The book will serve as a helpful reference for undergraduate and post-graduate students of Psychology and Education.

Understanding the nature of a child or learner, the context in which they live and grow, and building perspective on the process of development forms the basic framework for all courses in Education. This book focuses on human development and diversity as the dominant themes that cut across early, middle and late childhood, and adolescence, which in turn correspond to the pre-primary, primary, secondary and senior secondary levels of schooling.

Understanding Childhood and Adolescence links existing theories in educational psychology with concerns of contemporary Indian society. It covers early childhood care and education; socio-cultural, philosophical, and psychological perspectives on childhood and adolescence; contemporary lifestyle changes affecting these life-stages; and concerns of diversity ranging from multilingualism, gender, to intelligence and development of self and identity. The textually informative chapters cover the historical trajectory and important theories of each life-stage, and raise relevant debates and issues related to each of them.

Key Features:

* Looks at childhood and adolescence from multiple contours such as developmental aspects, issues, trends, challenges, interface with society, its institutions and policy provisions

* Traces historical evolution of the basic concepts and contextualizes these to the Indian socio-cultural milieu through examples and cases

* Discusses key concepts related to compulsory foundational courses in development and diversity in all teacher education programmes

* Contains mid-chapter exercises and chapter-end questions to help readers check their understanding as well as reflect on issues in teaching-learning processes

About the Author
Namita Ranganathan is a Professor at the Department of Education, Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi. She has over thirty years of teaching experience in teacher education programmes. Her specialisations are in the area of developmental psychology, personality psychology and education for mental health. She has been extensively engaged with schools across the country through various projects with The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), CARE India, Aga Khan Foundation and Save the Children, among others. She has also been on several management bodies of Kendriya Vidyalayas and several private schools.


Book Information
ISBN 9789353882280
Author Namita Ranganathan
Format Paperback
Page Count 444
Imprint SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Publisher SAGE Publications India Pvt Ltd
Weight(grams) 790g