Child Development & Pedagogy
Development & Its Relationship with Learning
Child Development & Pedagogy
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What this chapter covers
The 5 topics below make up Development & Its Relationship with Learning in the CTET syllabus. Open any topic for notes, solved examples and a practice MCQ test.
1Growth vs Development
2Principles of Development
3Heredity & Environment
4Socialization & Agents
5Development and Learning
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Key Concepts — Quick Reference
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Core distinctions & principles
| Growth | Quantitative change in size/weight/height — measurable, stops at maturity |
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| Development | Qualitative change in skills/abilities — lifelong, womb to tomb |
| Cephalocaudal | Head-to-toe: development proceeds from head downward |
| Proximodistal | Centre-to-extremities: from the body axis outward to hands/fingers |
Shaping forces & domains
| Heredity (nature) | Inborn traits passed via genes — sets the potential |
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| Environment (nurture) | Surroundings, experience, nutrition, culture — shapes the outcome |
| Socialization | Process of learning a society's norms, values and roles |
| Domains of development | Physical, Cognitive, Social, Emotional, Moral, Language |