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DIPLOMA IN EARLY CHILDHOOD
CARE AND EDUCATION
ASSIGNMENTS 1 TO 3
January 2014 &
July 2014
DECE – 1: Organizing
Child Care Services
DECE – 2: Child
Health and Nutrition
DECE – 3: Services
and Programmes for Children
SCHOOL OF CONTINUING EDUCATION
Indira Gandhi National Open University
Maidan Garhi, New Delhi -110068
ASSIGNMENTS 1-3
January
2014/July 2014
Programme: DECE
Dear
Learners,
You will have to do three
assignments as part of the Diploma Programme.
ALL THREE ARE COMPULSORY. Each
assignment has three parts—Section A, Section B and Section C. Section A
comprises theoretical questions and Sections B & C comprise practical
exercises. Each assignment carries 100
marks; 60 marks for each of the Sections A and 20 marks for each of the Sections B & C.
Objectives:
One of the objectives of the assignments is to assess how well you have
understood the concepts explained in the various Blocks of the Course. This is
assessed through the questions in Section A. Since the Diploma Programme aims
to impart to you the requisite knowledge, understanding and skills, the purpose
of the assignments is also to test how far you can apply the concepts in
day-to-day situations. This is assessed through the practical exercises in
Sections B and C. They assess your ability to translate into practice the
related knowledge and concepts, which you have studied in the Blocks.
We
would advise you to actually do all the practical exercises contained in the
Practical Manuals. This will give you practice in applying theoretical concepts
in real life and enable you to perform better the practical exercises that you
need to submit for assessment.
SOME DO’S AND DONT’S ABOUT SENDING IN
ASSIGNMENTS
Some Do’s
1) When you receive the assignment booklet,
check it immediately and ask for the missing
page (s), if any.
2) Submit your assignments regularly to
your Study Centre. By doing so, you get
a chance to do better in subsequent assignments, as you can benefit from your
Counsellor’s comments on your submitted response sheets.
3)
Maintain an account of the assignments sent to us and
the corrected sheets received by you.
This will help you maintain the schedule of your work and avoid the
possibility of sending the same assignment a second time.
Some Dont’s
1) Do not remind us to send
back the corrected response sheets.
These will be sent to you at the earliest possible.
2) Do not misplace/lose your graded
assignments. You will need these till the Course is completed.
3)
Do not enclose doubts for clarification along with the
assignment. If you want to draw our
attention to something of urgent/important nature, write to us separately. Give your roll number, name, address, the
title of the Course, the number of the assignment, etc. on top of your letter.
INSTRUCTIONS
1) Write your roll number, name, full
address and date on top right corner of the first page of your response sheets.
2) Write
the Course title, assignment number and the name of the study centre you are
attached to, in the center of the first page of your response sheets.
The top of the first page of your
response sheets should look like this:
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COURSE TITLE ENROLMENT
NO. 
ASSIGNMENT
NO. NAME 
STUDY
CENTRE ADDRESS 
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Please follow the above format strictly. If you do
not follow this format, we will be compelled to return your script to you for
re-submission.
3) Read the instructions related to
assignments printed in the Programme Guide.
4) Please note that unless you submit all the three assignments contained in this booklet
within the stipulated time, you would not be permitted to appear for the
term-end examination for the respective course.
5) Submit
Section A, B & C of each assignment together, otherwise your assignment
would be returned to you without being evaluated.
Assignment 1
(Tutor Marked Assignment)
Course Code: DECE – 1
Assignment Code:DECE-1/Assignt-1/TMA-1/2014
Total Marks: 100
Last
date of submission of assignment to the study centre:
31st July, 2014 for
January 2014 session
30th January, 2015 for
July 2014 session
SECTION
A 60
Marks
Answer all questions.
- State whether the following statements are true or false. Give reasons for the same.
i)
There are differences in the rate of development of
boys and girls.
ii)
Critical periods are the only times for learning
particular skills.
iii) Preschool
age children cannot understand cause and effect relationships.
iv) Preschool
children do not have a concept of number.
v)
Babbling is the earliest form of communication used by
the child.
(2 x 5 = 10 marks)
- Explain in detail:
i)
Preschool education is important for children.
ii)
It is important
for the child to develop the feeling of trust and sense of security during
early years.
(5 x 2 = 10 marks)
- What do you understand by the term ‘cognition’? Discuss how caregivers can promote cognitive development of children during the first six years of life?
(10 marks)
- Describe one play activity each that you will carry out with preschoolers:
a) To foster the concept of conservation
of number
b) To foster memory
c) To foster altruism and empathy
d) To foster the ability to identify
common relations
e) To foster language development
For each
activity, mention its content and material(s) required, if any.
(2 x 5 = 10 marks)
5. What points you would keep in mind while
formulating daily schedules for preschool children? (5 marks)
6. Explain how you would discipline children in
a child care centre? (5
marks)
- As a preschool teacher, how you will:
a)
Foster reasoning
abilities of children
b)
Encourage
initiative and independent behaviour of children
c)
Manage
temper tantrums and aggressive behaviour of children
d)
Help
children with speech problems
(10 marks)
SECTION B 20 Marks
In this Section you are expected to do
any one of the practical exercises
related to observing children. Choose any exercise out of exercises 4, 6 and 7
described in the Practical Manual of this course i.e., DECE-1 and submit it to
the counsellor for evaluation.
It would
be useful for you if you were
to do
all the three exercises. This would give you practice in observing
children, recording your
observations and interpreting them. You can
then choose the exercise which you feel you have done
the best
and submit it for evaluation.
The
marking instructions for the exercises are as follows :
Exercise
4
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Observing the
child and the parents and recording the observations : 10
Analysis of observations and conclusions : 10
Exercise 6
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Observing
the child and
recording the observations : 10
Analysis of observations and conclusions
: 10
Exercise 7
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Carrying out activities related to matching and conservation and recording observations : 5 + 5
Analysis of
observations and conclusions
related to matching and conservation : 5 + 5
SECTION C 20 Marks
In this Section you are expected to do
any one of the practical exercises related to planning play activities for
children and conducting them. These are Practical Exercise numbers 5 , 8
and 9, described in the Practical Manual of this course i.e, DECE-1. Choose any one of the exercises and submit it
to the counselor for evaluation.
It
would be useful for you if you were to do all the three exercises. This would give you practice in planning and
organizing play activities. You can then choose the exercise which you feel you
have done the best and submit it for evaluation.
The marking instructions for the exercises are as
follows:
Exercise
5
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Playing with the infant with the
toy that has been made, and recording
the observations : 10
Evaluating
the play activity and writing the
conclusions : 10
Exercise
8
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Planning the two activities : 5
+ 5
Carrying
out the two
activities and analysing and evaluating them : 5 + 5
Exercise 9
Total marks: 20
Break-up of marks: Describing the festival : 2
Suggesting
re-organization of the room : 6
Scheduling
activities over a week : 6
Brief description of scheduled activities : 6
Assignment 2
(Tutor Marked Assignment)
Course Code: DECE-2
Assignment Code:
DECE-2/Assignt-2/TMA-2/2014
Total Marks: 100
Last
date of submission of assignment to the study centre:
31st August, 2014 for
January 2014 session
28th February, 2015
for July 2014 session
SECTION
A 60 Marks
Answer all questions.
1. Briefly describe the relationship
between each of the following sets of items:
i) Malnutrition- Infection (2x4=8
marks)
ii) Toxemia - Pregnancy
iii) Balanced diets - RDI
iv)
Vitamin D- bones
2. Differentiate between: (2
x 5= 10 marks)
i) Marasmus
and Kwashiorkar
ii) Conjunctivitis and Stye
iii)
Bronchitis and Pneumonia
iv)
Diarrhoea and Dysentery
v)
Rickets and Osteomalacia
3. Describe the important functions of the following nutrients and
also give the major sources of the following nutrients in our diet:
i)
Fibre
ii)
Proteins
iii)
Vit A (4
x 3=12 marks)
4. Write in detail about the
clinical features of the following nutritional deficiency disorders:
i)
Anaemia
ii)
Ariboflavinosis
What dietary
advice would you give to the mother of a child suffering from these nutritional
deficiency disorders? (5 x 2= 10 marks)
5. a) What dietary advice would you give to a
pregnant and to a lactating woman? (6
marks)
b) Suggest a suitable dinner
for
i) a pregnant woman
ii) a lactating woman
(4 marks)
c) Mention the nutrients provided by each item in the menu. (5 marks)
6. Suppose a
mother of an infant comes to you for advice regarding breast feeding and
introduction of supplementary feeding in
infancy. What would you suggest to her? Discuss in detail. (5 marks)
SECTION B 20 Marks
In this Section you are required to do
either Exercise 2 or Exercise 3 given in the Practical Manual of this Course
i.e. DECE-2.
It
would be useful for you to do both these practical exercises. You
may then choose one exercise
which you feel you have done better,
enclose the responses
along with Section
A of this assignment and send it to the Counsellor
for evaluation.
The details of these exercises
have been described in the Practical Manual. Read them, along with the
Guidelines prescribed for doing each exercise carefully and do the exercise as
indicated. The marks for the various
components of each exercise have been mentioned in the Manual itself.
SECTION C 20 Marks
In
this Section you are required to do Exercise 5, 6 or
7 given in the Practical Manual
of this Course, i.e. DECE-2.
It
would be useful for you to do all these practical exercises. You may then choose the exercise which you
feel you have done best, enclose the responses along with the Section A of this
assignment and send it to the Counsellor for evaluation.
The
details of these exercises have been described in the Practical Manual. Read
them, along with the Guidelines prescribed for doing each exercise carefully
and do the exercise as indicated. The
marks for the various components of each exercise have been mentioned in the
Manual itself.
Assignment 3
(Tutor Marked Assignment)
Course Code : DECE-3
Assignment Code:
DECE-3/Assignt-3/TMA-3/2014
Total Marks: 100
Last
date of submission of assignment to the study centre:
30th September, 2014 for January 2014 session
30th March, 2015 for
July 2014 session
SECTION A 60 Marks
Answer all questions.
- a) Differentiate between impairment, disability and handicap.
b) Discuss the
role, functions and characteristics of a good Supervisor.
(3 + 3 marks)
2.
Write on each of the following in about 250 words
each: (5 x 3 = 15 marks)
a)
Importance of Early Childhood Care and Education.
b)
Contributions made by Maria Montessori to the field of
Early Childhood Care and Education
c)
A major organization working for children in India
3. a) What are the characteristics of a child with
Cerebral Palsy?
b) Pragya is a child
with cerebral palsy integrated in a preschool school for non- disabled children. What considerations would the teacher of the
preschool need to keep in mind so that Pragya benefits maximally and faces no
problem in attending the preschool? Give reasons for your answer.
(5 + 5
marks)
4. As a preschool teacher what advice would you
give to the parents of the following children
with special needs for their care, early stimulation and training:
i) child with visual impairment.
ii) child with hearing impairment.
(5
+ 5 marks)
5. State the settings in which
a child with special needs can be imparted education. What considerations
should one keep in mind while selecting the educational setting for the child with special needs?
(2+2 marks)
6. Discuss the emotions
experienced by the parents of special children. (5 marks)
7.
You are a preschool teacher. You find that majority of the children in
preschool are weak and malnourished.
What will you do in this
situation? What communication strategies
and methods would you use to inform parents about the nutritional requirements
of the preschool age child and also about the type of food to be given to them?
What communication aids would you use? What is it that you will tell the
parents – list in point form.
(10 marks)
SECTION
B 20 Marks
In this Section you are expected to do
one exercise from among exercises 1, 2, 9 and 10 given in the Practical Manual
of this Course, i. e., DECE-3.
It
would be useful for you to do all these practical exercises. You
may then choose the exercise which you feel you have done better, enclose the
responses in this assignment and send it to the Counsellor for evaluation.
The
details of these exercises have been described in the Practical Manual. Read
them, along with the guidelines prescribed for doing each exercise carefully
and do the exercise as indicated. The
marks for the various components of each exercise have been mentioned in the
Manual itself.
SECTION
C 20 Marks
In
this Section you are expected to do one exercise from among Exercises 6, 7 and 8 given in the Practical Manual of this Course,
i.e. DECE-3. It would be
useful for you to do all these practical exercises. You may then choose the exercise which you
feel you have done better, enclose the responses in this assignment and send it
to the Counsellor for evaluation.
The
details of these exercises have been described in the Practical Manual. Read
them, along with the guidelines prescribed for doing each exercise carefully
and do the exercise as indicated. The
marks for the various components of each exercise have been mentioned in the
Manual itself.
