CTET Offline Exam 2023 on Aug 20

CTET Paper 2 Child Development and Pedagogy Important Topics Child Development (Elementary School Child)

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, and Vygotsky: 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; gender roles, gender bias, and educational practices
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 & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice
formulating appropriate questions for assessing the 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

Learning and Pedagogy

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 concepts 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

CTET Paper 2 Language I Important Topics Language Comprehension

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
Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating as 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, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
Remedial Teaching

CTET Paper 2 Language-II Important Topics Comprehension

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

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
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, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
Remedial Teaching

CTET Paper 2 Mathematics and Science Important Topics (i) Mathematics

(ii) Algebra

(iii) Geometry

(iv) Pedagogical issues

Science (a) content

(b) Pedagogical issues

CTET Paper 2 Social Studies/Social Sciences Important Topics 1.History

2.Geography

3. Social and political life

4. Pedagogical issue