Childhood Development (Practical)

Paper Code: 
HSC-309
Credits: 
4
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course would enable the students to -

  1. Observe and assess children’s development.
  2. To expose the students to various welfare institutions.
     

 

Content :

Measuring development in children : physical, motor, cognitive, socio- emotional, creativity- studying various developments of a child through observation, interviews, questionnaire, case study , projective techniques (CAT).

Graphical representation and interpretation of Height, weight measurements of pre school child.

2.    To visit selected welfare institutions catering to the needs of children –ECE  centres, anganwadis, crèches, day care and brief reporting of-

           a.   Physical set up

           b.   Objectives

           c.   Teaching strategies

           d.   Positive and negative aspects

           e.   Suggestions for Improvement

3.  Report on survey of child rearing method prevailing in 5 families.

4.   Counseling parents for various behavior problems in children.

5.   Concept formulation- Concept of relationships (Shape,Size, Weight, time, Colour ) ,Pre reading and pre writing skills of pre school children.

 

Essential Readings: 
  1. Kaul V. (1991) Early Childhood Education Programme. Published at the Department of Preschool and Elementary Education, NCERT, New Delhi.
  2. Pankajam (1992) Early Childhood Education.
     
References: 
  1. General J.S. (1984) Early Childhood Education; Foundations & Practice National Psychological Corporation, Agra.
  2. Helen Bee. The developing child, 4th Ed (1985) Harper and Ron Publishers, New York, U.S.A.
  3. Hohmann M. (1983) A Study Guide Young Children in Action. United States of America.
  4. Rao V.K. and Reddy R.S. (1997) Parent Education. Commonwealth Publishers in association with Dr. Zakir Hussain Institute for Non Formal and continuing Education, New Delhi.
  5. Read, K.H. (1960). The Nursery School – A Human Relationship Laboratory (4th Ed.) Oxford and IBM Publishing Co, New Delhi.
  6. Seefelt C., and Barbour N. (1990), Early Childhood Education – An introduction (2nd Ed.): Merrill Publishing Company Totanto.
  7. Singh U.K and Sudarshan K.N. (1996) Child Education. Discovery Publishing House New Delhi.
  8. Sigelman K . Caral, Shaffer. R. David (1991), Life Span. Human Development, Second Ed. Cole Publishing Company, Pacific Grove ,California.
  9. Bee Helen (1992). The Developing child, Sixth Ed by Harper Collins College Publishers.
  10. Landreth C. The Child Psychology of Early Childhood.
  11. Grewal S.G The Early Childhood Education.
     
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