CTET Syllabus 2024 Exam Pattern – Download Paper 1 and Paper 2

Language 2

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialisation processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centred 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.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning: School-Based Assessment, Continuous and 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
• 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

• 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

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
• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

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

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

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

• 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
• Valuation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of Teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

• Family and Friends: Relationships, Work and Play, Animals and Plants
• Food
• Shelter
• Water
• Travel
• Things We Make and Do

• Pedagogical Issues
• 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

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Influence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialisation processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centred 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.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning: School-Based Assessment, Continuous and 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.
• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds, including disadvantaged and deprived.
• We are addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties.
• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners.

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
• Basic teaching and learning processes; children’s learning strategies; 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

• Reading unseen passages – two passages, one prose or drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability.

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

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

• Learning and acquisition
• Principles of Language Teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool
• A 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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

• 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

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical Thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problem of Teaching

• Food
• Materials
• The World of the Living
• Moving Things People and Ideas
• How things work
• Natural Phenomena
• Natural Resources

• 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

• Geography
• Social and Political Life
• Pedagogical issues