HUMAN EVELOPMENT I: THE CHILDHOOD YEARS

Paper Code: 
CHSC 111
Credits: 
4
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 the 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 (COs):

Learning outcomes

(at course level)

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 prenatal 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

The approach in teaching:

Interactive Lectures, Discussions, Tutorials, Team teaching

 

Learning activities for the students:

Self-learning assignments, Effective questions, , Topic presentations, Giving tasks,

Class tests, Semester end examinations, quizzes, 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- Longitudinal, cross-sectional approach, Observations, interviews, questionnaires, checklist, and case study -types, merits and demerits, and projective techniques
  • Interrelationships of heredity and environment

 

12.00
Unit II: 
Prenatal Development
  • Reproductive health –Meaning and Importance
  • Process of Conception
  •  Stages of prenatal development , factors affecting Prenatal development
  • Complications during pregnancy and childbirth
  • Symptoms of pregnancy
  • Birth process
  • Role of heredity, environment, and maturation in the  development
  • Post-natal care of mother and child- minor ailments.

 

12.00
Unit III: 
Infancy (Birth -2 years)
  • Neonate adjustment, sensory, perceptual, feeding practices, the importance of early stimulation.
  • Reflexes of infants
  •    Immunization schedule
  • 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 siblin 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 behavioral problems- thumb sucking, bedwetting, stealing, lying, and using abusive language

 

Essential Readings: 
  •  Berk, L. E. (2007). Development through the lifespan. Delhi: Pearson Education.
  • Santrock, J. W. (2007). A topical approach to life-span development. New Delhi: Tata McGraw- Hill.
  • Singh, A. (Ed). 2015. Foundations of Human Development: A life span approach. New Delhi: Orient Black Swan.
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References: 
  • 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.

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Academic Year: 
2023-2024
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