CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -2. Development proceeds from the center of the body outward. This is the principle of proximodistal development that also describes the direction of development. This means that the spinal cord develops before outer parts of the body.

Detailed explanation-2: -The proximodistal principle states that development proceeds from the center of the body outward. With this principle, the trunk of the body grows before the extremities of the arms and legs. Development of the ability to use various parts of the body also follows the proximodistal principle.

Detailed explanation-3: -C) The cephalocaudal principle states that development occurs from the center of the body outward, while the proximodistal principles state that development occurs from top to bottom.

Detailed explanation-4: -The proximodistal principle says that development progresses from the center of the body outward.

Detailed explanation-5: -The difference between these two theories is in the direction of growth they support. In cephalocaudal growth, growth starts from the head and moves down to the feet. In proximodistal growth, growth starts from the torso, or the body’s center, and moves outwards, to the arms and the legs.