NCTE CTET Syllabus

I am interested in the field of teaching and planning to give the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) want the exam details. Can you please tell what the basic details of exam and how many papers comes in this exam also provide me complete CTET Syllabus so I can prepare well?

Central Teacher Eligibility Test acronym as CTET is conducted by CBSE Delhi for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher for classes 1 to VIII.

Central Teaching Eligibility Test is compulsory for becoming eligible to apply for Job of a teacher in the Government as well as private schools

There will be two papers of CTET.

(i) Paper I will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes I to V.
(ii) Paper II will be for a person who intents to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.

Syllabus for paper1:

Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

1. 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
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.

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 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 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.

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