Childhood And Growing Up By P K Panda

DETAILS :

• Author:  P K Panda
  
• Publisher: APH Publishing Corporation
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ 1 January 2016
  
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
  
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 206 pages
  
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9385876899
  
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9385876899
  
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 400 g

ABOUT THE BOOK

Childhood and Growing Up, authored by the experienced educational psychologist and teacher-educator Dr. P. K. Panda, is a premier foundational textbook engineered specifically for the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE) curriculum. Primarily designed for B.Ed., M.Ed., and D.El.Ed. scholars across Indian universities, this volume addresses a core operational reality: that an educator cannot successfully teach a child without deep, scientific knowledge of their developmental environment. The core philosophy of this text centers on bio-psycho-social learner mapping—proving that a child's classroom performance is the direct, evolutionary output of their biological maturation interacting with socio-cultural systems like family, gender, caste, and economic environments.

The book is structurally organized into comprehensive curricular units that move systematically from infancy to adolescence, mapping out the core theoretical foundations of educational psychology. It outlines the foundational metrics of physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, and linguistic development while demonstrating how to apply these insights directly in contemporary classrooms. The textbook systematically unpacks the distinction between quantitative physiological changes and qualitative, continuous psychological adaptations along with their explicit teaching implications. It delivers deep, exam-focused breakdowns of classical developmental theories—including Piaget's cognitive stages, Vygotsky's socio-cultural constructivism, Kohlberg’s moral phases, and Erikson's psychosocial crises. Furthermore, the text analyzes the deep impact of differing parenting styles alongside socio-economic structures like poverty, globalization, and marginalized identities on a child's self-concept, concluding with a thorough investigation into adolescent identity confusion, peer pressure, and guidance counseling frameworks.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Dr. P. K. Panda is an elite Indian academician, research guide, and veteran author specializing in educational foundations, child psychology, and school evaluation metrics. Known for aligning complex psychological paradigms directly with current university examination Blueprints, his textbooks are a staple across teacher-training libraries nationwide.

Dr. Panda’s authorial and analytical style is exceptionally clear, exam-oriented, and highly structured. Writing with the clarity of a veteran professor, he strips away unnecessarily dense clinical jargon, replacing it with descriptive prose paragraphs, exhaustive comparison layouts, and comprehensive review essay prompts at the close of each section. Every theoretical model is paired with real-world classroom examples and clear teaching applications, making it incredibly straightforward for future teachers to apply the concepts during their school internship programs. By balancing abstract developmental psychology with the social realities of the Indian education landscape, his text remains an indispensable benchmark for undergraduate education students, TET (Teacher Eligibility Test) aspirants, and child development researchers worldwide.