Childhood and Growing Up

Erscheinungsjahr 2019
ISBN: 978-93-88028-14-1
Verlag: PHI Learning

Buch, Englisch, 560 Seiten, Paperback

The book, with comprehensive and practicable coverage, acquaints its readers with thorough knowledge and skills to help the growing children in their proper growth and development enabling them to reach the limit of their excellence on one hand, and instilling in them the sense of responsibility towards their society and nation on the other hand. It dwells on the essential topics such as nature of the process of growth and development going on at the various ages and developmental stages of children, their developmental needs and characteristics, individual differences and diversities existing among them, development of various abilities and capacities like intelligence, creativity, and overall personality characteristics, nature of the age-linked behavioural problems, adjustment and mental health, parenting styles, and methods of dealing with the behavioural problems, adjustment, and stressful conditions of the developing children. The text equips the readers with all what is in demand for helping the developing children at this juncture of rapid industrialisation, globalisation, urbanisation, modernisation and economic change.

It is primarily designed for the undergraduate students of education and elementary education.

Key Features - Incorporates quite advanced topics such as emotional intelligence, use of reflective journals, anecdotal records and narratives as method of understanding child’s behaviour, and so on
- Includes detailed discussion of theories of child development, theories of learning, theories of intelligence, theories of achievement motivation, theories of creativity, and theories of personality
- Offers engaging language and user-friendly mode of discussion
- Adequately illustrated with examples, figures and tables
- Comprises chapter-end summary for quick glance of the concepts.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Altersgruppen Kinder- und Jugendsoziologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Psychologie Allgemeine Psychologie Entwicklungspsychologie Kinder- und Jugendpsychologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Preface
- 1. Growth and Development—Concept, Principles and Influencing Factors
- 2. Growth and Development During Different Stages
- 3. Theories of Development
- 4. Role of Heredity and Environment in the Development of Children
- 5. Maturation—Concept and Educational Implications
- 6. Developmental Tasks and their Educational Implications
- 7. Individual Differences—Concept, Dimensions and Educational Implications
- 8. Methods and Ways to Understand Children's Behaviour
- 9. Adolescents—Developmental Characteristics, Problems and Stress Related Issues
- 10. Intelligence—Concept, Theories and Measurement
- 11. Emotional Intelligence—Concept, Measurement and Development
- 12. Creativity—Concept, Theories and Development
- 13. Personality—Meaning, Nature and Theories
- 14. Diverse or Exceptional Children
- 15. Adjustment–Meaning, Nature and Methods
- 16. Understanding Needs and Behavioural Problems of Children
- 17. Mental Health and Hygiene of Growing Children
- 18. Parenting Styles or Child-Rearing Practices
- 19. Deprivation and Deprived Children
- 20. Schooling of the Developing Children
- 21. Childhood in the Context of Globalization, Adult Culture, Urbanization and Economic Changes
- 22. Counseling of Children in Specific Stressful Conditions
- 23. Socialization—Concept and Agencies
- 24. Social and Cultural Changes—Concept and their Impact on Child Development
- 25. Impact of Media on Growing Children and Adolescents
- 26. Marginalization and Stereotyping in the Society
- 27. Protection of Child Rights
- 28. Equity Issues and Inclusion
- 29. Child Obesity—Causes and Remedies
- 30. Concept, Dimensions and Factors Affecting Well-being of the Children
- Index

Über Autor(innen)

S.K. Mangal, Ph.D. (Education), has been Principal, and Professor and Head of Department of Postgraduate Studies at C.R. College of Education, Rohtak, Haryana. Dr. Mangal has authored several books, including Essentials of Educational Psychology, Advanced Educational Psychology (Second Edition), Educating Exceptional Children: An Introduction to Special Education, Essentials of Educational Technology, Emotional Intelligence: Managing Emotions to Win in Life, Pedagogy of Social Sciences (Second Edition), Research Methodology in Behavioural Sciences and Statistics in Psychology and Education (Second Edition), published by PHI Learning. Professor Mangal has been a distinguished administrator and researcher. He has devised various educational and psychological tests and has published extensively in reputed journals.

Shubhra Mangal, Ph.D. (Education), is the Principal, Professor and Head of the Department of Postgraduate Studies, C.R.S. College of Education, Noida. She has devised an Emotional Intelligence Inventory for the measurement of Emotional Intelligence of School Teachers. She has written a number of books in the field of Educational Psychology and Teacher Education, including Research Methodology in Behavioural Sciences published by PHI Learning. The areas of her research interest are emotional intelligence and teacher education.