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Development
Pamela Levin has identified seven stages in the human
developmental process, which recur in cycles throughout our lives.
for example
Doing
From the age of 6 to 18 months we want to be doing things.
We explore objects with hands, eyes and mouth and begin to move
around. It is vital that our care-giver is there to return to, and that
we have the freedom to be on our own.
jobs,
Thinking
We start to reason things out and make decisions for ourselves
between about eighteen months and three years and object
strongly if adults attempt to impose their choices on us.
While still fairly new to a course or a job, yet after the ice is broken,
it is important that people have permission and opportunity to
decide for themselves what kind of person they want to be in their
new role. In groups this may be a stormy period especially if there
are many implicit messages from the tutor or the institution of This
is how you ought to be.
Skills
From about the age of six we spend about six years acquiring the
skills we need to get by in the world.
We observe how adults behave and copy whatever fits with the
identity we have chosen.
In the next few pages we will first look at implications for the whole
group by applying the model to several aspects of course design:
recruiting participants, pairs; then we will consider implications for
individuals- how best to enable students by using interventions
appropriate to their current stage. In Section 11 we will also use this
model to explore: