KAR TET Model Question

Can you provide me the syllabus of Karnataka Teacher Eligibility Test (KARTET) on which the question paper is based as I need it for preparation of the exam?

[Rajkumar Agarwal]

The syllabus of Karnataka Teacher Eligibility Test (KARTET) on which the question paper is based is as follows:

Karnataka TET Syllabus

Child Development and Pedagogy
• Child Development (Primary School Child).
• Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs.
• Learning and Pedagogy.

Language-I (Kannada)
• Language Comprehension.
• Pedagogy of Language Development.

Language- II (English)
• Comprehension.
• Pedagogy of Language Development.

Mathematics
• Geometry.
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
• Solids around Us.
• Numbers.
• Addition and Subtraction.
• Multiplication.
• Division.
• Measurement.
• Weight.
• Time.
• Volume.
• Data Handling.
• Patterns.
• Money.
• Pedagogical issues.

Environmental Studies
• Relationships.
• Work and Play.
• Animals.
• Plants.
• Food.
• Shelter.
• Water.
• Travel.
• 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.

KARTET Syllabus Social Studies/ Social Sciences:

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 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.

Social and Political Life (Civics)
• 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.
• Pedagogical issues.

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