Basic Concepts and Issues On Human Development
Basic Concepts and Issues On Human Development
Basic Concepts and Issues On Human Development
The virtue of being born to humanity, every human being has a right to the
development and fulfilment of his potentialities as a human being
- by Ashley Montagu
Every living creature is called to become what it is meant to be. The caterpillar is
meant to become a butterfly; a seed into a full grown herb, bush or tree; and a
human body into a mature person, the person who is fully alive, the glory of God”
in the words of St. Irenaeus
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
- Is the pattern of movement or change that begins at conception and
continues through life span. It includes growth and decline.
Means that development can be positive or negative ( Santrock, 2000)
Ex. Home with a loving and caring parents- warm and responsible children
and adolescents, adults