• Contents and Scheme of Examination

Note : For a PASS – A Student would require to secure 40% for both Theory and Practical.

Detailed Syllabus

Semester I

DNTT 1: Introduction to Early Childhood Education

Meaning, Scope, Need, Importance, Aims and Objectives of Early Childhood Education/ Nursery Education. Salient features of early childhood education, Foundations of early childhood Education programme. Approaches to early childhood education with special reference to Froebel’s kindergarten approach; The Montessori approach, Integrated Child development services (ICDS), Aganwadi and Balwadi, Role of United Nations International Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Pre School Education

DNTT 2: Child Development

Introduction to child care and development, basic concepts in child development, principles of child development; Factors influencing child development: Heredity and environment, maturation and learning, Intelligence, Emotional and Social factors, health and nutritional status of children, Stages of development with special reference to Early childhood (3-6 years of age): , physical, motor, language, cognitive, social and emotional development of children, Importance of play in child’s physical, motor, language, cognitive and socio emotional development

DNTT 3: Safety Practices, Primary Health & Personal Hygiene

Safety Signs & Color at Work: Safety Signs – Cause for accidents, Safe attitudes; Safety Signs

& Colour- Sign categories, Sign types.

First Aid & Artificial Respiration: First Aid – Introduction, first aid and Its aim, Recovery position, Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Wound, Shock, Convulsion, Extensive burns, Minor burns and scalds, Chemical burns, Electric shock, Fracture, first–aid box; Artificial Respiration – Respiration, Artificial respiration, Mouth to nose method of artificial respiration, Artificial respiration in case of cardiac arrest, Important points to note after giving artificial respiration to victims.

Safe Lifting and Carrying Techniques: Causes of injury, Types of injury and methods to prevent them, Points that make an objects/load difficult to carry, Preparation before lifting or shifting heavy loads, Correct body posture before beginning the lift in kinetic method of lifting, Manual lifting techniques using kinetic method, shifting of working tables, Shifting of electronic equipments/instruments, Basic steps of safe lifting and handling.

Fire and Fire Extinguishers: Fire, Fuel, Heat, Oxygen, Controlled and uncontrolled fire, Controlling and extinguishing fire, Fire extinguishers, Types of fire extinguisher – water-filled extinguishers, foam, extinguishers, dry powder extinguishers, carbon dioxide type extinguishers, halon extinguishers, General procedure to be adopted in the event of a fire.

Safe Working Measure: Electric shock, action and treatments; Hazard identification, risk assessment and risk control; Workstation layout and ergonomic guidelines.

Managing Health and Safety at Work: Introduction, General office safety, Types of office accidents, Office hazard control, Office environment, Hazards from electrical equipments, Office safety procedures, Emergency action plan.

Personal Hygiene: Introduction, how to maintain good hygiene, how to ensure food safety, Grooming, what are the consequences of not maintaining good hygiene?

Public and Home Safety: Introduction, Safety at home, Activities that have a potential for accidents, Things that are normally used at home and have a potential for accidents, Public safety, Prevention.

Common Food Borne Diseases and Infections: Introduction, The Farm – beginning of the food chain, Food processing-preventing food-borne illness and improving quality, Transport and storage–safeguarding food, Food safety and retailing, Food safety in the home, Food borne diseases.

DNTT 4: Motivation and Learning

Concept of Motivation; Factors affecting motivation for learning; Motivating young children for learning;

Learning- Concept of Learning; Psychology of learning, Process and outcomes of Learning, Types of learning; Factors affecting learning: Factors associated with learner’s learning experiences and factors associated with men and material. Teacher’s role in making young children learn, Learning Physical and Motor skills: significance, concept of motor skill learning and process. Language learning: Importance of language learning, stages of language learning, reinforcement and imitation, learning language skills.

Awareness to Learning difficulties among young children: Visit to school, recognition/ identification of learning difficulties, acceptance of variability among children, Utilizing referral services

Arts and crafts as sources of learning, creativity and imagination (Activities) Any Five

• Exploring and appreciating different art forms as innovative tools (visual and performing arts) not only cutting and
• Encourage children to explore and experience variations in color, shape, textures in nature and (like flowers, leaves) and others
• Activities to create art forms like drawings using crayons, water colors providing enough flexibility to children and encouraging art as a medium of expression
• Identify changes in drawings as children grow, encourage children to talk about their
• Children’s orientation to play
• Developing and involving children in activities for both indoor and outdoor play
• Use of sand and water to involve children in play
• Development and use of recyclable and reusable play material
• Create a “props corner” like a basket of chunni, bags, spectacles, magazines etc
• Music and movement and the appeal of rhythm
• Facilitating children to experience different forms of music in the environment (like chirping of birds, train, sound of rain and so on)
• Enhancing familiarity with local songs, rhymes, folk dance and cultural
• Use of different material in the environment to create music and also encouraging children to create music
• Use dance as a form to explore movement of body and a mode of communication
• Develop a schedule to involve children in group activities for 20 minutes period, For a day,For a week

DNTT 5: Pedagogy for Nursery Education

Child centered approach: Activities for physical and motor development, social and emotional development, developing positive self concept, Activities for cognitive development, Language development. Art Education for the preschool child plays materials and their use for the education of preschool child. Fostering development of cognitive skill.

Other activities: Festivals, Field trips, nature walk, indoor and outdoor games

PRACTICUM:

• Observation of infants while providing them with visual and sensory stimulation (toys, pictures, different shapes and textures), Auditory (natural sounds like clap, conversations) and kinesthetic experiences (movements)
• Development of aids, play material for sensory
• Engage children in physical activities for developing and involving children to enhance loco motor skills like jumping, hopping, balancing, climbing, throwing, kicking,
• Use of blocks, beads and strings, abacus and innovative methods to foster fine motor skills like grasping, and eye-hand
• Case study of at least one child meeting with parents and seeking information related to Childs development and habits (Report preparation)

Semester II

DNTT 6: Setting Up and Management of ECE Centre

Basics of management; Definition and meaning of management, Management process, Skills associating with managing setting up and running ECE centre: physical structure and facilities, equipment and material, The ECE staff, admission procedure, Records and Registers. Policy perspectives in ECE; National policy on ECE, PROGRAMME OF ACTION, 1992 on ECE, Parents participation.

DNTT 7: Communication and Personality Development

• Basic Grammar for Effective Communication : Parts of Speech – Revision (sentence, phrase, clause, parts of speech), Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Article, Verb, Active

& Passive Voice, Infinitive, Gerund, Preposition, Conjunctions, Interjection; Analysis, Transformation, Synthesis and Direct & Indirect Speech – The phrase, the clause, the sentence, Analysis of compound and complex sentences, Transformation of sentences, Synthesis of sentences, Direct and indirect speech; Composition and Comprehension – Picture composition, How to write short a short story, Letter writing; Situational communication

• Personality Development : Communication skills, Body language, Positive attitude, Etiquette and manners, SWOT analysis, Decision making, Goal setting, Positive thinking, Self confidence, Motivation, Time management, Anger management, Stress management, Leadership, Team building,

DNTT 8: Health & Nutrition of Preschoolers

Concept of health and Nutrition, indicators of children’s health, common ailments and diseases in children: Identification, prevention and remedial measures. Health and hygiene programs in a preschool/ ECE center: Major components of health and hygiene program, cleanliness of the centre, safety measures.

DNTT 9: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Development

Introduction to Entrepreneurship – Introduction and concept of Entrepreneurship, Theory of Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship in developing countries, Entrepreneurship stimulation, Entrepreneurship and economic growth, Entrepreneurship and Economic system, various theories of Entrepreneurship, Growth of Entrepreneurship – Role of Entrepreneurship, Growth of Entrepreneurs, Prospects for Entrepreneurship

Nature and Importance of Entrepreneurship – Entrepreneurship Qualities, Entrepreneurship Functions, Entrepreneurship Vs Entrepreneurs, Opportunity matrix, Entrepreneurship Decision, Role of Entrepreneurship, Growth of Entrepreneurship, Classification and types of Entrepreneurship – Business Entrepreneurs, Types of Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship and Motivation, Growth and Entrepreneurship, Nature and scope of management – Scope of Management, Meaning of Management, Characteristics of Management, Objectives of Management, Management as a profession, Organization and Management, Branches of Management, Importance of Management, managerial Skills, Planning – Concepts, processes and types – Importance of Planning, Characteristics of Planning, a Good Plan, Advantages of Planning.

Concepts of an Organization – Organization Concepts, organization theory, formal and informal organization, significance of organization, the organization process, analysis of organization, nature of organization, organization as an art, group dynamics, organization development.

Motivation – Introduction, Meaning, Kinds of Motivation, MC Gregor’s Theory X and Theory Y, Coordination, Need Hierarchy theory of Motivation, Motivational Techniques, Financial and Non- financial Incentives. Leadership – Introduction, Characteristics of leadership, great man theory of leadership, role of leadership, leadership styles, techniques of leadership, functions of leadership, qualities of leadership, process of leadership, develop voluntary cooperation, Communication – Introduction, Features of communication, Need, Communication Process, communication Process models, Gestural or non verbal communication, Models of Grapevine, Communication Networks, Barriers of Communication, Effective communication, Improve written communication.

Accounting in an small enterprise – Need, How accounts maintained?, Objectives of accounting, Ledger, Trial Balance, Final accounts Balance sheet etc.

Entrepreneurship development institutions – AISECT model of Entrepreneurship

How to setup and AISECT Centre Training for self employment

DNTT 10: Internship in Ecce/ Nursery Education Setting

Orientation to Internship: Internship in Teaching: Teaching, Student Teaching Internship : Characteristics of Internship Programme, Supervision of Interns

Advantages of Internship Programme, Internship in Indian context, Organizing Internship in Teaching Programme, Pre-Internship Programme, Selection of Cooperative Schools, Pre- Internship Meeting, Conference of Cooperating Heads, Principals and Teachers, Pre-Internship Orientation/ Readiness Activities, Internship Activities, Post- Internship Activities, Guidelines for Teacher Trainees, Experiences for the student teacher

Project/ Assignment : Preparation of School Calendar, Assignment on Sociometry, Preparation of Cumulative Record Card, Project on Action Research, Case Study

DNTT 11: Practice of Lessons in Nursery / Early Childhood Education

Practice of 20 Lessons in Nursery/ Early Childhood Education

Counseling and Study Structure

Study Modules and Books Information