CTET Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus 2024

CTET 2024 Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus

Paper I (for classes 1 to V) Primary Stage

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 andVygotsky: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;genderroles, 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& ComprehensiveEvaluation: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) ConceptofInclusive education and understanding childrenwith 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
 

Note: For Detailed syllabus of classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks