I SEMESTER

CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Unit 1. Introduction to child development

·       Child Development − Its concept, scope and significance.

·       Importance of study of Child Development for Pre-Primary and Primary

School Teacher.

Unit 2. Growth and Development

·       Concept and growth and development.

·       Principles of development,

·       Factors affecting development.

·       Genetic.

·       Environmental.

Unit 3. Developmental needs of pre-school

·       Milestone of development.

·       Physical, Motor, Language, Social, Emotional and Cognitive.

Unit 4. Understanding children with special need:

·       Identifying children with special need (visual impairment, speech and hearing

impairment, orthopedics, learning disability).

·       Understanding in the normal stream.

Unit 5. Approaches to understand learners behaviour at pre-school stage.

·       Observation.

·       Interview.

·       Anecdotal Method.

·       Case Study.

 EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE EDUCATION

Unit 1. Introduction to early childhood care education.

·       Concept and type of education. Formal, informal and non-formal.

·       Objectives of ECCE.

·       Linkage of ECCE with primary education.

Unit 2. Historical perspectives of E.C.C.E.

·       Contribution of eminent educationists in pre-school education.

·       Maria Montessori.

·       Frobel

·       John Dewey.

·       Rabindranath Tagore.

Unit 3. Major Contribution of different institutions in the development of E.C.C.E.

·       Central Social Welfare Board (CSWB).

·       National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT).

·       Indian Association for Pre-School Education (IAPE).

·       United nations Education Fund (UNICEF).

Unit 4. Major Programmes/Schemes in ECCE

·       Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS).

·       SOS Village.

·       Mobile Crèches.

Unit 1. National Policy on Education (1986) and its recommendation for ECCE.

 PROGRAMME PLANNING

Unit 1.  Curriculum Development

·       Meaning scope & significance of curriculum development

·       Component of pre-school curriculum

o  Pre-number and number concept

o  Aesthetic sense and creative expression

o  National object and festivals

Unit 2.  Principles of Programme Planning

·       Concept and need for Programme Planning

·       programme planning with respect to different activities

o  Out door and indoor activities

o  Free play and guided activities

o  Individual and group activities

o  Quiet and vigorous activities

o  Outing/Excursions/Field trip/Nature walk etc.

Unit 3.  Methods and materials of pre-school education

·       Play way method and related material

·       Project method and related material

Planning

·       Annual and term-wise

·       Monthly weekly and daily planning with in built flexibility

Types of Programmes

·       Full day

·       Half day

·       Play groups

Planning and evaluation of a programme

·       Stages of planning

·       Implementation

Techniques of teaching (verbal)

·       Conversation

·       Narration

·       Questioning

Techniques of teaching (visual)

·       Display of teacher’s and children work

·       Dramalization

·       Experimentation

Evaluation

·       Programme Evaluation

·       Pupil Teacher Evaluation

·       Children’s Evaluation

·       Material Evaluation

Unit 5 : Maintenance of Records and Reports

·       Preparation of records and reports

·       Children’s Evaluation

CREATIVE ART

·       Printing

·       Rhyme Charts

·       Story Sheets

·       Paper Mask

·       Stick Puppet

·       Japanese Art

·       Color Scheme/Shape Concept

·       Alphabets Doodles

·       Flash Cards

·       Writing Skill

·       Hidden Letter

·       Hidden Shapes

·       Board Writing

·       4 liner and 5 liner copy (phonic sound, letter making, writing skills)

·       Rhyme Practice

·       Games Practice

·       Clay work activity

·       Updating syllabus with working girls

·       Lesson Planning

2^nd SEMESTER: -

SCHOOL ORGANISATION AND ADMINISTRATION

UNIT 1.

• Concepts of organization and administration of schools and its need.
• Administrative set-up, powers and functions of officers working at different levels with special reference to Delhi Administration, MCD and NDMC.

UNIT 2.

·       School Premises.

·       Location of the building accessibility.

·       Single/double shift schools problems.

·       Cleanliness and maintenance of the school premises, need and process.

·       Beautification of school premises by planting trees and plants need advantages and methods.

·       Arrangement and display of children’s work, proper place display corner for children work.

UNIT 3.

·       Importance of playgrounds and its development and maintenance.

·       Different type of play equipment, indoor/outdoor.

·       Criteria for selecting toys/books and other play equipment e.g. safety, durability, age appropriateness.

·       Other essential equipment e.g. display boards, racks, almirahs, vessels for storing water.

·               Maintenance of furniture and other equipments.

UNIT 4. PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

·       Qualities an responsibilities of a good teacher (regularly, punctuality, teacher as a model).

CHILD HEALTH AND NUTRITION (THEORY)

1. HEALTH

-         Meaning of health.

-         Signs of good health.

-         Factors affecting health.

·       Personal Hygienic

·       Exercise, rest, sleep, its importance and need.

-         HOME ENVIRONMENT: arrangement and effect of:

·       Light.

·       Ventilation.

·       Noise.

·       Sanitation

-         POLLUTION

·       Meaning

·       Types

·       Effects on health.

·       Control of pollution.

-         SAFE DRINKING WATER

·       Need

·       Method of making water safe.

-         FIRST AID

·       Meaning need and rules.

·       Common accident and first aid for:

(i)         Fracture.

(ii)       Bleeding.

(iii)    Sprain.

(iv)     Sunstroke.

(v)     Electric shock.

(vi)    Animals and insects (dog, bees)

(vii)    Poisoning.

·       First Aid Box.

·       Prevention of accidents like:

(i)  Falls

(ii)  Cuts

(iii)   Burns

Home Nursing

(i)                Need and importance.

(ii)              Use of hot water bottle and icebag.

·       Immunization

(i)                Introduction

(ii)              Need

(iii)            Types

(iv)            Schedule

-         COMMON COMMUNICABLE AND CHILDHOOD DISEASES

·       Communicable Diseases:

o       Malaria.

o       Typhoid.

o       Hepatitis.

o       Cholera.

o       Eye Infections.

·       Childhood Diseases:

o       Measles.

o       Chicken Pox.

o       Polio.

o       Tetanus.

o       Constipation.

·       Causes, symptoms and prevention.

1. NUTRITION

·       Function of food.

·       Nutrient.

o  Functions

o  Sources

o  Deficiency diseases of: Proteins, Carbohydrates,

 Calcium, iron and Iodine, Vitamins − A,B, B₂, C, D, E and K.

·       Functions of water and roughage in the body

·       Malnutrition

o  Meaning

o  Causes

o  Effect

·       Balance Diet

o  Meaning

o  Factor affecting.

·       Meal Planning

o  Meaning

o  Factor affecting.

·       Modification of family meal for the following

o  Self

o  Pre-school child.

o  School going child (4-7) years.

·       Nutrients

o  Effects of heat on nutrients

o  Conservation of nutrients.

o  Enhancement of nutrients by combination, Fermentation

and germination.

-         Common Malpractices of traders

·       False Labels.

·       Duplicate Materials

·       Under weighting and duties of consumers to prevention.

-         ADULERATION

·       Meaning of adulteration.

·       Common adulterants and their effect on body (adulterants is

tea leaves, milk, dhania powder, Turmeric, Suji, Gur and dal.

-         AGENCIES OF STANDARDIZATION OF FOOD ITEMS: ISI, Agmark, FPO

1. ORGANIZATION AND AGENCIES WORKING IN THE AREA OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION:

-         KNOWLEDGE OF INTERNATIONAL, GOVERNMENT AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES CONCERNED WITH CHILF HEALTH AND NUTRITION.

·       UNICEF, WHO and CARE.

·       Central Health Education Bureau.

·       Primary Health Centre.

·       Hospitals and dispensaries.

·       All India Health Foundation.

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

·       Sound of letter.

·       Four liner rhymes

·       Jumble words.

·       Comprehension passage.

·       Complete the story

·       Paragraph writing.

·       Covering letter.

·       Bio-Data.

·       Cursive Writing.

·       Names of fruits, vegetables, birds and alphabets.

·       Introduction of alphabets

·       Preparation of Question Papers of Subject like Hindi, English, Mathematics and Drawing.

·       Writing in Five lines and Four Lines note book Method. (Should be completed before sending students on Teaching Practices-Training).

CREATIVE ART AND PERFORMING ART

·       Picture book in English/ Picture book in Hindi

·       Balloon work.

·       News puppet.

·       Ice Cream Sticks compositions.

·       Birthday Chart.

·       Time Table.

·       Teacher Diary

·       Free Drawing with chalk, crayons.

·       Observing silence, making loud sounds and stopping immediately.

·       Initiating children through involvement in activities such as simple rhythmic, clapping and body movement.

·       Singing Rhymes.

·       Observing animals move, birds, reproducing their movements.

·       Role-play based on daily life situations. They observe in their surroundings like newspaper seller, washer man, family life, vegetable seller, postman etc.

Teaching Practice--- Class Nursery & K. G.

Internal Assessment.