HUMAN DEVELOPMENT I: THE CHILDHOOD YEARS(THEORY)

Paper Code: 
CHSC 111
Credits: 
04
Contact Hours: 
60.00
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 

This course will enable the students to

1.   Understand  the concept of human development

2.   Analyze the development during prenatal period

3.    Evaluate the development during infancy.

4.   Understand the development in early childhood and late childhood.

5.   Apply the knowledge of childhood years in daily life

Course Outcomes

Learning and teaching strategies

Assessment

Strategies

  
 

The students will be able to –

 

CO5: Discuss the meaning of Human development, stages, and child study methods.

CO6: Determine the importance of reproductive health , stages, birth process and complications of pre natal stage.

CO7: Discover the knowledge about infancy in dealing with infants.

CO8: Develop the knowledge of milestones, various developments and play during early childhood years.

CO9:Invent the strategies to use the knowledge of middle and late childhood years in dealing with their development

Approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussion, Tutorials, Team teaching

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self learning assignments, Effective questions, , Topic  presentation, Giving tasks,

Class test, Semester end examinations, Quiz, Presentation

  

 

12.00
Unit I: 
Introduction Human Development
Definitions, history, scope and multidisciplinary nature of Human Development
• Human development as a scientific discipline and its place in home science
• Stages and aspects of development 
• Meaning &Principles of Growth and Development 
• Child study methods- Observations, interviews, questionnaires, checklist andcase study -types, merits and demerits, longitudinal, cross sectional approach and projective techniques
• Interrelationships of heredity and environment
 
12.00
Unit II: 
Prenatal Development
Reproductive health –Meaning and Importance
• Process of Conception
• Symptoms of pregnancy Stages of prenatal development factors affecting 
Pre-natal development
• Complications during pregnancy and childbirth
• Birth process 
• Role of heredity, environment and maturation in development
• Post-natal care of mother and child- minor ailments.
 
12.00
Unit III: 
Infancy (Birth -2 years)
Neonate-adjustment, sensory, perceptual, feeding practices, importance of early stimulation.
• Reflexes and sensory capabilities of neonate and their importance.
• Immunization schedule- essential and non-essential vaccines.
• Milestones & characteristics of infancy
• Development in Infancy 
• Physical-motor development  
• Cognitive and language development 
• Socio-emotional development 
• Play during infancy
 
12.00
Unit IV: 
Early Childhood (3-7yrs)
                                                         
• Characteristics and developmental tasks 
• Physical and motor development - body size, skeletal growth, physiological changes
• Cognitive & language development- Pre-operational thought, meta-cognition
• Socio-emotional development- self-esteem, Socialization with peers and sibling
• gender identity in Early Childhood
• Learning & play
12.00
Unit V: 
Middle and Late Childhood (8-12yrs)
Characteristics and developmental tasks 
• Physical development- changes in body size, proportion, composition
• Cognitive & language development- Information processing
• Social & emotional development- changes in self-concept, development of self esteem, sex typing.
• Changes in family relationships- parent child relationship, sibling
• Some common behavioural problems- thumb sucking, bedwetting,
stealing, lying and using abusive language
 
Essential Readings: 
Singh, A. (Ed). 2015. Foundations of Human Development: A life span approach. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan.
• Hurlock, E.B., Child Development McGraw Hill, New York 1988.
• Berk, L. E. (2007). Development through the lifespan. Delhi: Pearson Education. 
• Rice. F. P. (1998). Human Development: A lifespan approach. New Jersey: Prentice a. Hall. 
• Santrock, J. W. (2007). A topical approach to life-span development. New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill. 
• Papalia, D.E., and Olds, S.W., (2005), Human Development, Tata Mc.Graw Hill      Company,New York.
• Suriakanthi, A., (2005), Child Development, Kavitha Publications, Gandhigram, Tamil     Nadu.
 
Academic Year: 
2022-2023
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