BED 411 CHILDHOOD & GROWING UP

B.Sc. B.Ed. Four Year Integrated Course

UNIT N0.1.2

Growth & Development

DR.KALURAM NATHU BHISE

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION

SVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY,

PUNE

Today, we will learn about

• Heredity and environment;

• social heredity-

• Its meaning, nature and

importance in teaching learning

process

HERRDITY

Heredity: All that which we inherit from our

parents, grandparents, great grandparents

and so on as a free gift is called heredity.

The child carries with himself several physiological and psychological peculiarities that are present in the parents. In fact it is the heredity that determines structure, complexion, structure of hair, height. Facial features nasal index etc. of the child. Thus different types of the genes help in the formation of a body.

Heredity is the passing on of traits from

parents to their offspring

Heredity of two types :

a) Biological or

b) Social Heredity

c) Environmental

Environment

• Environment is nothing but the sum

total of the surroundings in which an

individual has to live. Psychologically

an individual’s environment is related

to all those stimuli which he faces from

the moment of fertilization till death.

• Environment here means social and

cultural environment especially.

Environment is one’s surrounding

Influence of Environment in Shaping the

personality

1. The role of environment is no less than that of

the heredity. In fact human being is a by

product of heredity and environment both.

2. Heredity and environment both play combined

role in the development of personality.

3. Heredity dose not determine any traot of the

personality in isolation. It only provides a base

and then environment develops the trait.

4. Bad environment can surpass good

inheritance but good environment is not

a substitute for poor heredity. It means

heredity sets a limit for training and

experiences will not enable the person to

cross this limit

5. Training and experiences can improve the

traits of an individual to a great extent.

Even intelligence level can be improved

to some extent.

Role of Teacher for development of

environmental heredity

Teacher can create conductive environment in the

school so that students can learn efficiently. There

should be a library, co-curricular activities, direction in

studies, laboratories, playgrounds, class rooms etc.

Their knowledge can be attained in conductive social

environment. Thus parents and teachers should help in

this direction.

Modern education is child-centered. Thus children-need

educational, professional and individual guidance. This

knowledge about heredity and environment is very

necessary.

To understand the individual differences in psychological

children, knowledge about heredity and environment is

very essential.

In the class room teacher too can guide students about

growth and development but he can do so only when he

has knowledge about heredity and environment.

Parents help is also needed for to make family

environment conducive because informal education

begins from home.

Social Heredity

• Social Heredity is a form of an educational environment that affects more than a single generation.

• We are NOT born with Social Heredity It includes Social etiquettes, laws, customs & traditions, mother tongue, system of philosophy, religious books, pictures, work of Art, architectural monuments like The Taj, Qutab Minar, The Ajanta & Ellora caves or social heritage

1.School is given a good social

environment to the child , so school is

also called social heredity

2. A child can get number of social traits

from his playmates in the society .

3. Social heredity is very important for

preparing good citizenship.

4. The social heredity is considered to be

of high significance for the progress of

civilization and culture

Importance Of Social heredity •

• The importance of Social Heredity is so great

that without it man would be quite powerless in

spite of all his biologically good traits of

intelligence.

• Parents, Teachers & state should be that each

child is surrounded with the proper environment

so that he might benefit himself by acquiring the

social heritage which has been coming down for

ages.

• Importance of Social Heredity If a child is

surrounded by, good cultural environment, good

family background, fine family and social

traditions, and has ample opportunity to

participate in the social activities, he unfolds his

latent capacities, imbibes social culture and

develops into a cultured citizen.

• The social heredity is considered to be of high

significance for the progress of civilization and

culture. Education is sometimes considered to

be synonymous with transmission of culture or

social heredity.

Education Implications of Social Heredity

It is the duty of the teacher to provide a

suitable environment in the school for

the proper physical, mental and social

development of the child

Physical :

Attractive School, Pleasant comfortable

environment

provide enough of space to roam and

play

Must train the child in aesthetic sensibility

The urban schools without a playground

or compound, cramp the individuality of

the child

Mental

School must stimulate broad interest

Provide opportunities for self-analysis

Provide adequate amount of self- control

Affords an opportunity for harmonious

growth and development of the mental

faculties

Social

Social environment of the school is all the more

important. It is also called ‘social heredity’

playmates of the child, and the social

environment at home with them he acquires a

number of social traits

The child comes into contact with the society

around, and its civilization and culture. Here he

gets knowledge of the laws, customs and

traditions of the society descended from

generation to generation

Videos for extra learning:

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtVA_FlmxkepVWQlCMO7g5w

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1k-srQUfEs

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-yhuB6kJ8Y

Self Assessment tool

• Library Notes (15Marks)

All questions are compulsory

1. Write the difference between growth and

development

2. Explain the principle of growth and

development

3. Explain the Heredity with the help of following

points a)meaning and nature b) importance in

teaching learning process

Reference :

• https://www.slideshare.net/RatiSoniRatiDeepakBh/social

-heredity

• http://www.ignouhelp.in/ignou-bes-121-study-material/