FACTORS

INFLUENCING
ATTITUDES TOWARDS
DEVELOPMENTAL
CHANGES
1. APPEARANCE
2. CHANGES OF BEHAVIOR
3. CULTURAL STEREOTYPES
4. CULTURAL VALUES
5. ROLE CHANGES
6. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
 1. APPEARANCE
• CHANGES THAT IMPROVE ONE’S
APPEARANCE ARE WELCOME AND
LEAD TO FAVOURABLE ATTITUDES
WHILE THOSE THAT DETRACT FROM
ONE’S APPEARANCE ARE RESISTED
AND EVERY POSSIBLE ATTEMPT IS
MADE TO CAMOUFLAGE THEM.
 2. CHANGES OF BEHAVIOR
* THOSE THAT ARE DISCONCERTING,
ESPECIALLY DURING PUBERTY AND
SENESCENCE, AFFECT ATTITUDES
TOWARD THE CHANGES UNFAVOURABLY.
3. CULTURAL STEREOTYPES
* PEOPLE LEARN CULTURAL
STEREOTYPES ASSOCIATED WITH
DIFFERENT AGES FROM MASS
MEDIA AND THEY USE THEM TO
JUDGE PEOPLE OF THESE AGES.
 4. CULTURAL VALUES
• EVERY CULTURE HAS
CERTAIN VALUES
ASSOCIATED WITH
DIFFERENT AGES.
 5. ROLE CHANGES
• ATTITUDES TOWARD PEOPLE OF
DIFFERENT AGES ARE GREATLY
INFLUENCED BY THE ROLES THEY
PLAY.
 6. PERSONAL EXPERIENCES
• THE AUTHORITY AND PRESTIGE OF
MIDDLE-AGED EXECUTIVES DECREASE
AS THEY APPROACH RETIREMENT,
THEIR ATTITUDES TOWARD AGING ARE,
LIKEWISE, UNFAVOURABLY AFFECTED.
SIGNIFICANT FACTS
ABOUT
DEVELOPMENT
1.EARLY FOUNDATIONS ARE CRITICAL.
2. THE ROLE OF MATURATION AND LEARNING IN DEVELOPMENT.
3. DEVELOPMENT FOLLOWS A DEFINITE AND PREDICTABLE
PATTERN.
4. ALL INDIVIDUALS ARE DIFFERENT.
5. EACH PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS A CHARACTERISTIC
'PATTERN OF BEHAVIOR."
6. EACH PHASE OF DEVELOPMENT HAS HAZARDS.
7.DEVELOPMENT IS AIDED BY STIMULATION.
8.DEVELOPMENT IS AFFECTED BY CULTURAL CHANGES.
9.THERE IS SOCIAL EXPECTATION FOR EVERY STAGE OF
DEVELOPMENT.
10.THERE ARE TRADITIONAL BELIEFS ABOUT PEOPLE FOR ALL
AGES.
 THE
MEANING OF
LIFE SPAN
Development, as a lifelong
process beginning at
conception and ending in
death, in in itself a
discipline worthy of
study.
BOYD, D. AND BEE, H.
(2009)
REFERS TO THE FULL
PROCESS OF HUMAN
DEVELOPMENT FROM
CONCEPTION TO DEATH.
 DEVELOPMENT
OF CURRICULUM
IN THE
PHILIPPINES
 F. CURRICULUM DURING THE LIBERATION
PERIOD
• 1945, STEPS WERE TAKEN TO IMPROVE THE CURRICULUM
EXISTING BEFORE THE WAR.
*RESTORATION OF GRADE VII
*ABOLISHED OF DOUBLE-SINGLE SESSION
* ADOPTION OF MODERN TRENDS IN EDUCATION TAKEN
FROM UNITED STATES
• SUBJECT-CENTERED
• CECILIO PUTONG, PRUDENCIO LANGCAUON, ESTEBAN
ABADA, MARTIN AGUILAR, VITALIANO BERNARDINO
 G. CURRICULUM DURING THE PHILIPPINE
REPUBLIC
*
H. Curriculum in the New Society
1. No. 1081 on Sept. 29. 1972, Decree No. 6 known as the Educational
Development Decree of 1972,
 Aims to make the school responsive to the needs of the New Society.
 Has a 10 year program based on a number of principles:
1. Improvement of curricular programs and quality of
instructions
2. Adopting cost-saving instructional technology and
training
3. Upgrading of academic standards
4. democratization of access to education
 Teaching of land and agrarian reforms
 Family Planning and the Philippine constitution subjects is compulsory in the
collegiate level.
 Alien schools will not be solely owned by the alien and must follow the basic
curriculum of DEPED.
2. THE CURRICULAR REDIRECTION IN THE NEW SOCIETY CAN BE AS
FOLLOWS:
THE CURRICULUM;
1. DIRECTED TO PLACE MORE STRESS ON DEVELOPMENT
2. INTEGRATING EDUCATION AND LIFE
3. REFLECT THE URGENT NEEDS AND PROBLEMS FACING THE COUNTRY
TODAY
4. VIEWED NOT IN TERMS OF FACTS OR SUBJECTS MATTER TO BE
MASTERED
5. ALL TEACHING SHALL SEEK TO DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE
UNDERSTANDING OF ALL THE SUBJECTS
6. CO-CURRICULAR YOUTH PROGRAMS
7. NON-FORMAL EDUCATION OR EXTENSION SERVICES FOR THE
COMMUNITY
3. THE REFORMS IN TEACHING METHODOLOGY ARE AS
FOLLOWS;
1. OBJECTIVES OF INSTRUCTION
2. TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT ARE INQUIRY –AND –
PROBLEM –ORIENTED
3. GUIDANCE AND RESEARCH
4. COURSES SHOULD BE RESTRUCTURED
5. MORE OPPORTUNITY
6. EVALUATIVE METHODS
7. INVENTIVE