Bachelor Of Elementary Education ( B.El.Ed)

 

Bachelor Of Elementary Education ( B.El.Ed)

syllabus 

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PYQs

1st year subject

• Child development (CD)      70 marks theory + 30 marks internal assessment =100 marks
• Nature of language (NOL)      35 marks theory + 15 marks internal assessment=50 marks
• Core natural science (CNS)      35 marks theory +15 marks internal assessment = 50 marks
• Core mathematics (CM)        35 marks theory + 15 marks internal assessment=50 marks
•  Contemporary India ( CI)      70 marks theory + 30 marks internal assessment=100 marks
•  Core social science (CSS)        35 marks theory + 15 marks internal assessment=50 marks
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F1.1 CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Unit 1 

Concept, Issues and Theories of Human Development: what is development
and why should we study it; developmental principles; influences of heredity and
environment; methods for studying developmnent; concepts of socialisation,
education and acculturation in the context of development; theories of Erikson,
Piaget and Kohlberg; significant developmental periods in the human life span.

Unit 2 

Birth and Infancy : importance of conception; pre-natal development and birth;
physical and mental development of infants; emotions in infancy; the infant in
the family and implications for personality development.

Unit 3

 The Pre-school Child : physical growth and motor development; intellectual
characteristics; development of personality with special reference to identification
and child-rearing techniques; gender-stereotyping; morality; play patterns of pre-
school children.

Unit 4 

The Elementary School Child: physical growth and development; the developing mind - intelligence; language and thought; the social world of the child, parents and children, friends, school and media, play; moral attitudes and behavior; development of self identity, self-concept; gender roles; play, interests and activities of the elementary school child.

Unit 5

 Children with Special Needs: concept of special childrern - talented, creative,
gifted children; slow learners and under achievers; emotionally disturbed
children; culturally and socially disadvantaged children.

READINGS

1. Barnes, P. (ed) Personal, Social and Emotional Development of Children, Blackwell: Oxford, 1995,

Chapters 1 and 6.

2. Berk, Laura E. Child Development, Prentice Hall of India : New Delhi, 1996.

3 Clarke Stewart, A. and S. Friedman. Child Development: Infancy through Adolescence, John-Wiley

and Sons, UK, 1987.

4. Crain, Williams C. Theories of Development: Concepts and Applications, Prentice Hall of ndia :

New Delhi, 1980, 2nd edition.

5. Gardner, Howard. Developmental Psychology: An Introduction, Little Brown & Co : Boston, 1978.

6. Gauvian, M. and M. Cole. (eds.) Readings on the Development of Children. W. H. Freeman : New

York, 1997.

7. Hetherington, E.M. and R.D. Parke. Child Psychology : A contemporary view point, McGraw Hill :

Auckland, UK, 1993.

8 Kakkar, S. The Inner world, Oxford University Press: New Delhi, 1980, pp 189-211.

9. Papalia, D. and S. Olds. Human Development, Tata McGraw Hill: New Delhi, 1996.

10. Saraswathi, T.S. (ed) Culture, Socialisation and Human Development: Theory, Research and Applications in India, Sage: New Delhi, 1999, pp 13-42.

11. Winnicott, D.W. Child, The Family and The Outside World, Addison-Wesley: UK, 1992.

ADVANCED READINGS

1. Betleheim, Bruno. Love Is Not Enough, Free Press: Illinois, 1950.

2. Burman, Erica. Deconstructing Developmental Psychology, Routledge: London and New York,

1995.

3. Burman, Erica. Developmental Psychology and its Discontents', in Dennis Fox and Isaac

Prillellersky (eds), Critical Psychology, Sage: London, 1997.

4. Cole, Michael and Sheila R. Cole. The Development of Children, Scientific American Books:

New York, 1989.

5. Homes, Jeremy. John Bowlby and Attachment Theory, Routledge : London, 1993.