Exam Details

Subject Understanding the Elementary School Child
Paper
Exam / Course CERTIFICATE IN GUIDANCE
Department School of Education (SOE)
Organization indira gandhi national open university
Position
Exam Date December, 2016
City, State new delhi,


Question Paper

1. Answer the following question in about 1000 words:

Discuss the different non-testing techniques for observing children's behaviour.
OR
Describe the health needs of elementary school children. How can a school create a conducive environment for meeting these needs of the children?

2. Answer the following question ill about 1000 words:

Discuss the features of cognitive development in children during the pre-operational and concrete operational stages.
OR
Discuss the social and emotional development in children and their inter-relationship.

3. Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each:

Describe the motor abilities children develop with the help of large and small muscle activities.

Explain the terms infant, child, adolescent and youth in the context of human development.

How does the understanding of the principles of development help teachers and parents to deal with elementary level children?

Describe the genetic factors that influence human development.

Explain the importance of nutrition in the development of children.

Describe the emotional characteristics of an elementary school child.


Departments

  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • Centre for Corporate Education, Training & Consultancy (CCETC)
  • National Centre for Disability Studies (NCDS)
  • School of Agriculture (SOA)
  • School of Computer and Information Sciences (SOCIS)
  • School of Continuing Education (SOCE)
  • School of Education (SOE)
  • School of Engineering & Technology (SOET)
  • School of Extension and Development Studies (SOEDS)
  • School of Foreign Languages (SOFL)
  • School of Gender Development Studies(SOGDS)
  • School of Health Science (SOHS)
  • School of Humanities (SOH)
  • School of Interdisciplinary and Trans-Disciplinary Studies (SOITDS)
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  • School of Performing Arts and Visual Arts(SOPVA)
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  • School of Social Sciences (SOSS)
  • School of Social Work (SOSW)
  • School of Tourism & Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSM)
  • School of Tourism &Hospitality Service Sectoral SOMS (SOTHSSM)
  • School of Translation Studies and Training (SOTST)
  • School of Vocational Education and Training (SOVET)
  • Staff Training & Research in Distance Education (STRIDE)

Subjects

  • Facilitating Growth and Development
  • Guiding Children's Learning
  • Guiding Socio-Emotional Development of Children
  • Understanding the Elementary School Child