Havighurst’s Developmental Tasks Theory (Robert Havighurst, 1940s) – a model that views growth as mastering age-specific tasks shaped by biology, culture, and personal goals. Success promotes happiness and future readiness; failure brings difficulty. Tasks span infancy to late maturity, including skills, identity, career, family, and adjustment to aging and death.
Please cite this article as:
Davis, B., & Francis, K. (2025). “Havighurst’s Developmental Tasks Theory” in Discourses on Learning in Education. https://learningdiscourses.com.
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