CTET Exam syllabus Paper-2

CTET (Central Teachers Eligibility Test) Paper-II Syllabus


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Syllabus for CTET Paper II:
Elementary Stage (Classes VI to VIII)

CTET Paper-II Exam Pattern

Section-wise distribution of questions and marks in Paper-II is as follows:
CTET (Central Teachers Eligibility Test)
Paper-II (Class VI to VIII) Elementary Stage
Sr.NoSectionsNo. Of QuestionsMarks
1Child Development and Pedagogy(Compulsory)3030
4Language–I
(Compulsory)		3030
5Language–II
(Compulsory)		3030
2Mathematics or Science
(For Math or Science Teacher)		6060
3Social Science/Social Studies
(For Social studies/Social Science Teachers)		6060
Total Marks150


* Candidates are required to choose between Mathematics, Science and Social Science subjects. The maximum time allotted for the paper is 2 hours and 30 minutes.



1. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)
(a). Child Development (Elementary School Child)
(b). The concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
(c). Learning and Pedagogy



(a). Child Development (Primary School Child)
1. The concept of development and its relationship with learning.
2. Influence of Heredity and Environment.
3 Principles of the development of children.
4. Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives.
5. Socialization processes: Social world and children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
6. Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
7. Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
8. Language and Thought.
9. Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.
10. Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice.
11. The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice.
12. Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on the diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
13. F ormulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.



(b). The concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs
1.Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
2.Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
3.Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived



(c).Learning and Pedagogy
1. Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
2. Motivation and learning
3. Cognition and Emotions
4. How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
5. Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
6. Child as a problem solver and a "scientific investigator"
7. Factors contributing to learning – personal and environmental



Language I (30 Questions)

A.Pedagogy of Language Development
B. Language Comprehension

A. Pedagogy of Language Development
1. Learning and acquisition
2. Principles of Language Teaching
3. The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
4. Role of listening and speaking; the function of language and how children use it as a tool
5. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
6. Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
7. Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
8. Language Skills
9. Remedial Teaching



B. Language Comprehension
1. Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose/drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, grammar, inference, and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, narrative, scientific or discursive)



Language – II (30 Questions)

A. Pedagogy of Language Development
B. Comprehension

A. Pedagogy of Language Development
1. Principles of Language Teaching
2. Learning and acquisition
3. Role of listening and speaking; the function of language and how children use it as a tool
4. Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
5. The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
6. Language Skills
7. Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
8. Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
9. Remedial Teaching



A. Comprehension
1. Two unseen prose passages (literary or discursive or narrative or scientific) with the question on grammar, comprehension and verbal ability



Mathematics (60 Questions)

Sr.No.Content
1. Number System – Playing with numbers, Knowing our Numbers, Whole Numbers, Fractions, Negative Numbers and Integers.
2. Geometry – Basic geometrical ideas (2-D), Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D), Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses), and Symmetry: (reflection)
3. Algebra – Introduction to Algebra and Ratio and Proportion
4. Mensuration
5. Data handling



Pedagogical issues
1. Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
2. Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
3. Community Mathematics
4. Language of Mathematics
5. Evaluation
6. Problem of Teaching
7. Remedial Teaching



Science (30 Questions)

Content
1. Food – Sources of food, cleaning food, and Components of food
2. Materials – Materials of daily use
3. Moving Things People and Ideas
4. The World of the Living
5. How things work – Magnets, Electric current and circuits
6. Natural Resources
7. Natural Phenomena



Pedagogical Issues
1. Nature and Structure of Sciences
2. Natural Science/Aims and objectives
3. Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)
4. Understanding and Appreciating Science
5. Approaches/Integrated Approach
6. Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/effective
7. Innovation
8. Problems
9. Text Material/Aids
10. Remedial Teaching



Social Studies/Social Sciences (60 Questions)

Content
1. History – the Earliest Societies, When, Where and How, the First Cities, the First Farmers and Herders, Early States, New Ideas, the First Empire, New Kings and Kingdoms, Political Developments, Contacts with Distant Lands, Culture and Science, Sultans of Delhi, Creation of an Empire, Architecture, Regional Cultures, Social Change, the Establishment of Company Power, Colonialism and Tribal Societies, Rural Life and Society, the Revolt of 1857-58, Challenging the Caste System, Women and Reform, the Nationalist Movement, and India after Independence.
2. Geography – Geography as a social study and as a science, Planet: Earth in the solar system, Environment in its totality: natural and human environment, Air, Water, Globe, Resources: Types-Natural and Human, Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication, and Agriculture.
3. Social and Political Life – Diversity, Democracy, Government, Parliamentary Government, State Government, Local Government, The Constitution, The Judiciary, Making a Living, Unpacking Gender, Understanding Media, Social Justice and the Marginalised.



Pedagogical Issues
1. Concept and Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
2. Developing Critical thinking
3. Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
4. Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
5. Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
6. Sources – Primary and Secondary
7. Projects Work
8. Evaluation





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