1. SOCIALISATION
• Process
• Essentials for socialisation
• Factors affecting social development in children
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
2. SOCIALISATION
• Acquisition of the ability to behave in
accordance with social expectations.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
3. Social Development
• It is a process to attain maturity in social
relationship
• A learning process to confirm to a group’s
standard, morals and traditions.
• A process where new types of behaviour is
learnt.
• change in interests occurs and new friendships
are developed
• An adjustment to a new environment
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
4. Processes in socialisation
• Learning to behave in socially approved ways
• Playing approved social roles
• Development of social attitudes
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
5. Learning to behave in socially approved ways
• There are some standards regarding what is
approved and not, based on social norms
• Children must know what are those approved
behaviours
• Children must model their behaviour along
the approved line
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
6. Playing approved social roles
• Learned social roles must be played according
to situations that in culturally and the socially
approved way.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
7. Development of social attitudes
• To become socialized children must like
people and social activities.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
8. Essentials for socialisation
• Ample opportunities
• Discussion on topics that are understandable
and interesting to others
• Motivation to be social.
• Effective method of learning under guidance.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
9. Factors affecting social Development in Children
• Family and Home environment
• School and Teacher
• Parenting Style
• Peer Group
• Media
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
10. Family and Home environment
• Franks: “Home & family is the only institution
for child’s socialization and transmission of
cultural heritage which shapes the basic
structure of child’s personality
• Home is a seat of learning for social skills
• If children enjoy social relationships with family
members , they enjoy social relationship
outside also.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
11. • Relationship with parents, siblings and grand
parents affect children’s attitude towards
outsiders
• there must be great cooperation between
parents and their children
• If the overall home environment is favourable
of good social attitudes children will become
social persons
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
12. • Personal relationship in the family
– Relationship between parents
– Relationship between children
– Relationship with parent’s parents
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
13. • Ordinal position of the child
– 1st –mitrustfull,authoritarian, sensitive
– 2nd - indeprndent, aggressive,extrovert and
gregarious
– Last – confident, spontaneous, generous
• Size of the family
– If the family is nuclear, the child will get more
attention and the child expect the same from
others.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
14. Child Rearing Practice
• It involves
– Planning
– formulating
– implementing
a programme of bringing up children in a certain
way that is in line with the requirement of the
family and society.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
15. • Child rearing
Democratic homes make best social adjustments
– Children from democratic families are socially
outgoing and active
Rejected children may turn within themselves and
become introverts, inactive and withdrawn
Authoritarian parents suppress children’s curiosity
and creativity.
– Accepted and loved children will become
extroverts.
– Parental motivation helps children to develop
socially acceptable behaviour.
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education
16. Hazards of social development
• Social deprivation
• Too much social participation
• Overdependence
• Over conformity
• Non conformity
• Prejudice
Dr.Kavitha N Karun, Assistant Professor,
Army Institute of Education