Various studies made in the field of growth and development have been reviewed in order to proceed critical discussions to analyze the current standing of this research area, besides to foresee, as a personal opinion, the possible future of growth and development. Subtopics to be covered are : 1) definition 2) measurent 3) historical obsevations 4) growth and development in various locations, 5) follow-up study of growth line, 6) maturity of sex and bone, 7) attributing factors and 8) growth and development-present and future. In 1962, the Japanese Society of Physical Educatjon held it's 13th conference. At this convention a new divison was organized to study human growth and development in physical educatlon by a group of scholars sharing the same views on this subject. However, a clear definition of "growth and development" has not been established. The situation where time and space meet is important factor in the study of growth and development, probably more than in any other field of physical education. The dimension of time consists of trends of changing generations. In dealing with the dimension of space, the issues include weather, society, environment, race, and life style; which must be taken into consideration as affecting factors. The fleld of education, medicine, psychology, sociology, philosophy, religion and art are also related to the study of growth and development. From each of these various fields, different viewpoints could be given. However, the physical and medical sciences shall be dealt with in thls paper.
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