Table of Contents
Paper I (For Classes 1 to 5: Primary Stage)
1. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)
a) Child Development (Primary School Child) โ 15 Questions
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning.
- Principles of the development of children.
- Influence of heredity and environment.
- Socialization processes: Social world and children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: Constructs and critical perspectives.
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
- Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
- Multi-dimensional Intelligence.
- Language and Thought.
- Gender as a social construct: Gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice.
- Individual differences among learners; understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): Perspective and practice.
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom, and assessing learner achievement.
b) Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs โ 5 Questions
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds, including disadvantaged and deprived.
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, โimpairments,โ etc.
- Addressing talented, creative, and specially-abled learners.
c) Learning and Pedagogy โ 10 Questions
- How children think and learn; how and why children โfailโ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; childrenโs strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver and a โscientific investigator.โ
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children; understanding childrenโs โerrorsโ as significant steps in the learning process.
- Cognition and emotions.
- Motivation and learning.
- Factors contributing to learning: Personal and environmental.
2. Mathematics (30 Questions)
a) Content โ 15 Questions
- Geometry.
- Shapes and Spatial Understanding.
- Solids around Us.
- Numbers.
- Addition and Subtraction.
- Multiplication.
- Division.
- Measurement.
- Weight.
- Time.
- Volume.
- Data Handling.
- Patterns.
- Money.
b) Pedagogical Issues โ 15 Questions
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding childrenโs thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies for making meaning and learning.
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum.
- Language of Mathematics.
- Community Mathematics.
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods.
- Problems of Teaching.
- Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching.
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching.
3. Environmental Studies (EVS) (30 Questions)
a) Content โ 15 Questions
i. Family and Friends
- Relationships.
- Work and Play.
- Animals.
- Plants.
ii. Food
iii. Shelter
iv. Water
v. Travel
vi. Things We Make and Do
b) Pedagogical Issues โ 15 Questions
- Concept and scope of EVS.
- Significance of EVS, integrated EVS.
- Environmental Studies and Environmental Education.
- Learning Principles.
- Scope and relation to Science and Social Science.
- Approaches of presenting concepts.
- Activities.
- Experimentation/Practical Work.
- Discussion.
- CCE.
- Teaching Material/Aids.
- Problems.
4. Language I (30 Questions)
a) Language Comprehension โ 15 Questions
- Reading unseen passages โ two passages: one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability.
(Prose passages may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive.)
b) Pedagogy of Language Development โ 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 in teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
- Language Skills.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbooks, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
- Remedial teaching.
5. Language II (30 Questions)
a) Comprehension โ 15 Questions
- Two unseen prose passages (literary, narrative, scientific, or discursive) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.
b) Pedagogy of Language Development โ 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 language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
- Language Skills.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing.
- Teaching-learning materials: Textbooks, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
- Remedial teaching.
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Paper II CTET Syllabus
Paper II (For Classes VI to VIII: Elementary Stage)
1. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)
a) Child Development (Elementary School Child) โ 15 Questions
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning.
- Principles of the development of children.
- Influence of heredity and environment.
- Socialization processes: Social world and children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
- Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: Constructs and critical perspectives.
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
- Critical perspective of the construct of intelligence.
- Multi-dimensional intelligence.
- Language and thought.
- Gender as a social construct: Gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice.
- Individual differences among learners: Understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
- Distinction between assessment for learning and assessment of learning; school-based assessment, continuous and comprehensive evaluation (CCE): Perspective and practice.
- Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, enhancing learning, and critical thinking in the classroom, and assessing learner achievement.
b) Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs โ 5 Questions
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds, including disadvantaged and deprived.
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairments, etc.
- Addressing talented, creative, and specially-abled learners.
c) Learning and Pedagogy โ 10 Questions
- How children think and learn; how and why children โfailโ to achieve success in school performance.
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; childrenโs strategies for learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
- Child as a problem solver and a โscientific investigator.โ
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children; understanding childrenโs โerrorsโ as significant steps in the learning process.
- Cognition and emotions.
- Motivation and learning.
- Factors contributing to learning: Personal and environmental.
2. Mathematics and Science (60 Questions)
i) Mathematics (30 Questions)
a) Content
- Number System:
- Knowing Our Numbers.
- Playing with Numbers.
- Whole Numbers.
- Negative Numbers and Integers.
- Fractions.
- Algebra:
- Introduction to Algebra.
- Ratio and Proportion.
- Geometry:
- Basic geometrical ideas (2-D).
- Understanding elementary shapes (2-D and 3-D).
- Symmetry (reflection).
- Construction (using straight edge, scale, protractor, compasses).
- Mensuration.
- Data Handling.
b) Pedagogical Issues (10 Questions)
- Nature of Mathematics and logical thinking.
- Place of Mathematics in the curriculum.
- Language of Mathematics.
- Community Mathematics.
- Evaluation methods.
- Remedial teaching.
- Problems of teaching.
ii) Science (30 Questions)
a) Content (20 Questions)
- Food:
- Sources of food.
- Components of food.
- Cleaning of food.
- Materials:
- Materials of daily use.
- The World of the Living.
- Moving Things, People, and Ideas.
- How Things Work:
- Electric current and circuits.
- Magnets.
- Natural Phenomena.
- Natural Resources.
b) Pedagogical Issues (10 Questions)
- Nature and structure of science.
- Natural science: Aims and objectives.
- Understanding and appreciating science.
- Approaches: Integrated approach.
- Observation, experiment, and discovery (Method of Science).
- Innovation.
- Use of teaching aids and materials.
- Evaluation: Cognitive, psycho-motor, and affective.
- Problems of teaching science.
- Remedial teaching.
3. Social Studies/Social Sciences (60 Questions)
a) Content (40 Questions)
History:
- When, Where, and How.
- The Earliest Societies.
- The First Farmers and Herders.
- The First Cities.
- Early States.
- New Ideas.
- The First Empire.
- Contacts with Distant Lands.
- Political Developments.
- Culture and Science.
- New Kings and Kingdoms.
- Sultans of Delhi.
- Architecture.
- Creation of an Empire.
- Social Change.
- Regional Cultures.
- The Establishment of Company Power.
- Rural Life and Society.
- Colonialism and Tribal Societies.
- The Revolt of 1857-58.
- Women and Reform.
- Challenging the Caste System.
- The Nationalist Movement.
- India After Independence.
Geography:
- Geography as a social study and science.
- Planet: Earth in the solar system.
- Globe.
- Environment in its totality: Natural and human environment.
- Air.
- Water.
- Human Environment: Settlement, transport, and communication.
- Resources: TypesโNatural and human.
- Agriculture.
Social and Political Life:
- Diversity.
- Government.
- Local Government.
- Making a Living.
- Democracy.
- State Government.
- Understanding Media.
- Unpacking Gender.
- The Constitution.
- Parliamentary Government.
- The Judiciary.
- Social Justice and the Marginalized.
b) Pedagogical Issues (20 Questions)
- Concept and nature of social science/social studies.
- Classroom processes, activities, and discourse.
- Developing critical thinking.
- Inquiry and empirical evidence.
- Problems of teaching social science/social studies.
- Sources: Primary and secondary.
- Project work.
- Evaluation methods.
4. Language I (30 Questions)
a) Language Comprehension (15 Questions)
- Reading unseen passagesโtwo passages: One prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability.
(Prose passages may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive.)
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 language learning for verbal and written communication.
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom.
- Language skills: Speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency.
- Use of teaching-learning materials: Textbooks, multimedia, multilingual resources.
- Remedial teaching.
5. Language II (30 Questions)
a) Comprehension (15 Questions)
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive, literary, or narrative) with questions 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 grammar for verbal and written communication.
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom.
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency.
- Use of teaching-learning materials: Textbooks, multimedia, multilingual resources.
- Remedial teaching.
Note
For a detailed syllabus for Classes I-VIII, refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks.
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