Dexter J.

Nario
Facilitating Learning (ED 124PRT – PRT1)

Life Stage/ Significant Virtue Suggestions for the

Psycho social Relationship/ Issues Teacher
crisis
Infancy Infants must learn that Hope & Drive (faith, inner Being responsive to
adults can be trusted calm, grounding, basic the needs of the infant.
feeling that everything will Lack of trust in infants
be okay – enabling can cause frustration,
exposure to risk, a trust in suspicion, withdrawal
life and self and others, and lack of confidence
inner resolve, and strength
in the face of uncertainty
and risk)
Toddler hood they learn that they Willpower & Self-Control Let toddlers explore for
can control their (self-determination, self- themselves to be
actions and act on belief, self-reliance, creative and for them
their environment to confidence in self to to build self-esteem.
get results decide things, having a Needs patience and
voice, being one’s own encouragement to help
person, persistence, self- foster autonomy in the
discipline, independence child.
of thought, responsibility,
judgement)
Preschool Children begin to Purpose & Direction Let children get along
compare themselves (sense of purpose, with others and let
with their peers to see decision-making, working them work as a team
how they measure up with and leading others, rather than making
initiating projects and them compete with
ideas, courage to each other.
instigate, ability to define Proper guidance is
personal direction and essential in this stage.
aims and goals, able to
take initiative and
appropriate risks)
School Age During this stage, Competence & Method This is a critical stage
children are (making things, producing to nurture their talents
developing a sense of results, applying skills and and self-confidence.
self. Children at this processes productively,
age are becoming feeling valued and
more aware of capable of contributing,
themselves as ability to apply method
individuals. and process in pursuit of
ideas or objectives,
confidence to seek and
respond to challenge and
learning, active busy
productive outlook)
 Dexter J. Nario
Facilitating Learning (ED 124PRT – PRT1)

Adolescent At this stage, a person Fidelity & Devotion (self- The teenager must
period is concerned with how confidence and self- achieve identity in
they appear to others. esteem necessary to occupation, gender
freely associate with roles, politics, and, in
people and ideas based some cultures, religion.
on merit, loyalty, social They should be
and interpersonal integrity, guided, be well-
discretion, personal informed and be given
standards and dignity, advice for them to be
pride and personal able to avoid identity
identity, seeing useful crisis.
personal role(s) and
purpose(s) in life)
Young adult The eagerness and Love & Affiliation (capacity Giving the right advice
willingness to fuse to give and receive love – to young adults in
their identity with that emotionally and order for them to avoid
of others. physically, connectivity the development of
with others, socially and negative emotions due
inter-personally to
comfortable, ability to form
honest reciprocating
relationships and
friendships, capacity to
bond and commit with
others for mutual
satisfaction – for work and
personal life, reciprocity –
give and take – towards
good)