Educ 223: Child Growth And Development Question Paper
Educ 223: Child Growth And Development
Course:Bachelor Of Education Science
Institution: Kabarak University question papers
Exam Year:2009
KABARAK UNIVERSITY
UNIVERSITY EXAMINATIONS
2009/2010 ACADEMIC YEAR
FOR THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF EDUCATION
SCIENCE & BACHELOR OF THEOLOGY
COURSE CODE: EDUC 223
COURSE TITLE: CHILD GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT
INSTRUCTIONS:
SECTION A
1. Complete the Table below by filling up the age section with the appropriate ages
(3mks)
Period or Stages of Development Approximate age
The prenatal period
Infancy/toddlerhood
Adolescence
Adulthood
Old age or aging
2. Differentiate between typical behavioural characteristics and individual variations in
growth and development. (2mks)
3. “Between the years 1950 to 2000, children and families are provided with social,
emotional and health services as well as education.” Discuss this statement using the
Kenyan situation, giving examples for each aspect. (4mks)
4. Give four reasons why it is important for teachers to study growth and development.
(4mks)
5. “When fertilization occurs, the Y sperm is more successful than the X sperm.”
Discuss the meaning and the reality of this statement. (3mks)
6. Give three possible causes of Sudden Infant Death. (3mks)
7. Mention four risk aspects that make infertility. (5mks)
8. Give a systematic explanation of the five stages of death. (5mks)
9. State three aspects that influence a child’s moral judgment according to Kohlberg.
(2mks)
SECTION TWO: Answer Two Questions from this Section
10. (a) Explain any five principles of Growth and Development and an educational
implication for each. (10mks)
(b) Using the knowledge you have on internal and external factors that affect growth
and development, contribute to the nature versus nurture debate. Give at least five
points for each. (10mks)
11. (a) “School phobia exists at schools where children are often shouted at and
humiliated infront of their peers and where corporal punishment is implemented”.
Discuss this statement in the light of banning of corporal punishment in Kenyan
schools. (10mks)
(b) Discuss at least five educational implications of the preschoolers’ stage. (3 – 6
years) (10mks)
12. (a) Evaluate Kohlberg’s theory of moral development in the light of discipline crisis
in Kenyan schools. (12mks)
(b) Erickson advanced eight crises of life arising at different periods of one’s
psychosocial development covering one’s entire lifespan. Discuss these crises.
(8mks)
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