CTET DETAILED COURSE

 

STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF SYLLABUS

Paper II

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

 

I. Child Development and Pedagogy                                30 Questions

 Child development and pedagogy part tests a teacher's understanding of student's needs in different situation so you must understand the basic idea of the stages behind Child development and pedagogy to qualify CTET as well to become a good teacher . 

A.   Child Development (Primary School Child)                15 Question

You will be asked question related to following topics 

·      Concept of development and its learning aspects

·       Key Principles of the development of children

·       Heredity & Environment and its influence 

·  Socialization of student : Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, and Peers)

·       Key principles of Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives

·       Child-centered and progressive education 

·       Construct of Intelligence and its perspective

·       Multi-Dimensional Intelligence and types

·       Language & Thought 

·       Gender as a social construct 

Gender roles    

Gender-bias         

 Educational practice

·       Individual differences among learners

      Understanding differences based on diversity of -

     language 
caste 
gender 
community 
religion  

·       Difference  between -

Assessment for learning 

Assessment of learning

 (School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation)

·       Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness 

Making levels of learners (Improving  learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for Assessing (Assessment) learner's achievement.

 

B.     Inclusive education and  special needs children            (5 Questions)

·       Analyzing  learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived

·       Specifying  the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.

·       Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

 

C.    Pedagogy and its applications in learning                                      10 Questions

 

·       Finding out children's thinking and learning process; reason behind their  ‘failure’ to achieve success in school performance.

·      Basic techniques and methods of teaching and learning;   strategies of learning; 

•     Learning as a social activity; social context of learning.

·         Making child  a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’

·   Finding out learning conceptions in children, taking ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.

·       Cognition & Emotions

·       Connecting motivation and learning 

·       Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental

 

II. Language I                                                                       30 Questions

 

A.   Language Comprehension 15 Questions

 

• In this section two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension
• To assess Grammar and verbal ability 
• Prose passage will be given  ( literary, Scientific, narrative or discursive)

 

B.   Pedagogy of Language Development                          15 Questions

 

·       Understanding Learning and acquisition 

·       Understanding Principles of language Teaching

·     Analyzing the role of listening and speaking.

•     How children use language as a tool

·   Role of grammar in  a language for verbal and written communication  

·  How to teach language  in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

·       Language Skills (how to teach)

·     Evaluation of  language comprehension , proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

· Using teaching learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource  

·       Aspect of remedial Teaching

 

III. Language – II                                                                 30 Questions

 

A.   Comprehension                                                            15 Questions

 

·       Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension,

·       Grammar and verbal ability

 

B.   Pedagogy of Language Development                          15 Questions

 

·       Learning and acquisition

·       Principles of language Teaching

·       Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool

·       Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;

·       Challenges of teaching languagein a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders

·       Language Skills – L, S, R, W,

·       Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing

·       Teaching – learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom

·       Remedial Teaching

 

V. Social Studies/Social Sciences                                      60 Questions

 

A.   Content 40 Questions

 

·       History

 

·        Time line of history 

·        Ancient , medieval , modern history 

·        Political Developments

·        The Establishment of Company Power 

·        Colonialism and Tribal Societies

·        The Revolt of 1857-58

·        Social and women reform 

·        The National Movement

·        Post independent India 

 

·       Geography

 

·        Geography  social study and as a science

·        The solar system 

·        Globe  and its working aspects 

·        Environment : natural and human environment 

·      Aspect of human Environment: settlement, transport and communication

·      Natural and Human Resources

·      Agriculture 

 

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Note:

·        For Detailed syllabus of Classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks.

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