CTET Syllabus Class i to v 2024

Paper I (for Classes I to V) Primary Stage

Table of Contents

I. Child Development and Pedagogy (30 Questions)

a) 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-BasedAssessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancinglearning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement.

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 baled 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

a) 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)

b) 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 resources of the classroom
Remedial Teaching

a) Comprehension 15 Questions

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

b) Pedagogy of Language Development 15Questions

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

a) Content 15 Questions

b) Pedagogical issues 15 Questions

Nature of Mathematics/ Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking 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

a) Content 15 Questions

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

b) Pedagogical Issues 15 Questions