CC-01_Child Studies_DElEd_Part-1
Unit-1: Perspectives in Development Class-8 Hours
l Introduction to perspectives in development—Concept of development (meaning, principles and objectives).
l Development as multidimensional and plural
l Development through the life span (stages)
l Developmental ways as continuous and discontinuous.
l Childhood as modern construct (knowledge-creator) in the context of poverty, globalization and modern culture
l Commonalities and diversities within the notion of childhood with reference to Indian context
Unit-2: Physical-Motor Development Class-7 Hours
l Growth and Maturation
l Gross and fine motor development skills in infancy, pre-school children and elementary children
l Role of parents and teachers in providing opportunities for physical-motor development, for example, play.
Unit-3: Social Development Class-10 Hours
l Concept of socialization: Family environment, Parent-child relationships, Child rearing practices
l Separation of parents: Children in creches, orphanages etc.
l Schooling: peer influences, Teacher-child relationships, out of school experiences
l Development of children through socialization process
l Personality development: Freudian stages of development
l Psycho-social development: Stages as proposed by Erikson
l Social theories and Gender development-meaning of gender roles, influences of gender roles, stereotypes and gender in playground
Unit-4: Self and Moral development Class-7 Hours
l A sense of self: Self-description, self-concept, self-esteem, social comparison, internalization and self-control
l Moral development: perspectives of Lawrence Kohlberg
Unit-5: Emotional Development Class-8 Hours
l Development of emotions and ability to regulate them (Love, affection, fear, anger, jealousy etc.)
l Development of emotions at different stages (pre-school, late childhood and pubertal stages)
l Development of emotions as continuous and discontinuous
Unit-6: Learning Class- 9 Hours
l Learning: Concept of learning (meaning, principles and objectives) basic theories of learning
l Learning: ideas of behaviorism
l Basic architecture of the mind (working memory, long term memory, attention, encoding and retrieval)
Unit-7: Cognition Class-11 Hours
l Constructivism: introduction to the concept, Piaget’s theory: what is learning, structures and processes of cognitive development, children’s thinking, and implications for teaching learning.
l Vygotsky’s theory: introduction, the general genetic law, concept of zone of proximal development tools and symbols in development, implications for teaching.
l Individual and socio-cultural differences in cognition understanding learning difficulties, terms of exclusion and inclusion and impact.
Unit-8: Play Class-10 Hours
l Meaning of Play: Characteristics, kinds and types of Play
l Functions of Play: Linkages with the physical, social, emotional, language, cognitive and motor development of children
l Cross Cultural & Socio-Economic differences in children’s play
l Games and group dynamics, rules of games and how children learn to negotiate differences and resolve conflict.
Unit-9: Language Class-10 Hours
l Perspectives in Language development (with reference to how children acquire language at early age) : Skinner, Social Learning Theory of Bandura and Walters
l The use of Language: Turn taking, interaction, conversations and listening
l Bilingual or Multilingual children: Implications for teachers, multilingual classrooms, storytelling as a pedagogic tool
Unit-10: Communication Class-10 Hours
l How do children communicate ?
l Socio-cultural variations in Language: Accents, difference in communication for a multilingual classroom.
