In this article we will discuss about the educational implications of heredity vs. environment. 1. Awareness of the Laws of Heredity: Every educator or teacher must be fully acquainted with the processes and laws of heredity: (i) He must know that every individual is born with certain in born traits. As these are innate, he cannot change these. There is [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Definitions of Heredity 2. Mechanism of Heredity 3. Theories of Heredity 4. Laws of Heredity 5. Studies and Experiments on Heredity. Definitions of Heredity: Under heredity we include all the factors that were present in the organism at birth. In other words, it is the sum-total of inborn individual tracts. Heredity has [...]
In this article we will discuss about:- 1. Meaning of Environment 2. Types of Environment (Social Heredity) 3. Experiments on Environment. Meaning of Environment: Environment includes all the forces that act upon the individual from without. The environmental influences begin even from the time of conception, in the mother's womb. During the pre-natal period, the nutrition received by the embryo [...]