CDP Child Development & Pedagogy: Teacher Eligibility Test For All Classes  (Paperback, Shyam Anand)

Part I : Development of Child

• Meaning of Child Development
• Development of the Whole Child
• Development, Growth and Maturation
• Growth and Development Compared
• Characteristics and Principles of Development
• Educational Implications of the Principles of Development
• Stages of Development
• Characteristics of Each Stage of Human Growth and Development
• Significance of Interrelationships and Interdependence of Various Aspects of Development
• Psychological Characteristics of an Adolescent
• Measurements of Attitudes
• Importance of Measuring Interest
• Definition of Aptitude
• Definition of Intelligence
• Theories of Intelligence
• Development of Personality
• Determinants of Personality
• Mental Health
• Foundations of Mental Health
• Approaches and Methods Used to Understand Learner's Behaviour
• Case Study Approach
• Experimentation
• Observation
• Interview
• Developmental Tasks
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 1
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 2

Part II : Understanding Learning

• Concept and Nature of Learning
• Nature and Characteristics of Learning
• Learning Process
• Principles or Laws of Learning and the Teacher
• Classification of Determinants of Learning
• The Child as a Learner
• Environment as a Factor in Learning
• Teacher as the Inductor of Change and a Factor in Learning
• Approaches to Learning and their Applicability
• Major Domains of Learning
• Cognitive Domain and Educational Implications
• Affective Domain of Learning Formation of Attitudes, Emotions and Values
• Motivation
• Memory and Forgetting
• Curves of Forgetting
• Causes and Minimising Forgetfulness
• Definition and Nature of Transfer Learning
• Transfer of Training: Two Schools of Thought
• Principles of Transfer of Learning
• Implications of Transfer of Learning for Teaching-Learning Situations
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 1
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 2
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 3

Part III : Pedagogical Concerns

• Pedagogy
• Relevance of Child Development for the Teacher and especially an Elementary Teacher in Understanding the Learner and his Behaviour
• Undering of Pedagogic Methods
• Characteristics of Children's Concepts
• Phases of Teaching
• Steps of Designing Instructional System
• Task Analysis in Planning of Teaching
• Classroom Climate and Teacher's Role in the Development of Child
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 1
• Multiple Choice Questions Set No. 2