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Full Description
The book, with comprehensive and practicable coverage, acquaints its readers with thorough knowledge and skills to help the growing children in their proper growth and development enabling them to reach the limit of their excellence on one hand, and instilling in them the sense of responsibility towards their society and nation on the other hand. It dwells on the essential topics such as nature of the process of growth and development going on at the various ages and developmental stages of children, their developmental needs and characteristics, individual differences and diversities existing among them, development of various abilities and capacities like intelligence, creativity, and overall personality characteristics, nature of the age-linked behavioural problems, adjustment and mental health, parenting styles, and methods of dealing with the behavioural problems, adjustment, and stressful conditions of the developing children. The text equips the readers with all what is in demand for helping the developing children at this juncture of rapid industrialisation, globalisation, urbanisation, modernisation and economic change.
It is primarily designed for the undergraduate students of education and elementary education.
Key Features
Incorporates quite advanced topics such as emotional intelligence, use of reflective journals, anecdotal records and narratives as method of understanding child's behaviour, and so on
Includes detailed discussion of theories of child development, theories of learning, theories of intelligence, theories of achievement motivation, theories of creativity, and theories of personality
Offers engaging language and user-friendly mode of discussion
Adequately illustrated with examples, figures and tables
Comprises chapter-end summary for quick glance of the concepts.
Contents
Preface
1. Growth and Development—Concept, Principles and Influencing Factors
2. Growth and Development During Different Stages
3. Theories of Development
4. Role of Heredity and Environment in the Development of Children
5. Maturation—Concept and Educational Implications
6. Developmental Tasks and their Educational Implications
7. Individual Differences—Concept, Dimensions and Educational Implications
8. Methods and Ways to Understand Children's Behaviour
9. Adolescents—Developmental Characteristics, Problems and Stress Related Issues
10. Intelligence—Concept, Theories and Measurement
11. Emotional Intelligence—Concept, Measurement and Development
12. Creativity—Concept, Theories and Development
13. Personality—Meaning, Nature and Theories
14. Diverse or Exceptional Children
15. Adjustment-Meaning, Nature and Methods
16. Understanding Needs and Behavioural Problems of Children
17. Mental Health and Hygiene of Growing Children
18. Parenting Styles or Child-Rearing Practices
19. Deprivation and Deprived Children
20. Schooling of the Developing Children
21. Childhood in the Context of Globalization, Adult Culture, Urbanization and Economic Changes
22. Counseling of Children in Specific Stressful Conditions
23. Socialization—Concept and Agencies
24. Social and Cultural Changes—Concept and their Impact on Child Development
25. Impact of Media on Growing Children and Adolescents
26. Marginalization and Stereotyping in the Society
27. Protection of Child Rights
28. Equity Issues and Inclusion
29. Child Obesity—Causes and Remedies
30. Concept, Dimensions and Factors Affecting Well-being of the Children
Index
