Child Development

Paper Code: 
ECE 131
Credits: 
5
Contact Hours: 
150.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

The course will enable the student to-

  • orient students to the field of Child Development, its nature and scope.
  • develop the knowledge base and understanding of basic concepts in Child Development.
  • understand methods of studying children.
  • understand nutritional needs of children

Growth, Development, Maturation, Learning, Child development.

Nature and scope of the field.

Heredity and environment. Role of genetic and environmental factor in development of child.

Aspects of developmet, developmental milestones, developmental tasks.

Principles of growth and development.

Rights of children.

A brief overview of the physical and physiological changes – height, weight and brain development.

Milestone in motor development : Gross and fine motor skills, handedness

Prevention and management of common childhood illnesses.

  • Respiratory
  • Problems of ear, eye, teeth etc.
  • Fevers
  • Acute diarrhea

Immunization Programme and related institutes.

Components and stages of social  development.

Agents of socialization :Family, School, Peer, Sibling, community, neighborhood,  Parenting with special focus on Father.

Nature and types of children's emotions.

Factors affecting socio  emotional development and emotional maturity.

Defining language development.

Sequence of language development

Bilingualism

Cognitive development

Concept formation

Personality Development and Types.

Characteristics and interest of Pre-school children.

Play - Need and importance of play, Types of play

Readiness for schooling- Meaning and importance of readiness 3Rs .

Creativity – definition, meaning, importance, relationship between play  and creativity, Expression of creativity-  Through art, drama, completion of incomplete story, making a story in a group, completion of sentence

Essential Readings: 

Hurlock, E.B., Child Development McGraw Hill, New York 1988.

Subash C. Arya, Infant and child care for Indian Mothers. Vikas Publishers, Delhi 1972.

Devadas, R.P. and Jaya. N. Text Book of child development McMillan and Co., 1981.

Gosh, S. The feeling and care of infants and young children UNICEF, New Delhi 1976.

Banerjee B.G. (1987), Child Development and Socialization, Deep and Deep Publications

Berk, L.E (1995) Child Development, London: Allyn and Bacon

Newman and Newman, Infancy and childhood-Development and its context.john Wiley,1978.

Illingsworth,R.S. The development of the Infant and Young child.Churchill and Livingstone,1975.

 

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