GCSE J406 A912: 10 3.2.1. How do individuals grow and develop during each life stage? What are the different life stages Drawing a time line and mark on it the various life stages and age ranges covered. Research in pairs to find out the physical, intellectual, emotional, and social characteristics within a life stage Prepare A4 poster for one life stage Divide the class into groups of 5, all having researched one different life stage. Candidates present the findings to the rest of the group Candidates take notes during presentations Teacher input: What is the difference between growth and development? Use of percentile charts and case studies used to make comparisons to the norms of growth GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks BBC The Human Body - Robert Winston Plain paper Glue Poster paper and flipchart marker pens. Percentile charts Mini tests Case studies Access to computer facilities These are: infancy (0-3), childhood (4-10), adolescence (11-18), adulthood (19-65), later adulthood (65+) Growth refers to an increase in physical size (mass and height) Development is concerned with the emergence and increase in sophistication of skills, abilities and emotions.
GCSE J406 A912: 16 3.2.2. Introduction: Why are we all different? Why am I like I am? Circular diagrams - candidate in the middle and write what or who they think has affected who they are Read a prepared case study which illustrates factors that affect growth and development. Candidates make a circular diagram, the case study in the middle and recording all the factors that have affected the individual’s life Class discussion on factors identified and how they can influence an individual's health, well-being and life opportunities? GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks Plain paper Coloured pens Hints during session: physical social/emotional environmental economic Understanding how these factors can interrelate and how they can affect an individual's: self-esteem physical and mental health employment prospects level of education Physical factors that affect human growth and Teacher input: Facts about physical factors Identify what effect abuse and neglect can have on personal development GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks Access to computer Paper and magazines to illustrate Include: genetic inheritance diet
development Candidates create a magazine style booklet to show to their peers the importance of physical factors within adulthood candidates work NSPCC website amount and type of physical activity sexual health (ensure sensitivity is used , and work for the magazine in general terms only) experiences of illness or disease Social and emotional factors that affect human growth and development Teacher input: Facts about social and emotional factors for notes Candidate activity: imagine you are a journalist and have been asked to answer readers’ questions to the problem page Every candidate answers one question anonymously Collect them all in and then sit in a circle and read the question and answers, discuss responses GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks ‘Agony Aunt’ style letters Include: gender family relationships friendships educational experiences employment/unemployment ethnicity and religion life experiences such as birth, marriage, death and divorce
Economic factors that affect human growth and development Teacher input: Facts about economic factors for notes understand terminology Candidates decide 10 material possessions they must have on a desert island. Compare ideas in groups, then decide as a group which 5 they would take and why GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks Glossary to define: Employment Unemployment Wealth Poverty Income Disposable income Material possession Include: income and material possessions Environmental factors that affect human growth and development Teacher input Facts about environmental factors for notes Recap on all the factors and how they have affected an individual’s development by playing with the group a game ‘consequences’. GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks Plain paper Include: housing conditions pollution access to health and welfare services
GCSE J406 A912: 10 3.2.3. How relationships play a key part in an individual's social and emotional development during each life stage. What relationships do we have at the life stage we are now? Draw a spider diagram to show our relationships Make a chart to show different types of relationships and their characteristics, for example, a baby’s relationship with its mother is ‘dependency’ For each main life stage, make a spider diagram and a chart to show the different types of relationships people could have identifying the key characteristics GCSE Health and Social Care textbooks Glossary of words for types of relationships Family relationships (e.g. with parents, siblings and as parents) Friendships Intimate personal and sexual relationships Working relationships (including teacher/candidate, employer/employee, peers, colleagues) Identify how relationships can have a positive or negative effect on personal development. What is meant by ‘positive’ and ‘negative’ relationships? Read and discuss a case study that shows both positive and negative effects of a relationship What effect can abuse, neglect and lack of Speaker from the occupational sector to talk about positive and negative relations experienced by individuals and their effects on individuals e.g. Manager of residential Home, Social Worker, Play Therapist etc. ‘Childline’ and NSPCC websites