This is the third module of the course in Guidance and Counselling. It aims at enabling you to understand development and adjustment as processes that continue over the life span of a person. These two processes are interdependent. The understanding of these processes will enable you to understand some of the problems that occur during the early stages of the life span of students and the way these influence adjustment, quality of their life and relationships in the school and in future years. These problems at times are caused by genetic, personal, familial or other environmental factors such as harsh punishment by the teacher or bullying by other students. This may lead to serious emotional or behavioural problems.
The first unit provides a background on the characteristics of different stages of development and the individual differences, and their effect on adjustment of students. The second unit deals with various approaches to understand personality and facilitating development. The third unit focuses on identification of the various patterns of behaviour that characterise well-adjusted and maladjusted students. The fourth unit examines the influence of various factors such as hereditary and environmental factors on development and adjustment. This module aims at helping you understand the characteristic patterns of development, different stages of life and the influences which lead to different personality formations. Insight into the background of pupils and its implications for quality of life, mental health and well-being will enable you to deal with students more effectively.
There are self-check exercises and activities in every unit which will help you evaluate your progress through the module. Summary given at the end provides an overview of the unit, and references and additional readings give additional sources of information.
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