Your roadmap · आपका रोडमैप
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Admission & first meetingप्रवेश और पहली मुलाकातEnquire at your nearest NDSS centre, meet the teacher, fix the batch time and get your study material.
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Part 1 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 1Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 1: Growth and DevelopmentUnit 2: Physical and Cognitive DevelopmentUnit 3: Social, Emotional and Moral Development
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Part 2 of the syllabusपाठ्यक्रम भाग 2Unit-wise coaching with notes and doubt classes.
Unit 4: AdolescenceUnit 5: Childhood in the Indian Socio-Cultural Context
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Unit tests & assignmentsयूनिट टेस्टRegular tests in the university / board pattern.
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Year 1 exam (university / board)विश्वविद्यालय / बोर्ड परीक्षाPrevious papers and full revision before the exam.
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Online tests & resultऑनलाइन टेस्ट और रिज़ल्टTake the tests online; your marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Syllabus · पाठ्यक्रम
1 subject · 5 chapters · 25 topics
01Unit 1: Growth and Development
5 topics+
- Concepts of growth and development
- Principles of development
- Stages of development: infancy, childhood, adolescence
- Heredity and environment
- Methods of studying children: observation, case study, longitudinal and cross-sectional
02Unit 2: Physical and Cognitive Development
5 topics+
- Physical and motor development
- Piaget's stages of cognitive development
- Vygotsky: social constructivism and zone of proximal development
- Bruner and scaffolding
- Development of concepts and language
03Unit 3: Social, Emotional and Moral Development
5 topics+
- Emotional development and attachment
- Erikson's psychosocial stages
- Kohlberg's stages of moral development
- Role of family, peers and school in socialisation
- Play and its importance
04Unit 4: Adolescence
5 topics+
- Characteristics and needs of adolescents
- Identity formation (Erikson, Marcia)
- Peer pressure and risk behaviours
- Stress, anxiety and substance abuse
- Guidance for adolescents
05Unit 5: Childhood in the Indian Socio-Cultural Context
5 topics+
- Family, community and childhood
- Poverty, child labour and marginalised children
- Gender and childhood
- Influence of media and technology
- Child rights: UNCRC, RTE Act 2009, POCSO Act 2012
About this course
You will be able to
- Explain the principles and stages of child development
- Apply the theories of Piaget, Vygotsky, Erikson and Kohlberg to classroom situations
- Identify the needs and problems of adolescents and suggest guidance
- Discuss how family, poverty, gender and media shape childhood in India
- State the main child rights laws and the teacher's role in protecting children
Who it is for
- B.Ed trainees of Year 1 (two-year B.Ed, UP state universities)
- Candidates preparing for UPTET / CTET Child Development and Pedagogy
What you need
- Admitted to the two-year B.Ed course (graduation completed)
- University syllabus and previous papers, if available
Online tests & result
Practice and unit tests online; marks and result show in your student login and at the centre.
Student login →
Questions
Which syllabus does this course follow?
It follows the NCTE 2014 based two-year B.Ed scheme followed by UP state universities (CCSU, MJPRU, CSJMU, Lucknow University and others). Where your own university's syllabus differs, the centre teaches your university's units and papers.
Will this help in TET / CTET too?
Yes. Child development, learning theories and pedagogy questions in UPTET, CTET and super TET come from the same ideas.
Is there a practicum in this paper?
Many universities add a small case study or observation of a child; the centre guides you on that as well.
