CTET Syllabus 2024, Check Out the Syllabus for Paper 1 and Paper 2 Here

Subjects/ Topics

Questions

Marks

I. Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

II. Language – I

30

30

III. Language – II

30

30

IV. Mathematics

30

30

V. Environmental Studies

30

30

Sections

Syllabus

Child Development and Pedagogy

(a) Child Development (Primary School Child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialisation processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centred 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.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning: School-Based Assessment, Continuous and 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

• 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

• 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

Language I

(a) Language Comprehension

• 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

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

Language II

(a) Comprehension

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.

(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
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

Mathematics

(a) Content

• Geometry
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding
• Solids around Us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money

(b) Pedagogical issues

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking: understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies for making meaning and learning
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Valuation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

Environmental Studies

(a) Content

• Family and Friends: Relationships, Work and Play, Animals and Plants
• Food
• Shelter
• Water
• Travel
• Things We Make and Do

(b) Pedagogical Issues

• 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
• Problems0.0

Subjects/ Topics

Questions

Marks

I. Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

II. Language I (compulsory) 

30

30

III.Language II (compulsory) 

30

30

IV. A. Mathematics & Science or

 B. Social Studies & Social Science

30 + 30

60

60

60

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-centred 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.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning;
• School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation;
• Assessing readiness levels of learners; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement.

Concept of Inclusive Education and Understanding Children with Special Needs

• 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

Learning and Pedagogy

• 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

Language I
 

• Reading unseen passages – two passages one prose or drama and one poem
• Questions will be from comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability
• (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)

• 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 resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

Mathematics

Content

• 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)
• Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
• Mensuration
• Data handling

Pedagogical Issues

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical Thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problem of Teaching

Social Studies & Social Science















































 

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 of 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

Geography

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet: Earth in the solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication
• Resources: Types-Natural and Human
• Agriculture

Social and Political Life

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalised

Pedagogical issues

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities, and discourse
• Developing Critical thinking
• Inquiry/Empirical Evidence