Childhood & Growing Up

Contents:-

1 Meaning OF Growth And Development

2 Stages of Development with Special Emphasis on Stages of Childhood and Adolescence

3 Principles of Development

4 Freud’s theory of psychosexual Development

5 Jean Piaget’s Theory of Cognitive Development

6 Erikson’s Theory of Psycho-Social Development

7 Kohlber’s Theory of Moral Development

8 Physical Motor Development

9 Growth and Maturation

10 Gross and Fine Motor Skills During Childhood

11 Role of Teachers and Parents in Provinding Opportunities of Physical-Motor Development

12 Basic Understanding of Emotions (how differential gender socialisation is seen happening in the Indian context)

13 Development of Emotions: Functions of Emotions

14 Gender roles & gender stereotyping

15 The 21st Century child and childhood in the context of poverty, globalisation and adult culture

16 Childhood – Similarities and Diversities within the stage and the factors leading to the construction of multiple childhoods with particular reference to the Indian context

17 Concept of socialisation

18 Family, parenting, child rearing practices and its agencies

19 peer group Socialisation

20 School-relationship with peers, teachers and staff, teacher expectation and school achievement, average learners and peer relationships

21 Social, Economic and cultural differences in socialisation: Implications for inclusion

22 social issues; Counselling of Children for coping with strees

23 child Abuse: Issues and Problems and Awareness about rights of the child

24 Child Obesity: Causes and remedies, prevention through sports activities and yoga

25 Equity issues and inclusion; Inclusion of the differently able street children and other marginalised groups in the context of India

26 Protection of child rights: Role and contribution of UNICEF, who, National commission for the protection of child rights, National Human Rights commission, child help Lines and NGOS



* Bibliography

* Prvious year question papers