I.
Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a) Child Development
(Elementary 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 Multi Dimensional 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.
(A) Mathematics and Science:60 Questions
(i) Mathematics 30 Questions
a) Content 20 Questions
Ø Number System
Ø Knowing our Numbers
Ø Playing with Numbers
Ø Whole Numbers
Ø Negative Numbers and Integers
Ø Fractions
Ø Algebra
Ø Introduction to Algebra
Ø Ratio and Proportion
Ø Geometry
Ø Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
Ø Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
Ø Symmetry: (reflection)
Ø Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor,
compasses)
Ø Mensuration
Ø Data handling
b) Pedagogical issues 10 Questions
Ø Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
Ø Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
Ø Language of Mathematics
Ø Community Mathematics
Ø Evaluation
Ø Remedial Teaching
Ø Problem of Teaching
(ii)
Science 30 Questions
a) Content 20 Questions
I.
Food
Ø Sources of food
Ø Components of food
Ø Cleaning food
II.
Materials
Ø Materials of daily use
III.
The World of the Living
IV.
Moving Things People and Ideas
V. How things work
Ø Electric current and circuits
Ø Magnets
VI.
Natural Phenomena
VII.
Natural Resources
b) Pedagogical issues 10
Questions
Ø Nature & Structure of Sciences
Ø Natural Science/Aims & objectives
Ø Understanding & Appreciating Science
Ø Approaches/Integrated Approach
Ø Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)
Ø Innovation
Ø Text Material/Aids
Ø Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective
Ø Problems
Ø Remedial Teaching
V. Social Studies/Social
Sciences 60 Questions
a) Content 40 Questions
I. History
Ø When, Where and How
Ø The Earliest Societies
Ø The First Farmers and Herders
Ø The First Cities
Ø Early States
Ø New Ideas
Ø The First Empire
Ø Contacts with Distant lands
Ø Political Developments
Ø Culture and Science
Ø New Kings and Kingdoms
Ø Sultans of Delhi
Ø Architecture
Ø Creation of an Empire
Ø Social Change
Ø Regional Cultures
Ø The Establishment of Company Power
Ø Rural Life and Society
Ø Colonialism and Tribal Societies
Ø The Revolt of 1857-58
Ø Women and reform
Ø Challenging the Caste System
Ø The Nationalist Movement
Ø India After Independence
II. Geography
Ø Geography as a social study and as a science
Ø Planet: Earth in the solar system
Ø Globe
Ø Environment in its totality: natural and human
environment
Ø Air
Ø Water
Ø Human Environment: settlement, transport and
communication
Ø Resources: Types-Natural and Human
Ø Agriculture
III. Social and Political Life
Ø Diversity
Ø Government
Ø Local Government
Ø Making a Living
Ø Democracy
Ø State Government
Ø Understanding Media
Ø Unpacking Gender
Ø The Constitution
Ø Parliamentary Government
Ø The Judiciary
Ø Social Justice and the Marginalised
b) Pedagogical issues 20 Questions
Ø Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
Ø Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
Ø Developing Critical thinking
Ø Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
Ø Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
Ø Sources – Primary & Secondary
Ø Projects Work
Ø Evaluation
Note: For Detailed syllabus of classes V-VIII,
please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks
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