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
Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage :
Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage :
Note: For Detailed syllabus of classes I-VIII, please refer to NCERT syllabus and textbooks
