HTET PGT History Syllabus

Can you tell me if history is also a subject included in the Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) syllabus of HTET (Haryana Teachers Eligibility Test)?

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Yes, history is also a subject included in the Post Graduate Teacher (PGT) syllabus of HTET (Haryana Teachers Eligibility Test). The syllabus is as follows:

Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

Child Development and Pedagogy

a) Child Development (Primary School Child)
1 Concept of development and its relationship with learning
2 Principles of the development of children
3 Influence of Heredity & Environment
4 Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
5 Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
6 Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
7 Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
8 Multi Dimensional Intelligence Language & Thought
9 Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
10 Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
11 Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
12 Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
1 Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
2 Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment etc.
3 Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

c) Learning and Pedagogy
1 How children think and learn; how and why children fail to achieve success in school performance.
2 Basic processes of teaching and learning; childrens strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
3 Child as a problem solver and a scientific investigator
4 Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding childrens errors as significant steps in the learning process.
5 Cognition & Emotions
6 Motivation and learning
7 Factors contributing to learning personal & environmental

Language I

a) Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages
1 two passages one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension
2 inference,
3 grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b) Pedagogy of Language Development
1 Learning and acquisition
2 Principles of language Teaching
3 Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
4 Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
5 Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
6 Language Skills
7 Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
8 Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multi media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
9 Remedial Teaching
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Language II

a) Comprehension Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability
b) Pedagogy of Language Development
1 Learning and acquisition
2 Principles of language Teaching
3 Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
4 Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;
5 Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
6 Language Skills
7 Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
8 Teaching learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
9 Remedial Teaching

Mathematics

a) Content
1 Geometry
2 Shapes & Spatial Understanding
3 Solids around Us
4 Numbers
5 Addition and Subtraction etc.

b) Pedagogical issues
1 Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding childrens thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning
2 and learning
3 Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
4 Language of Mathematics
5 Community Mathematics
6 Evaluation through formal and informal methods
7 Problems of Teaching

Environmental Studies

a) Content
1 Relationships
2 Work and Play
3 Animals
4 Plants
5 Food
6 Shelter
7 Water

b) Pedagogical Issues
1 Concept and scope of EVS
2 Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
3 Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
4 Learning Principles
5 Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
6 Approaches of presenting concepts
7 Activities
8 Experimentation/Practical Work
9 Discussion
10 CCE
11 Teaching material/Aids Problems

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

Subject name Syllabus

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

Language I a) Language Comprehension
b) Pedagogy of Language Development

Language II Comprehension, Pedagogy of Language Development

Mathematics and Science Mathematics, Science

Social Studies/Social Sciences
a) Content:
I. History
II. Geography
III. Social and Political Life

b) Pedagogical issues