Semester Fourth: B.S. in Special Education University of Karachi

Major: HUMAN GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT

Course Code: 412

Credit Hours: 03

 

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

This course addresses factors involved in child development and the problems of each period. As well, preventive and remedial phases of atypical development are examined.

 

ADVANCE ORGANIZERS

1. Define Biological and environmental processes of development and explain how these two processes interact.
   
2. Describe the important characteristic of child development theories.
   
3. Describe various developmental periods and explain the general trends occurs in these periods.
   
4. Identify the sequence of development in various areas
   

 

Unit – 1:    The study of Child Development

1. Methods of Studying Children
   
2. Theories of Child Development
   
3. Themes in the Study of Child Development
   
   1. Biology and Environment
      
   2. Development is Dynamic
      
   3. Development Occurs in a Social Context
      
   4. Development is Flexible
      
4. Aspects of Development
   
5. Developmental Milestones
   

 

UNIT – 2:    A New Life Begins

1. Conception ad Heredity
   
2. Prenatal Development
   
3. Birth and the Newborn
   

 

UNIT – 3:    Infancy

1. Physical Development infancy
   
2. Cognitive and Language Development in Infancy
   
3. Social and Emotional Development in Infancy
   
4. Personality Development
   
5. The Social Context of Infancy
   

 

UNIT – 4:    Early Childhood

1. Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in Early Childhood
   
2. Social and Emotional Development in Early Childhood
   
3. Personality Development
   
4. The Social Context of Early Childhood
   

 

UNIT – 5:    School – Age Children

1. Physical, Cognitive, and Language Development in School Age Children
   
2. Social and Emotional Development in School Age Children
   
3. Personality Development
   
4. The Social Context of School Age Children
   

 

UNIT – 6:    Adolescence

1. Physical, Cognitive and Language Development in Adolescence
   
2. Social and Emotional Development in Adolescence
   
3. Personality Development
   
4. The Social Context of Adolescence
   

 

Recommended Books

 

1.    Irwin, D.B. & Simons, J.A. (1994) Lifespan Developmental Psychology. Dubuque: Brown & Benchmark Publishers.

2.    Bee, H. (1995)
The Developing Child. (7^th ed) NewYork: Harper Collins College Publishers.

3.    Stewart, A.C. & Friendman, S. (1987)
Child Development: Infancy through Adolescence. New York: John Wiley & Sons.

4.    Craig, G.J. (1996)
Human Development. (7^th ed). New Jersy: Prentice Hall.

5.    Harris, M. & Butter worth, G. (2002)
Developmental Psychology: A student's handbook. New York: Psychology Press Ltd.

6.    Santrock, J.W. (2002) A topical approach to Life-Span Development. New York: McGraw Hill