CTET
– 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
questions
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
1.
Family and Friends:
1.1
Relationships
1.2
Work and Play
1.3
Animals
1.4
Plants
2.
Food
3.
Shelter
4.
Water
5.
Travel
6.
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:
30
Questions
I.
Child Development and Pedagogy
15
Questions
a)
Child Development (Elementary 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 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 an d
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
questions
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)
,
Constructions
(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
•
Problems 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 o
f 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
•
Globe
•
Environment in its
totality: natural and human environment.
•
Planet: Earth in the solar system
•Human
Environment: settlement, transport and communication.
•
Air
•
Resources: Types-
Natural and Human
•
Water
•
Agriculture
III.
Social and Political Life
•
Diversity
•
Government
•
Local Government
•
Making a Living
•
Democracy
•
State Government
•
Understanding Media
•
Unpacking Gender
•
The Constitution
•
Parliamentary Government
•
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
