WB primary tET syllabus

Subject: Child Development And Pedagogy

(A) Child Development and Pedagogy

☑ Concept and principles of development,growth and maturation, difference between growth and
development, relationship of development with learning
 Heredity & Environment as factors of development
 Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teachers, Parents, Peers)
 The important period of lifespan after Arnest James and Rousseau; physical, psychological and
social development according to each period of lifespan.
Physical, Social, Emotional, Language and Cognitive development; Views of Piaget, Kohlberg
and Vygotsky
 Personality : meaning, nature and theories (Freud, Erickson)
 Intelligence-meaning, nature and theories (Spearman, Thorndike, Guilford, Gardner, Sternberg)
and their implications
 Individual differences among learners and its educational implications in teaching learning
process

(B) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived groups
☑ Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties (physical, sensory, developmental
and behavioural or emotional) types of learning disabilities (dyscalculia, dysgraphia, dyslexia,
nonverbal learning disabilities).
☑ Addressing the Talented, Creative, Differently abled Learners, Learners with SLD
☑ Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practices

(B) Learning and Pedagogy

☑ Learning-meaning; nature; theories (Pavlov, Skinner, Thorndike, Gestalt) and their implications.
☑ Concepts of child-centred, learner-centred and progressive education
☑ Teaching-meaning, nature, phases of teaching, levels of teaching
☑ Constructivism: nature, principles, types and 5E model
☑ Motivation and learning-Maslow’s theory, Achievement motivation
☑ Methods of teaching based on Lecture, Demonstration, Discussion, Discovery, Heuristic, Inductive,
Deductive, Project and Problem solving
☑ Bloom’s taxonomy of instructional objectives and learning outcomes
☑ Microteaching and Teaching skills
☑ Formative and Summative evaluation; Assessment for learning and Assessment of learning;
School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation, Diagnostic test
☑ Formulating appropriate questions for assessing learners, for enhancing learning and critical
thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner’s achievement.

Subject: Language I ( Bengali )

(a) Language Comprehension: 15 Questions

☑ Reading of two unseen Passages — one from prose and another from poetry (Prose Passage may
be linguistic, literary, scientific and discursive and poetry stanza may be descriptive and dramatic).
9 questions from prose and 6 questions from poetry may be given based on comprehension, grammar
and language ability.

(b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

☑ Learning and acquisition.
☑ Basis of Language Teaching – Skills.
☑ Functions of Language skills – Role of listening and speaking: how learners use these as tools.
☑ Role of Grammar in Language learning for communication ideas both oral and written form.
☑ Difficulties and Challenges in Language teaching in diverse classrooms – errors and disorders.
☑ Teaching of first language in a multilingual classroom – transition from mono-lingual to multilingualism.
☑ Evaluation of language proficiency and comprehension – Development of Teaching learning materials –
Text Books, Teaching Materials, multi-media materials with ICT, multilingual resources etc.
☑ Remedial Teaching
☑ Lesson Plan/design
☑ Microteaching
☑ Assessment and Evaluation

Subject: Language II ( English )

(a) Comprehension: 15 Questions

☑ Two unseen prose passages (discursive, literary, narrative, scientific) with questions on comprehension,
grammar and vocabulary.

(b) Pedagogy of Language Development: 15 Questions

 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.
 Approaches, Methods and Techniques of Teaching English.
 Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing.
 Teaching Learning Materials (TLM): Textbook, multi-media, multi-lingual resources to be used in
classroom teaching.
 Remedial Teaching.

Subject: Mathematics

(a) Content: 15 Questions

(1) Geometry (2) Shapes (3) Numbers (4) Addition & Subtraction (5) Multiplication
(6) Division – Division Algorithm (7) Area & Perimeter (8) Time (9) Patterns (10) Money

(b) Pedagogical Issues 15 Questions

1. Nature, characteristics and theoretical aspects of Mathematics education.
2. Aims and objectives of teaching Mathematics at primary stage.
3. Relevant curriculum and resource in Mathematics learning.
4. Mathematics teacher and teaching learning methods and approaches.
5. Pedagogic content knowledge.
6. Planning for teaching Mathematics.
7. Evaluation of Mathematics learning.
8. Mathematical problems based on deep concept to justify the teaching ability based on application
concerning pedagogical issues

Subject: Environmental Studies

(a) Content: 15 Questions

 Physical and Social Environment
 Geographical location of India and West Bengal and their environment
 Environment related historical events
 Food, Shelter, Clothes, Travel
 Ecology and ecosystem, food chain
 Atmosphere, land, water
 Environmental pollution
 Plants, animals, biodiversity
 Natural resources
 Family and Friends
 Waste and waste management
 Global environmental issues
 Environment and health
 Human skill and endeavour

(b) Pedagogical Issues 15 Questions

 Concept and scope of EVS
 Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
 Environmental Studies & Environmental Education
 Learning principles
 Scope and relation to Science and Social Science
 Approaches of presenting concepts, activities; Lesson plan/design
 Observation, Data Collection, Experimentation/Practical work
 Discussion, Explanation, Drawing inference, Judgement and justification
 CCE
 Teaching learning materials/aids
 Problem solving and Reflective teaching practices in EVS
 Scope of ICT in teaching EVS

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