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Components of the educative process
Learner, teacher and school
The active participant in the teaching and learning process
Learner
Identical twins also known as
Uniovular twins
Fraternal twins are also known as
Biovular twins
The process by which the new organism is endowed with certain potentials for his later development.
Heredity
The process by which heredity exerts influence long after birth.
Maturation
Interaction between an individual’s inherited traits, his surroundings and his nurture.
Environmental Influences
It states that development follows an orderly sequence which is predictable and its true to all members of a certain race.
Phylogenetic principle
Two predictable trends of development
Cephalocaudal trend
Proximodistal trend
Development proceeds from head to foot direction
Cephalocaudal trend
The parts of the body nearest the center are parts that develop earlier
Proximodistal trend
The rate of developmwnt is unique to every individual.
Ontogenetic principle
It is brought about by one’s heredity as well as environmental influences.
Ontogenetic principle
In stages of development: Age of prenatal stage
From conception to birth
In stages of development: Age of infancy/babyhood stage
Birth - 2 years