Syllabus
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Course Code: 801 Course Name: Childhood and Growing Up |
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| MODULE NO / UNIT | COURSE SYLLABUS CONTENTS OF MODULE | NOTES |
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| 1 | 1. Dimensions of Development * Growth & Development: - Concept, Principal, Factors, & Stages. * Characteristics of stages development with special reference to Childhood and Adolescence. * Adolescence: Understanding their needs and problems in Indian context. * Parenting styles: Concept and its impact Child development. * Personality: meaning, nature and assessment. |
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| 2 | 2. Theories of Child Development * Theory of Cognitive Development by piglet: Concept, Stages and Implications with special reference to Indian Context. * Theory of Social & 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. |
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| 3 | 3. 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 & Lateral Thinking. * Memory – Concept, Types & Strategies to develop Memory; Forgetting – Nature, Causes, Factors & Strategies to minimize Forgetting. |
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| 4 | 4. Learning in socio Cultural Perspective
* Agencies of Socialization: Family, School, Community and their role in Child Development. * Social & Cultural Change as factors influencing Child Development. * Impact of Marginalization and Stereotyping on Child Development with special reference to Gender, Social Class & Poverty. Role of media in constructing & deconstructing perceptions & ways of dealing with above issues. |
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