CTET Examination, 2018. Complete Syllabus For Paper I & Paper II


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STRUCTURE AND CONTENT OF CTET

All questions in CTET will be Multiple Choice Questions
(MCQs), with four
alternatives out of which one answer will be correct. Each
carrying one mark and
there will be no negative marking.
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.
Note: A person who intents to be a teacher for both levels
(classes I to V and
classes VI to VIII) will have to appear in both the papers
(Paper I and
Paper II).


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Paper I (for Classes I to V) Primary Stage :

Duration of
examination-Two-and-a-half hours
Structure and Content (All Compulsory): (Appendix I)
(i) Child Development and Pedagogy       30 MCQs         30 Marks
(ii) Language I (compulsory)                      30 MCQs         30 Marks
(iii) Language II (compulsory)                   30 MCQs         30 Marks
(iv) Mathematics                                           30 MCQs         30 Marks
(v) Environmental Studies                          30 MCQs         30 Marks
                                                            Total 150 MCQs     150
Marks


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Paper II (for Classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage :
Duration of examination – Two-and-a-half hours
Structure and Content (All Compulsory): (Appendix I)
(i) Child Development & Pedagogy(compulsory)   30 MCQs        30
Marks
(ii) Language I (compulsory)                                       30 MCQs       30 Marks
(iii) Language II (compulsory)                                    30 MCQs       30 Marks
(iv) Mathematics and Science                                     60 MCQs       60 Marks
(for Mathematics and Science teacher)
(v) Social Studies/Social Science                                60 MCQs       60 Marks
(for Social Studies/Social Science teacher)
*For any other teacher – either (IV) or (V)
                                                                               Total 150 MCQs   150
Marks

Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

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 educati
on
 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 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
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
II. Language I 30 Questions
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 resource of the classroom
 Remedial Teaching

III. Language – II 30 Questions
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 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
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
 Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking;
understanding chil
dren’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
a) 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
b) 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

Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage
I. 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
 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 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
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

II. Language I 30 Questions
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 chil
dren 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
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 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
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
 Basic geometrical ideas (2-D)
 Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D
and 3-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
 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/psychomotor/affective
 Problems
 Remedial Teaching

V. 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
b) 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


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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE OF TEST BOOKLET AND OMR SHEET

1. The candidates will find the OMR Sheet placed inside the
sealed Test 
Booklet. The seal will be broken/ opened by the candidates
after the 
announcement by the invigilator and the OMR Sheet shall be
taken 
out from the Test Booklet. Do not open/break the seal before
the

announcement.

2. Code like A, B, C or D printed on OMR sheet will be same
as 
mentioned on Test Booklet
3. The OMR Sheet used will be of special type which will be
scanned on 
Optical Scanner. The candidates should ensure that the OMR
Sheet 
is not folded. Do not make any stray marks on the OMR Sheet.
Do not 
write your Roll No. Anywhere else except in the specified
space in
the OMR Sheet Side 1 The side 1 of OMR Sheet contains the following
columns which are to be 
filled in neatly and accurately by the candidate with their
own Ball Point 
Pen (Black/Blue). Use of pencil is strictly prohibited.
i) Roll Number
ii) Name of the candidate
iii) Father’s Name
iv) Centre Number
v) Name of the Examination Centre
vi) Subject offered for Paper-II(Only in case of Paper-II)
Side 2 The side 2 of OMR Sheet contains the following
columns which are also to
be filled by the candidate with their own Ball Point Pen
(Black/Blue). Use
of pencil is strictly prohibited.
i) Roll Number
ii) Main Test Booklet Number
iii) Language Supplement Booklet Number
iv) Language Supplement Booklet Code
v) Subject offered for Paper-II(Only in case of Paper-II)
vi) Language in which you have attempted the questions
vii) Signature of the candidate