DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD SYLLABUS

TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST SEPTEMBER 2013 
PAPER II SYLLABUS

1. DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD 
- Development, Growth & Maturation – Concept & Nature 
- Principles of development 
- Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological 
- Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships – Physical & Motor, Cognitive, 
Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Child hood, Adolescence. 
- Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers 
- Individual differences – Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, 
Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Intelligence and their Assessment 
- Development of Personality – Concept, Factors effecting development of Personality 
- Adjustment, Behavioural problems, Mental Health 
- Methods and Approaches of Child Development – Observation, Interview, Case study, 
Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal 
- Developmental tasks and Hazards