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Childhood And Growing Up Syllabus

Childhood And Growing Up Syllabus For B.Ed First Year, Second Year, And Semester 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th And 8th In English Language Free Download PDF For The Session 2020 - 2021 - 2022 - 2023 - 2024

Childhood And Growing Up

• Max. Marks:100
• Time: 3 Hours
• (Theory: 80, Internal: 20)

NOTE FOR PAPER SETTER

1. The paper setter will set nine questions in all, out of which students will be required to attempt five questions.
2. Q.No 1 will be compulsory and will carry 16 marks. There will be four short-answer-type Questions of 4 marks each to be selected from the entire syllabus.
3. Two long answer-type questions will be set from each of the four units, out of which the student will be required to attempt one question from each unit. Long- answer type questions will carry 16 marks each.

Course Outcomes

After the transaction of the course, student teachers will be able to:

• Explain the Meaning, Concept, and Characteristics of Growth, maturation, and development at various stages.
• Describe the problem of Childhood and adolescent age especially with respect to the Indian context.
• Develop an understanding of different aspects of a child’s Cognitive, Social, Emotional and Moral development.
• Become familiar with Theories of Child development and their educational implications.
• Understand the developing Individual / Learner from different dimensions i.e. Intelligence, Creativity and Personality.
• Acquaint with various Mental Processes of Learning i.e. Thinking, Memory and forgetting.
• Get familiar with the role of Family, School, Community, Society and different cultural practices in the developmental process of Children.
• Acquaint contemporary issues ( issue of marginalization and Stereotyping, Gender, Social class and poverty) in child development and describe the role of media in constructing and deconstructing perceptions and ways of dealing with the above issues.

Course Content / Syllabus

Unit – I

Dimensions of Development

• Growth and Development: - Concept, Principal, Factors, and Stages.
• Characteristics of stages development with special reference to Childhood and Adolescence.
• Adolescence: Understanding their needs and problems in the Indian context.
• Parenting styles: Concept and its impact Child development.
• Personality: meaning, nature, and assessment.

Unit – II

Theories of Child Development

• Theory of Cognitive Development by Piaget: Concept, Stages, and Implications with special reference to Indian Context.
• Theory of Social and Emotional Development by Erickson: Concept, Stages, and Implications with special reference to India Context.
• Kohlberg Theory of Moral Development: Concept, Stages, and Implications with special reference to India Context.

Unit-III

Learner as a Developing Individual

• Intelligence: Meaning, nature, and theories of intelligence (two-factor theory and Thurston’s group factor theory, Measurement of intelligence and application of intelligence tests.
• Creativity: Concept; relationship with intelligence; techniques for fostering creativity.
• Mental Processes of Learning: Thinking Concept Types of Thinking – Divergent, Convergent, Critical, Reflective and Lateral Thinking.
• Memory – Concept, Types and Strategies to develop Memory; Forgetting – Nature, Causes, Factors and Strategies to minimize Forgetting.

Unit- IV

Learning in socio Cultural Perspective

• Agencies of Socialization: Family, School, Community and their role in Child Development.
• Social and Cultural Change as factors influencing Child Development.
• Impact of Marginalization and Stereotyping on Child Development with special reference to Gender, Social Class and Poverty.
• Role of media in constructing and deconstructing perceptions and ways of dealing with above issues.

Practicum/ Sessional

Any one of the following:

1. Case-study of an adolescent: Problems and Needs.
2. Seminar/ Presentation on educational implications of One Learning theory of child development.
3. Survey report on the impact of socio-economic status of a family on the child.
4. Content Analysis of Media coverage on the following:
1. Child labor.
2. Gender bias.
3. About Disability.
5. Play/drama on value orientation and character building and preparing a report.
6. Protecting the culture and indigenous practices: Compilation of local folk songs, folk tales, riddles, and toys.
7. Observation of children during their playtime in a rural school and preparing a report.

Suggested Readings / Reference Books:

• Aggarwal, J.C. (1995). Essentials of Educational Psychology, New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Private Limited,
• Allport, G.W. (1961). Pattern and Growth in Personality: New York.
• Chauhan, S.S. (2002). Advanced Educational Psychology. New Delhi: Vikas Publishing
• Gore, M.S.( 1984). Education and Modernization in India. Jaipur: Rawat Publishers.
• Havighurtst, R. et al.(1995). Society and Education. Baston: Allyen and Bacon
• P.BWheldall, K. (2006). Developments in Educational psychology. New York: Routledge
• Kamat, A.R.( 1985). Education and Social Change in India. Bombay: Samaiya Publishing Co.
• Bhatia, K.K. (2008). Basis of Educational Psychology.Ludhiana:Kalyani Publishers.
• Sharma, K.N. (1990). Systems, Theories and Modern Trends in Psychology.Agra:
• Woolfork, A (2004). Educational Psychology: Reason Education (Singapore). New Delhi: Indian Branch.

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