Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

1. Child Development and Pedagogy                                             30 Questions

a).  Child Development (Elementary School Child)            15 Questions

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment CTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024
• Socialization processes: Social world &children(Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centered 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.
• Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & 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. CTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

b). Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

5 Questions

• Addressing learners from diverse back grounds 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                                          10 Questions

• 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 solve rand 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 CTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

2. Mathematics and Science 60 Questions

(i)      Mathematics 30 Questions

a). Content 20 Questions

Number System

• Knowing our Numbers
• Playing with Numbers
• Whole Numbers
• Negative Numbers and Integers
• Fractions

Algebra

• Introduction to Algebra
• Ratio and Proportion

Geometry CTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

• Basic geometrical ideas(2-D)
• Understanding Elementary Shapes(2-Dand3-D)
• Symmetry:(reflection)
• Construction(using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
• Mensuration
• Data handling

b)    Pedagogical issues                                                                     10 Questions

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

ii)      Science                                                                                       30 Questions

a). Content                                                                                          20 Questions

Food

• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food

Materials CTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2024

• Materials of daily use

The World of the Living

Moving Things People and Ideas

How things work

• Electric current and circuits
• Magnets

Natural Phenomena

• Natural Resources

b)       Pedagogical issues                                                                 10 Questions

• Nature & Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science/Aims & objectives
• Understanding & Appreciating Science
• Approaches/Integrated Approach
• Observation/Experiment/Discovery(Method of Science)
• Innovation
• Text Material/Aids
• Evaluation-cognitive/psycho-motor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching 

3. Social Studies/Social Sciences 60 Questions

a). Content 40 Questions

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

II.       Pedagogical issues                                                                         20 Questions

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies
• Class Room Processes, activities and discourse
• Developing Critical thinking
• Enquiry/Empirical Evidence
• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Studies
• Sources- Primary & Secondary
• Projects Work
• Evaluation

4. Language I                                   30 Questions

• Language Comprehension         15 Questions

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)

• Pedagogy of Language Development                               15 Questions
• 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,multi lingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching
• Language-II                                                            30 Questions
• Comprehension                                          15 Questions
• Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with Question on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability
• Pedagogy of Language Development              15 Questions
• 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, multi lingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

Note: For Detailed Syllabus of classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and text books.

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