Exam Schedule CTET 2024
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Subjects
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Topics
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Primary Stage of Paper I (for Classes I through V)
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| Child Development and Pedagogy |
a) Child Development (Primary School Child):
- Development and its relationship
- Principles of the development of children
- Influence of Heredity & Environment
- Socialization processes
- Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky
- Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
- Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
- Language & Thought
- Gender as a social construct: Examining how societal norms shape gender roles,biases, and their impact on education.
- Accepting diversity: Acknowledging the unique variations in language, caste, gender, community, and religion among students.
- Education assessment: distinguishing between measuring performance (evaluation of learning) and assessing learning progress (assessment for learning).Applying strategies such as School-Based
- Assessment and Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation.
- Creating questions that measure student preparation, encourage critical thinking, and evaluate classroom performance is known as effective question crafting.
b) Education and understanding children
- Supporting diverse learners, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds
- Catering to children with learning difficulties or impairments
- Developing the skills and abilities of imaginative and differently abled students
c) Learning and Pedagogy
- It is essential to know children's cognitive and learning processes in order to fully appreciate their academic successes and weaknesses.
- Fundamental teaching and learning processes.
- Children's learning strategies
- Learning in Particular Settings as a Collaborative Project
- Children as problem solvers and budding scientific investigators
- Different Views on Children's Learning: Acknowledging "Errors" as Essential Learning Steps
- Cognition & Emotions
- Motivation and learning
- Factors contributing to learning - personal & environmental
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| Language I |
a) Language Comprehension
Two passages, one in prose or drama and the other in poetry, are used to test reading comprehension. Questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal skills are included. The prose section may contain narrative in the literary or scientific domains, or it may be discursive.
b) Pedagogy of Language Development
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
- Evaluating the significance of grammar in acquiring a language for effective verbal and written communication from a critical standpoint.
- Teaching language in a diverse school presents challenges, including linguistic disorders, blunders, and difficulties.
- Language Skills
- Assessing language skills and understanding in listening, reading, writing, and speaking.
- Textbooks, multimedia resources, and multilingual instructional supplies are some instances of educational materials for use in the educational environment.
- Remedial Teaching
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| Language - II |
a) Comprehension
Unseen passages which pose comprehension, grammar-related, and vocabulary questions (whether discursive, literary, narrative, or scientific)
b) Pedagogy of Language Development
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- The importance of speaking and listening; the purpose of language and how kids utilize it as a tool
- a critical examination of the function of grammar in language learning for efficient oral and written concept communication.
- Learning a language challenges in a multinational class; language errors and abnormalities
- Language Skills
- Assessing language knowledge and skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Textbooks, multimedia tools, and multilingual learning environments are examples of instructional materials used in classrooms.
- Remedial Teaching
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| Mathematics |
- Geometry
- Shapes & Spatial Understanding
- Solids around Us
- Numbers
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Measurement
- Weight
- Time
- Volume
- Data Handling
- Patterns
- Money
b) Pedagogical issues
- examining the fundamentals of logic and mathematics, as well as analyzing children's reasoning and thought processes and the methods they use to build comprehension and promote learning.
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Language of Mathematics
- Community Mathematics
- Evaluation through formal and informal methods
- Problems of Teaching
- The importance of error analysis to teaching and learning processes.
- Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
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| Environmental Studies |
- Family and Friends
- Food
- Shelter
- Water
- Travel
- Things We Make and Do
b) Pedagogical Concept & Issues
- Concept and scope of EVS
- Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
- Environmental Studies & Environmental
Education
- Learning Principles
- the scope and connection to the areas of social science and science.
- Approaches of presenting concepts
- Activities
- Experimentation/Practical Work
- Discussion
- CCE
- Teaching material/Aids
- Problems
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For classes VI through VIII, Paper II: Elementary Stage
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a) Child Development (Elementary School Child)
- Understanding the concept of development and its link to learning.
- Core principles of child development.
- Heredity and environment.
- Socialization processes in children.
- Child-centered and progressive education concepts.
- A critical perspective on the construct of intelligence.
- opinions from well-known individuals like Vygotsky, Kohlberg, and Piaget.
- The idea of multi-dimensional intelligence.
- The interplay between language and thought.
- Gender as a social construct.
- Acknowledging the unique variations among students while considering factors such as language, caste, gender, community, and religion.
- Distinguishing between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning;embracing School-Based Assessment, Continuous and comprehensive Evaluation in theory and practice.
- creating appropriate questions that support classroom learning, evaluate student accomplishment, and determine the preparedness of students.
b)Educating All Students Together and Getting to Know Special Needs Children:
- Catering to a diverse student body, including those from disadvantaged backgrounds.
- meeting the needs of kids with diverse disabilities and learning challenges.
- developing the skills and imagination of students with exceptional needs.
c) Learning and Pedagogy:
- Investigating how children think, learn, and the reasons behind their academic struggles.
- exploring the social component of learning, children's learning strategies, and the basic processes of teaching and learning.
- acknowledging kids as natural problem solvers and future scientists.
- Accepting different viewpoints about how kids learn and seeing mistakes as important learning opportunities.
- Exploring the interplay between cognition and emotions.
- Understanding motivation and its role in learning.
- recognizing the contributions of environmental and human variables to learning.
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| Language I |
a) Language Comprehension
Unseen Passages with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)
b) Pedagogy of Language Development
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- Role of listening and speaking
- a critical viewpoint on the function of grammar in language acquisition for the purpose of influencing oral and written communication of ideas;
- Teaching language in a diverse school presents challenges, including language blunders, disorders, and difficulties.
- Language Skills
- Assessing language knowledge and skills in speaking, listening, reading, and writing
- Teaching learning materials
- Remedial Teaching
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| Language-II |
a) Comprehension
Unseen passages that raise issues with understanding, grammar, and linguistic proficiency (whether discursive, literary, narrative, or scientific)
b) Pedagogy of Language Development
- Learning and acquisition
- Principles of language Teaching
- The importance of speaking and listening; the purpose of language; and how kids use it as
- An analysis of grammar's significance in language acquisition for clear written and spoken communication
- Language learning obstacles in a multicultural classroom; linguistic mistakes and abnormalities
- Language Skills
- assessing speaking, listening, reading, and writing comprehension and ability in the language
- Teaching learning materials
- Remedial Teaching
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| Mathematics and Science |
(i) - Mathematics
a) Number System
- Knowing our Numbers
- Playing with Numbers
- Whole Numbers
- Negative Numbers and Integers
- Fractions
b) Algebra • Overview of Algebra: Proportion and Ratio
c) 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
Pedagogical issues
- Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking • Problem of Teaching
- Language of Mathematics • Community Mathematics • Evaluation Place of Mathematics in Curriculum • Remedial Teaching
(ii) Science
a) Content • Food • Sources of food • Components of food • Cleaning food Materials • Materials of daily use • Electric current and circuits • The World of the Living Moving Things People and Ideas on how things work • Magnets Natural Phenomena Natural Resources
b) Pedagogical issues • Nature & Structure of Sciences • Problems •Understanding & Appreciating Science • Approaches/Integrated Approach •Innovation • Observation/Experiment/Discovery • Evaluation -cognitive/psychomotor/affective • Remedial Teaching • Natural Science/Aims &objectives • Text Material/Aids
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| Social Studies/Social Sciences |
History
When, Where and How • The Earliest Societies • Colonialism and Tribal Societies • The Nationalist Movement • The First Farmers and Herders • The First Cities • The Establishment of Company Power • Early States • New Ideas •Contacts with Distant lands • Political Developments • Challenging the Caste System • Culture and Science • Sultans of Delhi • Architecture • Creation of an Empire • The First Empire • Regional Cultures • Rural Life and Society • The Revolt of 1857-58 • Social Change • New Kings and Kingdoms • Women and reform • India After Independence
Geography
Geography as a social study and as a science Water • Planet: Earth in the solar system • Air • Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication • Environment in its totality: natural and human environment • Resources: Types- Natural and Human • Globe
Agriculture
Social and Political Life
Diversity • Government • Unpacking Gender • Parliamentary Government •Democracy • State Government • Understanding Media • Local Government • The Constitution • The Judiciary • Social Justice and the Marginalised • Making a Living
b) Pedagogical issues
Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies • Projects Work • Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies • Enquiry/Empirical Evidence • Sources -Primary & Secondary • Evaluation • Developing Critical thinking • Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
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