CTET Social Science Syllabus 2020 | CTET Syllabus in Hindi Social Science 2020 - Clear CTET

CTET EXAM SYLLABUS

CBSE conduct All India level Entrance Examination CTET twice in a Year. Aspiring candidates have to qualify the exam with (>=60%) to be a CTET Certified candidate. This certificate is must for a person who is having a great desire to serve in central schools. We are providing full information of the CTET Exam Syllabus  for both papers, Paper 1 (Class I-V) and Paper 2 (Class VI-VIII). CTET Test Syllabus for Child development & Pedagogy, Language 1 & Language 2 topics will be same for both the papers (Paper 1 & Paper 2)

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Child Development and Pedagogy (Paper 1 & 2) (30 Questions)

Child Development & Pedagogy (15 marks)

• Development of child at primary and elementary level & how development is related with learning.
• Factors to affect the development (Heredity and Environment)
• Child development principles
• Child development theories
• Kohlberg, Piaget and Vygotsky (contracts and critical perspectives)
• Child's socialization process. (With teachers, parents and peers)
• Child's developmental phases
• Child centered and Progressive education
• Child's developmental stages

Concept of inclusive education & physically challenged children   (5 marks)

• Progressive and child centered education
• Difference between assessment for learning and assessment of learning. School based assessment and CCE (Continuous and comprehensive evaluation).
• Question formulation to assess readiness, learning and critical thinking of learner in classroom.
• Discrimination among learners based on caste, creed, gender, religion, colour etc.
• Address the children with special needs, creative, with learning difficulties, physically challenged etc.

Learning Pedagogy   (10marks)

• Addressing children's cognitive stage to learn. Learning as a social activity in social context.
• Access children's potential to learn & make them free to learn so that they got succeeded.
• Access the children's learning pattern and take desired step to overcome the difficulties in learning.
• Every child has some innate power as: a problem solver or scientific investigator
• Motivational, personal & environmental factors in learning.

Topics for language 1 & 2 for both papers (60 marks)

Language comprehension (15 X 2 = 30 marks)

Comprehension on two unseen passages and one poem. Passage may be narrative, literary, scientific or discursive & multiple choice questions based upon these passages.

Language pedagogy (15 X 2 = 30 marks)

• Evaluation of four skills of language: reading, writing, listening, speaking
• How the children do excel in these four skills.
• Pronunciation is the main point of consideration in verbal communication.
• Three principal views of language: structural, functional & interactive.
• Remedial teaching

Paper 2: Social studies (60 marks).

1.   Subject related topics (40 marks)
2.  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  
• The environment in its totality:
• Natural and human environment  
• Air  
• Water  
• Human Environment:
• The 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  

Pedagogical issues - 20 Questions (20 marks)

• Concept & Nature of Social Science/Social Studies  
• Class Room Processes
• Activities and discourse  
• Developing Critical thinking  
• Inquiry/Empirical Evidence  
• Problems of teaching Social Science/Social Stud

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CTET EXAM SYLLABUS CBSE conduct All India level Entrance Examination CTET twice in a Year. Aspiring candidates have to qualify the exam...