CHILD DEVELOPMENT A) Basic concepts of Child Development 1. Explain 4 principles of growth 2. Explain 4 principles in development 3.
Give differences between growth and development 4. Compare and contrast between growth and development from the aspect of physical, emotional, spiritual, intellect and social or.. 5. Give one example of child development that occurs between 6 to 12 years old for each of the following aspects a) Physical b) Cognitive c) Socio-emotion d) Language 6. Suggest 3 activities which can be carried out by the teacher to optimize cognitive development of children between 6 to 11 years old 7. Discuss the factors that influence an individuals growth and development from the aspects of nature and nurture or.. 8. Explain 3 factors that influence humans growth and development 9. Give 3 reasons why do late developing males experience more social anxiety about their physical development than early-developing males? 10.As a teacher, give 3 suggestions how you can help your students to accept and adapt to their body changes as they reach puberty 11.Explain eight stages of Havighursts developmental task 12.Suggest three ways how a teacher could help pupils to achieve optimum development during the middle childhood
B) Cognitive and Language Development 1. State four stages of Piagets cognitive theory 2. Explain the terms of Scheme, Accommodation, Assimilation and Equilibration 3. Explain two main concepts of adaptation process by Piaget
4. Give 4 implications of Piagets theory in developing the cognitive aspects of pupils in primary schools 5. Explain Vygotskys view of cognitive development 6. Explain what is ZPD and scaffolding according to Vygotsky by giving examples 7. Suggest 4 ways a teacher can do to scaffold his/her pupils in the classroom 8. Relate factors influencing developmental stages of children with cognitive and language development 9. How does childrens thinking differ at each of Piagets four stages of development 10.What are the differences between Piagets and Vygotskys perspectives on private speech and its role in development 11.What role does scaffolding play?
C) Socio- emotion development 1. List the eight psychosocial stages in Erik Eriksons Theory and describe each stages 2. Explain two features of psychosocial development experienced by children between the ages of 6 12 years old 3. State 4 ways a teacher can encourage children to achieve positive psychosocial development a. Initiative vs Guilt (preschool years) b. Industry vs Inferiority (middle childhood) 4. State 3 ways how teachers are able to enhance pupils psychosocial development to the optimum 5. Explain 2 characteristics of the social development of children in primary schools according to Erik Erikson 6. Kohlberg originally described moral development as existing in three levels consisting of two stages each. Guided by his theory, explain the three levels and stages 7. Moral issues can have an important impact on the classroom. Identify major issues related to moral development and explain what a teacher can do to address these issues
8. Explain 2 moral development characteristics of an individual in the primary school stage 9. Stage 3 ways in which a teacher can enhance a pupils moral development D) Personal development 1. Explain the meaning of Self-concept according to a few psychologists 2. List two types of self-concept and give four characteristics of each 3. Give 4 characteristics of positive self-concept and negative self-concept 4. Explain 4 factors that influences negative self-concept 5. Explain 4 ways in which teachers can help to enhance positive selfconcept of the student in teaching and learning process or.. 6. State two ways a teacher can help low achievers develop positive selfconcept 7. Research indicates that self-esteem and self-concept is important in pupils motivation. a. Explain how being placed in a low ability group may adversely affect students self-esteem 8. Explain the meaning of personality 9. What are the two aspects of personality? 10.There are three types of personalities. List out three personalities and explain each of the personality 11.Explain 4 ways a teacher can help to form good personalities in pupils 12.Explain the concepts of personality according to Gordon Allport 13.List and explain two types of personality according to Carl Jung 14.Explain 3 ways on how a teacher can help the shy and quiet students to be more active and participate in the classroom activities 15.Describe 2 examples of an extrovert 16.Explain ways how teachers could help extrovert students 17.What is self-defence mechanisms 18.List out all the self-defence mechanisms and explain each of the phenomenon 19.Explain three of the teachers role in the development of pupils personality
20.Give 5 ways a teacher can help healthy emotions among teenagers
E) Children with Special Needs 1. Explain the categories and characteristics of children with special needs 2. Explain what is Inclusive Education 3. Give four types of children with special needs suitable to be in inclusive education 4. Pros and cons of inclusive education to children with special needs 5. Explain the common characteristics of children with special needs according to the categories below : a) Learning disabilities slow learner b) ADHD c) Autism d) Down syndrome 6. Discuss the implications of children with special needs towards teacher and learning 7. Describe 3 characteristics of speech impairment 8. Discuss ways how a teacher could help learners with speech impairment 9. Discuss ways how a teacher could scaffold a student to write essays with minimal errors 10.Discuss ways how a teacher could help learners with cognitive deficits in general classroom 11.Discuss ways to help gifted children to realize their fullest potentials 12.Give two types of programs that can be applied by teachers to help gifted children to realize their fullest potentials 13.Explain some of the common characteristics of children with learning disabilities
Essay Questions
1. En Abu is an English teacher in a primary school. He is teaching a mixed ability group who has different levels of proficiency in the language. The students are also different in their personalities, self-motivation and interests in learning. Give 5 suggestions on how En. Abu can cater to the students differences in his lesson 2. Jonathan is a boy who is friendly and outgoing. He enjoys playing the trumpet and he is active in baseball. Academically, Jonathan has an unusual difficulty with subjects that require a lot of reading. A recent score on standardized reading achievement test indicates that Jonathans ability is well below that of other students at his grade level. He has learning disability that hinders his progress to read. Evaluate the implication on teaching and learning if Jonathan is placed in a regular classroom
