At the end of the course, the students will be able to:
- Explain the concepts of growth and development of human child and the underlined general principles of growth and development.
- Describe briefly the periods and the typical characteristics of growth and development during each period.
- Describe the developmental needs for children and suggest educational strategies for holistic development of children.
- Explain the problems and issues face by children and strategies required to address the problems.
- Specify the contexts and factors influencing development.
- Explain the theories of socio-emotional, cognitive and language development and their educational implications.
- Describe the developmental characteristics of childhood development and their bearing on school and classroom practices.
- Elaborate the developmental characteristics, contextual needs and tasks during adolescence and the role of school and teachers in addressing the challenges during this period of development.
- State the different forms and characteristics of individual differences and the ways of meeting the classroom issues arising out of the differences.
- Teacher: Subashisa Lenka