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Early Childhood Care & Education -Practical
This course will enable the students to –
- Create a conducive and child centered learning environment for young children based on education philosophies of western and Indian thinkers
- Acquire skills in observing and documenting the developmental needs of children
- Apply knowledge of ECCE policies to design and implement effective programs that address t he needs of diverse learners.
- Develop skills in analyzing, interpreting, and contributing to policy discussions and debates
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24 CEFE 202 |
Early Childhood Care & Education -Practical (Practical)
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CO17 : Design a NCF based ECCE lesson plan, informative materials related to rights of children and acts or policies to protect those rights and prepare activities based on western or Bhartiya thinkers CO18: Prepare a case study of the child in need of care & protection, situation analysis report on any issues related to children and comparative report of facilities available in various ECE centers. CO19: Compile comprehensive practical records by incorporating needs & rights of children, and provision of policies, schemes, and programs to cater those needs and protect the rights of children and cultivate verbal communication skills to converse effectively with examiners CO20: Contribute effectively in course specific interaction |
Approach in teaching: Field visits and guided Learning activities for the students: Self Learning, Assignments, preparation of materials for early stimulation & intervention |
To assess test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Assignments, Presentation examinations, Quiz, Assignments |
CONTENTS
Visits to various early childhood centers: Day Care center, Anganwadi, crèche and Montessori and NGO run preschool etc. Write Report of the visit.
Interact with your neighborhood children about their needs and enlist their responses according to the categories of needs.
Plan and conduct any two activities in an ECCE setting applying the education philosophy of Froebel/Vivekanandji/Ravindra Nath Tagore/John Dewey
Prepare informative materials on any one Act or policy related to children.
Based on NCF, 2020, design an ECCE Lesson plan, progression of FLN
Prepare a case study of a child in need of care & Protection and suggest the support they can get through programs and schemes run by Government of India.
Analyse any one issue (street children/child abuse/Delinquents and Destitute Children/Child marriage/Child trafficking/child labour) related to children with the help of secondary data from authentic sources.
M.Sen Gupta, 2013; Early Childhood Care & Education. PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd. Delhi
Mishra R.C. , 2005; Early Childhood care & education, A.P.H. publishing Corporation , New Delhi-110 002
Mohanti and Mohanti (1996), Early Childhood Care and Education, New Delhi, Deep and DeepPublication
Alliance for the Right to Early Childhood Development, (2016). Rights to the Youngest: Towards a Legal Framework for Early Childhood Development. Books for Change: Bangalore.
Bajpai, A. (2018). Child rights in India: Law, policy, and practice. Oxford University Press.
Geeta, C. (2020). Child Rights in India: Challenges and Social Action. Springer. New Delhi
S. Vekataiah (2004), Child Education, Anmol Publications Pvt. Ltd. 7. R. C. Mishra (2009), Early childhood care and Education, A.P.H. Publishing Corporation
Aparajitha Chowdhury and Rita Chowdhury (2002), Pre- School Children Development car and Education, New age International Publishers.
Satyarthi, K. and Zutshi, B. (Ed) (2006). Globalization, Development and Child Rights. New Delhi: Shipra Publication.
Gupta, R. (Ed.). (2016). Early Childhood Care and Education in India: Historical Perspectives, Policy and Practice. New Delhi: SAGE Publications.
Sarangapani, P. M. (2005). Early Childhood Education in India: Policy Perspective. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House
e-Resources
Vidya PraVesh Three-month Play-based School Preparation Module for Grade-I. Available from https://ncert.nic.in/pdf/vidyapravesh.pdf
ECCE in NIPUN BHARAT. Available from https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload_files/mhrd/files/nipun_bharat_eng1.pdf
UNICEF. (2023). India appeal: Humanitarian action for children: India snapshot. https://www.unicef.org/appeals/india
Ministry of Health & Family Welfare website- https://www.nhp.gov.in
Ministry of Human Resource Development- https://www.mhrd.gov.in
Ministry of Women and Child Development website- www.wcd.nic.in
National Council of Educational Research and Training website- www.ncert.nic.in
Ministry of Education. (2020). National Education Policy 2020. https://www.education.gov.in
Reference Journals:
Early Childhood Education Journal (Springer) available at https://www.springer.com/journal/10643
International Journal of Early Childhood (Springer) available at https://www.springer.com/journal/13158
Early Childhood Research Quarterly- https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/early-childhood-research-quarterly
International Journal of Child Care and Education Policy available at https://ijccep.springeropen.com/
Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood- https://journals.sagepub.com/home/cie
Sarangapani, P. M. (2005). Early Childhood Education in India: Policy Perspective. New Delhi: Discovery Publishing House
