I.
Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a) Child Development (Primary
School Child) 15 Questions
Ø Concept of development and its relationship with
learning
Ø Principles of the development of children
Ø Influence of Heredity & Environment
Ø Socialization processes: Social world & children
(Teacher, Parents, Peers)
Ø Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical
perspectives
Ø Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
Ø Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
Ø Language & Thought
Ø Gender as a social construct; gender roles,
gender-bias and educational practice
Ø Individual differences among learners, understanding
differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion
etc.
Ø Distinction between Assessment for learning and
assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive
Evaluation: perspective and practice
Ø 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
Ø Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including
disadvantaged and deprived
Ø Addressing the needs of children with learning
difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
Ø Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled
Learners
c) Learning and Pedagogy 10
Questions
Ø How children think and learn; how and why children
‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
Ø Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s
strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of
learning.
Ø Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific
investigator’
Ø Alternative conceptions of learning in children,
understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
Ø Cognition & Emotions
Ø Motivation and learning
Ø Factors contributing to learning – personal &
environmental
II.
Language I. 30 Questions
a) Language Comprehension 15 Questions
Ø 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
Ø Learning and acquisition
Ø Principles of language Teaching
Ø Role of listening and speaking; function of language
and how children use it as a tool
Ø Critical perspective on the role of grammar in
learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
Ø Challenges of teaching language in a diverse
classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
Ø Language Skills
Ø Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency:
speaking, listening, reading and writing
Ø Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multi-media
materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
Ø Remedial Teaching
III.
Language – II 30 Questions
a) Comprehension 15 Questions
Ø 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
Ø Learning and acquisition
Ø Principles of language Teaching
Ø Role of listening and speaking; function of language
and how children use it as a tool
Ø Critical perspective on the role of grammar in
learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form;
Ø Challenges of teaching language in a diverse
classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
Ø Language Skills
Ø Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency:
speaking, listening, reading and writing
Ø Teaching – learning materials: Textbook, multi-media
materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
Ø Remedial Teaching
IV.
Mathematics 30 Questions
a)
Content 15 Questions
Ø Geometry
Ø Shapes & Spatial Understanding
Ø Solids around Us
Ø Numbers
Ø Addition and Subtraction
Ø Multiplication
Ø Division
Ø Measurement
Ø Weight
Ø Time
Ø Volume
Ø Data Handling
Ø Patterns
Ø Money
b) Pedagogical issues 15
Questions
Ø Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding
children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and
learning
Ø Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
Ø Language of Mathematics
Ø Community Mathematics
Ø Evaluation through formal and informal methods
Ø Problems of Teaching
Ø Error analysis and related aspects of learning and
teaching
Ø 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
Ø Concept and scope of EVS
Ø Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
Ø Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
Ø Learning Principles
Ø Scope & relation to Science & Social Science
Ø Approaches of presenting concepts
Ø Activities
Ø Experimentation/Practical Work
Ø Discussion
Ø CCE
Ø Teaching material/Aids Problems
Note: For Detailed syllabus of classes
I-V, please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks
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