STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF SYLLABUS
(Paper I and Paper II)
Paper I (for classes I to V)
Primary Stage:
I.
Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a)
Child Development (Primary School Child) 15 Questions
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 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 5 Questions
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
c)
Learning and Pedagogy 10 Questions
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; 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
II.
Language I. 30 Questions
a) Language Comprehension 15
Questions
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)
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 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
III.
Language – II 30 Questions
a) Comprehension 15
Questions
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or
scientific) with question 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 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
IV.
Mathematics 30 Questions
a)
Content 15 Questions
Geometry
Shapes & Spatial Understanding
Solids around Us
Numbers
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Measurement
Weight
Time
Volume
Data Handling
Patterns
Money
b)
Pedagogical issues 15 Questions
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
V.
Environmental Studies 30 Questions
a) Content 15 Questions
I. Family and Friends:
1.1
Relationships
1.2
Work and Play
1.3
Animals
1.4 Plants
II.
Food
III.
Shelter
IV.
Water
V.
Travel
VI. Things We Make and Do
b)
Pedagogical Issues 15 Questions
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 II (for classes VI to
VIII) Elementary Stage:
I.
Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a)
Child Development (Elementary School Child) 15 Questions
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 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 5
Questions
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
c)
Learning and Pedagogy 10 Questions
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; 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
II.
Language I. 30 Questions
a) Language Comprehension 15
Questions
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)
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 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
III.
Language – II 30 Questions
a) Comprehension 15
Questions
Two unseen prose passages
(discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with question 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 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
IV.
(A) Mathematics and Science:60 Questions
(i) Mathematics 30 Questions
a)
Content 20 Questions
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/Logical thinking
Place
of Mathematics in Curriculum
Language
of Mathematics
Community
Mathematics
Evaluation
Remedial
Teaching
Problem of Teaching
(ii)
Science 30 Questions
a)
Content 20 Questions
I.
Food
Sources
of food
Components
of food
Cleaning
food
II.
Materials
Materials
of daily use
III.
The World of the Living
IV.
Moving Things People and Ideas
V. How things work
Electric
current and circuits
Magnets
VI.
Natural Phenomena
VII.
Natural Resources
b)
Pedagogical issues 10 Questions
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
V. Social Studies/Social
Sciences 60 Questions
a) Content 40 Questions
I.
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
II.
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
III.
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
b) Pedagogical issues 20
Questions
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
Note:
(1)For
Detailed syllabus of classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and
textbooks
(2)For more and final information please visit ctet.nic.in/ctetapp/PDF/syllabus.pdf
