Detailed CTET 2019 Syllabus

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CTET is one of the topmost examinations that is taken by the teachers. It is to check on the eligibility of the teachers to check whether they are eligible for government teaching or not. After these examinations, one can apply in the government school and it even has a high preference in private sector. However, it is essential to know the CTET 2019 exam dates, CTET syllabus , and exam pattern in order to clear it.

Find below the detailed CTET syllabus 2019

CTET Syllabus for Paper I

I. Child Development and Pedagogy –   30 Questions

a) Child Development (Primary School Child)  – 15 Questions

  • The concept of a child’s development and its relationship with learning
  • Influence of Heredity & Environment
  • The Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
  • Concepts of child-centred and progressive education
  • Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
  • Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
  • Language & Thought

b) The concept of comprehensive education and understanding children with special needs 5 Questions

  • Tackling learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
  • Tackling the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
  • Tackling the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

c) Learning and Pedagogy   –    10 Questions

  • Children’s thinking and learning; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
  • Children as problem solvers and ‘scientific investigators’
  • Cognition & Emotions
  • Motivation and learning

II. The language I  –    30 Questions

a) Language Comprehension – 15 Questions

  • Two unseen passages – one prose or drama and one poem

b) Pedagogy of Language Development  – 15 Questions

  • Principles of Language Teaching
  • A critical outlook on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form
  • Language Skills
  • Evaluating language command and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
  • Remedial Teaching

III. Language – II  – 30 Questions

a) Comprehension  –   15 Questions

  • There will be two unseen prose

b) Pedagogy of Language Development   – 15 Questions

  • Same as in Language I

IV. Mathematics   –   30 Questions

a) Content   –     15 Questions

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

b) Pedagogical issues   – 15 Questions

  • Characteristics of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
  • Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
  • Language of Mathematics
  • Community Mathematics
  • Evaluation through formal and informal methods
  • Problems of Teaching
  • Analysis of errors and related aspects of learning and teaching
  • Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

V. Environmental Studies   –   30 Questions

a) Content – 15 Questions

  1. Family and Friends:
  2. Food
  3. Shelter
  4. Water
  5. Travel
  6. Things We Make and Do

b) Pedagogical Issues – 15 Questions

  • Concept and scope of EVS
  • The significance of EVS integrated EVS
  • Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
  • The scope & its relation to Science & Social Science

Syllabus for Paper II

I. Child Development and Pedagogy   – 30 Questions

  • Same as in Paper I

II. The language I   –    30 Questions

  • Same as in Paper I

III. Language – II    –    30 Questions

  • Same as in paper I

IV. Mathematics and Science   –   60 Questions

(i) Mathematics    –   30 Questions

a) Content  – 20 Questions

  • Number System
  • Knowing and playing with Numbers
  • Negative Numbers and Integers
  • Fractions
  • Algebra
  • Introduction to Algebra
  • Ratio and Proportion
  • Geometry
  • Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
  • Symmetry: (reflection)
  • Construction
  • Mensuration
  • Data handling

b) Pedagogical issues  – 10 Questions

  • Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking
  • Evaluation
  • Remedial Teaching

(ii) Science   – 30 Questions

a) Content   –   20 Questions

  • Food
  • Sources of food
  • Components of food
  • Cleaning food
  • Materials
  • 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
  • Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)
  • Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/effective
  • Remedial Teaching

V. Social Studies/Social Sciences   –    60 Questions

a) Content –   40 Questions

  • History
  • The Earliest Societies
  • The First Farmers and Herders
  • The First Cities
  • The First Empire
  • Political Developments
  • New Kings and Kingdoms
  • Sultans of Delhi
  • Architecture
  • Regional Cultures
  • The Establishment of Company Power
  • Rural Life and Society
  • Colonialism and Tribal Societies
  • Women and reform
  • Challenging the Caste System
  • The Nationalist Movement
  • India after Independence
  • Geography
  • Planet: Earth in the solar system
  • Globe
  • 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 Marginalized

b) Pedagogical issues    –    20 Questions

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

Here we have shared the detailed CTET 2019 syllabus. The CTET exam pattern 2019 is also available on our website that can be extremely helpful for you. If you have a question, please drop it in the comment box.

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