It
helps in training of preschool teachers who are to take care of
pre-kindergarten children, many of whom are 4 years old. Such teachers are
expected to develop appropriate curricula for the age of the children that
helps in promoting their physical, cognitive and social development in a
positive atmosphere
•
Helps
in understanding the roots of social difficulties encountered by many of
today’s adolescents, for instance problems that cause them to drop out of
school.
•
It
helps teachers, prospective teachers and parents to be in a position to
understand the individual differences in learning among learners so that they
can be able to adapt their teaching according to the learner’s mental
requirements by using different teaching methods
•
Teachers
and parents get to know the needs and motives of children at different levels
so that they (teachers etc.) can motivate the children accordingly
•
It
enables teachers, psychologists, and parents to understand the mental and
emotional reactions of individual child
•
It
helps psychologists, teachers, development psychologists, etc. to understand
the nature of classroom learning and the learning processes of children in
general.
Furthermore,
the main implications of the growth and development of principles for teaching
and learning processes are as follows:
·
The fact that the
students in the class are at varying levels of growth and development, have
acquired different types of experiences implies that though the same curriculum
is being used, the classroom setting must be appropriate and rich enough to
accommodate these differences. The use of instructional aids of various types
often helps greatly in this situation.
·
Also, the children
are at various levels of developments meaning they cannot all perform the same
developmental tasks. The teaching strategy of the teacher must reflect this in
the classroom otherwise not all the pupils will be carried along. This should
be noted too during skill performance.
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