Meaning and concepts of growth and development-Principles of growth and development- Difference between growth and development- Impact of nature and nurture on child development.

Stages: infancy, early childhood and adolescence and their dimensions of development: physical, cognitive, moral, emotional and social.

Psycho-social stages (Erikson), Cognitive development (Piaget), Moral development (Kohlberg), Socio-cultural approach to cognitive development (Vygotsky), Ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner).

Agencies of socialization: Family, school, peer, and community

Gender stereotypes in early child, middle childhood and adolescence - Influences of gender stereotyping: biological, cultural and environmental - Gender identity in middle childhood and in adolescence - Gender schema theory - strategies for development non-gender – stereotyped children.