SCERT Teacher Eligibility Test Kerala

I want to apply for Kerala teacher eligibility test-2015 which is organized by SCERT. Please tell me about last date of application form, syllabus of examination and timing of examination?

hii sir, I wants to get the syllabus of the Kerela Teacher Eligibility test category I organized by the State Council of education research and training ?

[Raman Vij]

As you asking for the the syllabus of the Kerela Teacher Eligibility test category I organized by the State Council of education research and training the syllabus is as follow :


Category I – Paper I (For Classes I to V)
I. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY 30 Questions
Child Development and Learning (15 Questions)
Methods of studying child behaviour – observation, case study, Interview, Psychological tests etc.
Concept of development
Principles of growth and development
Influence of heredity and environment on human development
Concept of learning
Basic theories of learning : Conditioning (Pavlov, Skinner); Insight learning (Gestalt); cognitive learning (Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsky)
Relation between development and learning : learner readiness of maturation
Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky : Constructs and critical perspectives.
Concept of child – centered and progressive education – Activity based method of Teaching and Learning, Problem Based Learning
Critical perspectives of construct of intelligence (Theories of Spearman, Guilford, Thurstone and Gardner).
Language and Thought (Basic perspectives of Piaget, Chomsky and Vygotsky).
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 (Internal assessment)
Continuous and comprehensive evaluation: Perspectives and practice
Assessing learner achievement – grading
Personality development – concept of personality and basic approaches to personality (Psychoanalytic and Trait) – Adjustment mechanisms

Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs (5 Questions)
Concept of exceptional children
Concept of children with special needs (CWSN)
Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
Concept of learning disability (LD) – Addressing the needs of children with learning disabilities
Addressing the Talented, creative, specially abled children

Learning and pedagogy (10 Questions)
How children think and learn: how and why children fail to achieve success in school performance
Different factors influencing learning and achievement
Basic process of teaching and learning: Children’s strategies of learning – Learning as a social activity – social context of learning
Child as a problem solver and ‘scientific investigator’ (concept of the nature of child by Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsky)
Alternative concepts of Learning in children: Understanding children’s’ ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process (Self – corrective nature of the child)
Cognition and Emotions – Emotion – Basic Emotions – characteristics of childhood emotionality. Emotional Development (Bridge’s)- cognition (Thinking, Reasoning, Problems solving and Investigation)
Motivation and learning – How does motivation influence learning – Maslow’s theory of motivation
Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental