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    FACULTY OF EDUCATION

    DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER DEVELOPMENT

    BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN EARLY CHILDHOOD


    DEVELOPMENT

    BECD103: THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT

    November 2019

    Time: 3. Hours

    INSTRUCTIONS

    Answer THREE questions only. All questions carry equal marks.

    You are advised to spend 1 hour on each of your answers.

    You will be penalised for repeating material used to answer another


    question.

    Credit will be given for answers that are clear, concise, drawing on
    relevant examples and illustrations from the teaching and learning
    situation.
    Answer all questions in the Answer Books provided.

    BECD103: THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT


    PAGE 1 OF 2
    QUESTIONS

    1. Discuss any four factors that influence the child’s development. [100]

    2. Explain Bowlby’s ideas of attachment. Give implications for the Caregiver.[100]

    3. Justify the importance of a positive mother-child relationship on child


    development. [100]

    4. Examine the relevance of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development to ECD


    practices. [100]

    5. Examine the applicability of the ecological systems theory in ECD. [100]

    BECD103: THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT


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