Human growth and development

Teachers are the professional group most directly interested in understanding the processes of growth and human development, because the primary goal of their task is precisely enabling individuals to develop their skills to the highest degree potential in intellectual, physical, emotional and social matters. Lloyd E. Robison, a member of the School of Education, Florida Atlantic University, provides in this document a detailed and clear exposition of the latest insights gained about the growth and human development. Here he considers the disciplines which contribute to its study, the evolution of philosophical thought in this area, the study methods and principles of physical, intellectual, emotional and social growth. Robison also provides an evolutionary panorama of all periods of development: prenatal, neonatal, infancy, childhood, middle childhood, middle years, adolescence, adulthood, old age and senility. We must emphasize the practical value of the chapters dealing with the implementation of this knowledge to the field of education: learning and motivation, learning transfer, change in behavior, especial training, learning and maturation, change in perception, relationship with self, application to new situations, skills upgrading, distribution of students, academic assessment, curriculum foundations, future prospects. The book closes with a useful glossary of terms.