CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Gesell emphasized that growth always progresses in a pattern through predictable stages or sequences. Sequential development begins within the embryo and continues after birth. While an individual progresses through these stages at his or her own pace, the sequence remains the same.

Detailed explanation-2: -GESELL (ARNOLD) Arnold Gesell’s theory is concerned with the physical development of children. Gesell observed hundreds of children and came up with the physical developmental age-norms.

Detailed explanation-3: -Gesell’s Maturation Theory focused on the physical and mental development of children. He suggested that children will go through the same stages of development, in the same sequence but each child will go through the stages at their own rate.