Child Development and Pedagogy Study Notes for CTET and DSSSB Exams

CTET & DSSSB 2018 Exam Study Notes: Stages of Development

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Child Development and Pedagogy play an important role in securing your success in teaching exams like CTET 2018 Exam, DSSSB 2018 Exam. Keeping in view the importance of Child Development and Pedagogy, today we are sharing a post on Stages Of Development. Read the article for your sure success in upcoming CTET 2018 Exam. 

Stages Of Development:- Scholars have held widely different opinions about the stages through which individual development passes. At this point, we are putting forward the classifications offered by some leading scholars.

Celley has classified the developmental process into the following stages-

(i) Infancy- 1 to 5 years (ii) Childhood- 5 to 12 years
(iii) Adolescence- 12 to 18 years
Ross has classified development into the following stages-
(i) Infancy- 1 to 3 years (ii) Early childhood- 3 to 6 years
(iii) Later childhood- 6 to 12 years (iv) Adolescence- 12 to 18 years
For convenience of study, we will classify the developmental process of an individual as follows -
(i) Prenatal period- from conception till birth (ii) Infancy- from birth to an age of 5 years
(iii) Childhood- 6 to 12 years of age. (iv) Adolescence- 12 to 19 years of age.

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Development: Process and Form :-

Development takes the following forms -

1. Physical growth and development. 2. Mental growth and development.
3.Emotional growth and development. 4.Social growth and development.
5. Motor development 6. Language development

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