Syllabus CTET (CDP)

No. Of Questions asked - 30 Ques.  [1×30]

I. Child Development and Pedagogy-30 Questions

A) Child Development (Elementary School Child)-                   (15Questions)
1. Concept of development and its relationship with learning
2. Principles of the development of children
3. Influence of Heredity & Environment
4. Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
5. Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
6. Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
Multi Dimensional Intelligence
8.Language & Thought
9. Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice
10. Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
11. Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
12. 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)

13. Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
14. Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
15. Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

C) Learning and Pedagogy-  (10 Questions)

16. How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
17. Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
18. Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
19. Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
20. Cognition & Emotions
21. Motivation and learning
Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental.