Name of the University : IGNOU The People’s University
Department : Guidance
Degree : Certificate In Guidance
Subject Code/Name : Understanding the Elementary School Child
Year : 2016
Document Type : Question Paper
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Certificate In Guidance Sample Question Paper :
Understanding The Elementary School Child :
Time : 3 hours
Maximum Weightage : 70%
Note :
(i) Answer all the three questions.
(ii) All questions carry equal weightage.
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1. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
a. Discuss the various home factors that influence the child’s behaviour. What are the roles of parents as teachers and guidance workers ?
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b. What are the aims of guidance programmes at the Elementary School Stage ? Describe the various guidance services that constitute a guidance programme in schools.
2. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
a. Parents lay the foundation for a balanced socio-emotional and moral development of their children. Illustrate.
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b. ‘The child ‘reconstructs’ and ‘reinterprets knowledge’. Discuss the mental processes involved in reconstructing and reinterpreting knowledge.
3. Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each :
(a) Discuss the various factors that influence physical and motor development of a child.
(b) Discuss the role of peer group in emotional development of a child.
(c) Explain the need of interaction between home and school for the development of a child.
(d) Explain the follow-up services in a guidance programme.
(e) What are the various factors that affect language development of a child ? Explain.
(f) What is a cumulative record ? How is it different from anecdotal record ?
Facilitating Growth And Development :
1. Answer the following question in about 1000 words. :
a. Describe the different kinds of media and their influence on child development. What canteachers do to control its bad influence on children ?
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b. Explain the concept of giftedness. What are the different problems gifted children experience ? Discuss the role of parents and teachers in promoting giftedness.
2. Answer the following question in about 1000 words. :
a. Explain the different kinds of play that children engage in. Discuss the role of play in children’s development.
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b. What are the different communication styles parents adopt in dealing with children ? How can children be encouraged to communicate more effectively ?
3. Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each :
(a) Promoting creativity among children.
(b) Effect of depriVation on child development
(c) Teachers’ role in nurturing integrated personality.
(d) Mention the problems that slow learners experience in school and at home.
(e) Describe the kind of gender bias that the girls experience at home and school.
(f) Mention factors that affect personality development among children.
Guiding Children’s Learning :
1. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
Explain the factors that affect learning among children. Describe the different forms of learning.
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Describe communication skills that help children to express themselves better. How parents and teachers can enable children to develop better communication skills ?
2. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
Discuss level – 2 tests for assessing learning disabilities in maths and language. Suggest measures for remediation.
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Explain the difference between interest and Motivation. Mention strategies that teachers and parents can adopt to discover interests of children. Describe the use of different strategies to motivate children for learning.
3. Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each :
(a) Write a note on cognitive view of Motivation.
(b) Mention the causes of inattentiveness among children.
(c) Explain the causes of auditory impairment among children and special needs of such children.
(d) Discuss the role of parents and teachers in taking care of socio emotional needs of children with impairment.
(e) What do you understand by integration ? What are the strategies of integration of children with different needs in school ?
(f) Explain different ways of enabling children for time management.
Guiding Socio-Emotional Development Of Children :
1. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
Discuss basic principles that you will follow while helping the emotionally disturbed children with play therapy.
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Explain, with examples, the typical problems of girl child. Suggest methods and means to minimise her problems.
2. Answer the following question in about 1000 words :
Discuss the factors which cause aggression and truancy among children. Suggest strategies and activities to help children overcome their aggression and truancy.
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Mention social-emotional problems found in children. Describe the principles that you will follow while dealing with socio-emotional problems of children.
3. Answer any four of the following questions in about 250 words each :
(a) Discuss, with an example, how behaviour therapy can be used to help children with emotional problems.
(b) Mention the symptoms of neglected and abused children. How can you help such children ?
(c) Explain the meaning and symptoms of phobic reaction. How can you help children with such problems ?
(d) What are language disorders ? Suggest measures to help children overcome such problems.
(e) Mention problems faced by tribal children.
(f) Explain how you can help mentally retarded children in your class ?