CTET Syllabus 2018

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CTET Syllabus 2018:

CTET Syllabus 2018 is Officially released by Central Board of Secondary Education(CBSE) The Central Board of Secondary Education is responsible for conducts the CTET examination and this year a large number of candidates ready for fill the CTET application form. So those candidates want to prepare better for the examination they should read the below mentioned CTET 2018 Exam Pattern & Syllabus before going to appear in the examination.

CTET 2018 Exam Pattern and Syllabus:

Manabadi giving exam pattern and syllabus for CTET 2018 examination which notification will be released. The exam pattern and syllabus will help candidates to know the pattern the examination.

There will be two papers of CTET.

• Paper I will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes I to V.
• Paper II will be for a person who intends to be a teacher for classes VI to VIII.
• Note: A person who intends to be a teacher for both levels (classes I to V and classes VI to
• will have to appear in both the papers (Paper I and Paper II).

Exam Pattern of CTET Paper 1 (for Classes I to V):

• No. of MCQs - 150:
• Duration of examination - 2 1/2 hours
• Structure and Content (All Compulsory):

1	Child Development and Pedagogy	30 MCQs	30 Marks
2	Language I (compulsory)	30 MCQs	30 Marks
3	Language II (compulsory)	30 MCQs	30 Marks
4	Mathematics	30 MCQs	30 Marks
5	Environmental Studies	30 MCQs	30 Marks
Total		150 MCQs	150 Marks

Exam Pattern of CTET Paper 2 (for Classes VI to VIII):

• No. of MCQs - 150:
• Duration of examination - 2 1/2 hours
• Structure and Content (All Compulsory):

1	Child Development & Pedagogy(compulsory	30 MCQs	30 Marks
2	Language I (compulsory)	30 MCQs	30 Marks
3	Language II (compulsory)	30 MCQs	30 Marks
4	Mathematics and Science (for Mathematics and Science teacher)	60 MCQs	60 Marks
5	Social Studies/Social Science (for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)	60 MCQs	60 Marks
*For any other teacher – either (IV) or (V)
Total		150 MCQs	150 Marks

CTET Paper 1 Syllabus 2018 : (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

1. Child Development and Pedagogy(10 Questions):
The subject of Child Development and Pedagogy have comprised the 30 number of weightage.

Child Development (Primary School Child) 15 Questions

• 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.

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs (5 Questions)

• 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( 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

II. 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, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. 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, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV Mathematics (30 Questions)

Content (15 Questions)

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

Pedagogical issues (15 Questions)

• Nature 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
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

V. Environmental Studies (30 Questions)

Content 15 Questions

• i. Family and Friends:
  1.1 Relationships
  1.2 Work and Play
  1.3 Animals
  1.4 Plants
• ii. Food
• iii. Shelter
• iv. Water
• v. Travel
• vi. Things We Make and Do

Pedagogical Issues (15 Questions)

• 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
• Problems

CTET 2018 Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage:

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

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
• 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.

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs (5 Questions)

• 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.

II. 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, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. 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, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics and Science ( 60 Questions )

(i) Mathematics (30 Questions )

Content (20 Questions )

• Number System
  1. Knowing our Numbers
  2. Playing with Numbers
  3. Whole Numbers
  4. Negative Numbers and Integers
  5. Fractions
• Algebra
  1. Introduction to Algebra • Ratio and Proportion
• Geometry
  1. Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
  2. Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
  3. Symmetry: (reflection)
  4. Construction (using Straight edge Scale, protractor, compasses)
• Data handling
• Mensuration

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)

Content ( 20 Questions )

• a. Food
  i. Sources of food
  ii. Components of food
  iii. Cleaning food
  
• b. Materials
  i. Materials of daily use
• c. The World of the Living
• d. Moving Things People and Ideas
• e. How things work
  i. Electric current and circuits
  ii. Magnets
• f. Natural Phenomena
• g. Natural Resources

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/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

Social Studies/Social Sciences (60 Questions )

Content (40 Questions )

• a. History
  i. When, Where and How
  ii. The Earliest Societies
  iii. The First Farmers and Herders
  iv. The First Cities
  v. Early States
  vi. New Ideas
  vii. The First Empire
  viii. Contacts with Distant lands
  ix. Political Developments
  x. Culture and Science
  xi. New Kings and Kingdoms
  xii. Sultans of Delhi
  xiii. Architecture
  xiv. Creation of an Empire
  xv. Social Change
  xvi. Regional Cultures
  xvii. The Establishment of Company Power
  xviii. Rural Life and Society
  xix. Colonialism and Tribal Societies
  xx. The Revolt of 1857-58
  xxi. Women and reform
  xxii. Challenging the Caste System
  xxiii. The Nationalist Movement
  xxiv. India After Independence
• b. Geography
  i. Geography as a social study and as a science
  ii. Planet: Earth in the solar system
  iii. Globe
  iv. Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
  v. Air
  vi. Water
  vii. Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication
  viii. Resources: Types-Natural and Human
  ix. Agriculture
• c. Social and Political Life
  i. Diversity
  ii. Government
  iii. Local Government
  iv. Making a Living
  v. Democracy
  vi. State Government
  vii. Understanding Media
  viii. Unpacking Gender
  ix. The Constitution
  x. Parliamentary Government
  xi. The Judiciary
  xii. Social Justice and the Marginalised

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