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| Re: Central Teacher Eligibility Test Study Material
You are looking for the details regarding the CTET Exam. So I am providing it to you: Syllabus: Paper 1: Child Development (Primary School Child) Concept of development and its relationship with learning Principles of the development of children Influence of Heredity & Environment Socialization processes: Social world & 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 & 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 & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levelsof learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement. Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc. Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners Learning and Pedagogy How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance. Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of; learning as a social activity; social context of learning. Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’ Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process. Cognition & Emotions Motivation and learning Factors contributing to learning– personal & environmental Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) Pedagogy of Language Development 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: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching Comprehension Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability Pedagogy of Language Development 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: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom Remedial Teaching Mathematics Content Questions Geometry Shapes & Spatial Understanding Solids around Us Numbers Addition and Subtraction Multiplication Division Measurement Weight Time Volume Data Handling Patterns Money Pedagogical issues Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of 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 Environmental Studies Content Questions Family and Friends: 1.Relationships 2.Work and Play 3.Animals 4.Plants Food Shelter Water Travel Things We Make and Do Pedagogical Issues Concept and scope of EVS Significance of EVS, integrated EVS Environmental Studies & Environmental Education Learning Principles Scope & relation to Science & Social Science Approaches of presenting concepts Activities Experimentation/Practical Work Discussion CCE Teaching material/Aids Problems Paper 2 Mathematics and Science Mathematics Content Questions 1.Number System Knowing our Numbers Playing with Numbers Whole Numbers Negative Numbers and Integers Fractions 2. Algebra Introduction to Algebra Ratio and Proportion 3. Geometry Basic geometrical ideas (2-D) Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D) Symmetry: (reflection) Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor,compasses) 4.Mensuration 5.Data handling Pedagogical issues Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking Place of Mathematics in Curriculum Language of Mathematics Community Mathematics Evaluation Remedial Teaching Problem of Teaching Science Content Questions 1. Food Sources of food Components of food Cleaning food 2. Materials Materials of daily use 3.The World of the Living 4.Moving Things People and Ideas 5.How things work Electric current and circuits Magnets 6. Natural Phenomena 7. Natural Resources Pedagogical issues Nature & Structure of Sciences Natural Science/Aims & objectives Understanding & Appreciating Science Approaches/Integrated Approach Observation/ Experiment/ Discovery (Method of Science) Innovation Text Material/Aids Evaluation– cognitive/ psychomotor/ affective Problems Remedial Teaching Social Studies/Social Sciences Content Questions 1.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 2. Geography Geography as a social study and as a 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: Types-Natural and Human Agriculture 3. 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 Marginalised Pedagogical issues Concept & Nature of Social Science/ Social Studies Class Room Processes, activities and discourse Developing Critical thinking Enquiry/ Empirical Evidence Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies Sources – Primary & Secondary Projects Work Evaluation Paper Pattern: Paper 1 This paper consists of 150 Questions based on the Multiple Choice Type and the total marks of this paper are 150. Questions are asked from the different subjects, these subjects are given below. You have to complete this exam within 2.30 hrs.Subjects No. of Questions Marks Child Development and Pedagogy 30 MCQs 30 Marks Language I 30 MCQs 30 Marks Language II 30 MCQs 30 Marks Mathematics 30 MCQs 30 Marks Environmental Studies 30 MCQs 30 Marks Total 150 questions 150 Marks Paper 2: CTET Paper 2 Pattern 2015: This paper contains 150 Multiple Choice Questions of 150 marks. Questions are given from CDP or Child Development and Pedagogy, Language I, Language II, Mathematics and Science. Time: 2.30 hrs.Subjects No. of Questions Marks Child Development and Pedagogy (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks Language I (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks Language II (compulsory) 30 MCQs 30 Marks For Mathematics and Science teacher 60 MCQs 60 Marks For Social Science teacher: 60 MCQs 60 Marks For any other teacher – either (a) or (b) Total 150 questions 150 Marks You are looking for the books which can be referred for the exam. So I am providing it to you: Child Development and Pedagogy for CTETs and TETs: Paper I and II  CTET and TET for Class VI-VIII Mathematics  Child Development & Pedagogy for CTET & STET (Paper 1 and 2)  CTET Success Master Paper - I: Teacher Selection for Class I-V  |