Child Development

Paper Code: 
ECE 131
Credits: 
2
Contact Hours: 
2.00
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.
 
30.00
Unit I: 
Unit I
  • 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.
 
30.00
Unit II: 
Unit Ii
  • 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.

 

30.00
Unit III: 
Unit III
  • Components and stages of social  development.
  • Agents of socialization :Family,School, Peer, Sibbling, 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
 
30.00
Unit IV: 
Unit IV
  • Cognitive development
  • Concept formation
  • Personality, types
  • Parenting styles and role of father in parenting.
 
30.00
Unit V: 
Unit V
  • 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.
 
References: 
  • 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.
 
Academic Year: 
2014-2015
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