Syllabus
Child Development and Pedagogy

(a) Child development (Elementary School Child) :

(i) Concept of development and its relationship with learning.
(ii) Principle of the development of children
(iii) Influence of Heredity and Environment
(iv) Socialization process : Social world and children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
(v) Piaget, Kohelberg and Vygotsky : Constructs and critical perspectives
(vi) Concepts of child-centered and Progressive education
(vii) Critical perspective of construct of Intelligence
(viii) Multi-dimensional intelligence
(ix) Language and Thought.
(x) Gender as a Social Construct, Gender roles, Gender-bias and educational practice.
(xi) Individual differences among learners, understanding of differences based on diversity of Languages, Caste, Gender, Community, Religion etc.
(xii) Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning : School-Based Assessment, continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation. Perspective and Practices
(xiii) Formulating appropriate questions for assessing of readiness levels of learners ; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learners achievement.

(b) Concept of Inclusive Education and understanding children with special needs.
(i) Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds and including disadvantaged and deprived
(ii) Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment etc.
(iii) Addressing the talented, creative, specially able learners.

(c) Learning and Pedagogy.
(i) How children think and learn, how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
(ii) Basic processes of teaching and learning, children’s strategies of learning ; learning as a social activity, social context of learning
(iii) Child as a problem solver and a scientific investigator
(iv) Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s errors as significant steps in the learning process
(v) Cognition and Emotions
(vi) Motivation and learning
(vii) Factors contributing to learning—Personal and environmental.