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Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of Child

Childhood, multiple childhoods, parenting styles, development concepts, principles, factors, dimensions, individual differences, metacognition, and personality development.

Understanding Learning

Concept and nature of learning, factors, approaches (Behaviorism, Constructivism, Gestalt, Observational), dimensions, motivation, memory, forgetting, and transfer of learning.

Pedagogical Concerns

Relationship between teaching and learning, learner contexts, pedagogic methods, individual/group learning, assessment types, and school-based evaluation.

Language 1

Various Aspects

Literary genres, language elements, grammar (prefix-suffix, word variation, sentence structure, idioms), and composition (creator themes, characterization, style).

Language 2

Grammar and Composition

Parts of speech, tenses, voice, prepositions, articles, comparison degrees, clauses, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, speech, sentence types, phrases, letter writing, and vocabulary.

Methodology

Aspects of English, teaching/learning challenges, language skill development (LSRW), communicative skills, and teaching objectives.

Mathematics

Various Concepts

Number system, fractions, arithmetic, geometry, measurements, data applications, algebra, and mensuration (including symmetry, perimeter, and surface area).

EVS

Various Topics

Family structures, occupations, games, plants/animals, food types, shelter types, mapping, historical/cultural evolution, and information about India’s geography and resources.

Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of Child

Childhood, multiple childhoods, parenting styles, development concepts, principles, factors, dimensions, individual differences, metacognition, and personality development.

Understanding Learning

Concept and nature of learning, factors, approaches (Behaviorism, Constructivism, Gestalt, Observational), dimensions, motivation, memory, forgetting, and transfer of learning.

Pedagogical Concerns

Relationship between teaching and learning, learner contexts, pedagogic methods, individual/group learning, assessment types, and school-based evaluation.

Language 1

Various Aspects

Literary genres, language elements, grammar (prefix-suffix, word variation, sentence structure, idioms), and composition (creator themes, characterization, style).

Language 2

Grammar and Composition

Parts of speech, tenses, voice, prepositions, articles, comparison degrees, clauses, verbs, adverbs, conjunctions, speech, sentence types, phrases, letter writing, and vocabulary.

Mathematics

Number System

Prime and composite numbers.

Algebra

Introduction to algebra.

Sets

Concept of sets, set language, empty set, finite and infinite sets, subset and equality of sets, cardinal number of set, set operations, representation of sets, Venn diagrams and their properties.

Geometry

History of geometry, contribution of India in geometry, Euclidean geometry, lines and angles, similar triangles.

Coordinate Geometry

Coordinates of a point, plotting of points, representing linear equations in two variables in the Cartesian plane.

Mensuration

Perimeter and area of a square and rectangle, area of a triangle.

Data Handling (Statistics and Probability)

Collection and classification of data, frequency distribution table.

Trigonometry

Introduction to trigonometry

Science

Natural Resources

Air, water, and water pollution.

Our Universe

Solar and lunar eclipses, constellations, zodiac signs, space travel, solar system, satellites, stars, and comets.

Light

How we see objects.

Sound

Mechanics including kinematics and dynamics.

Magnetism

Natural and artificial magnets, properties and uses of magnets, methods of magnetization, magnetic induction, magnetic field, and magnetic lines of force.

Electricity

Electric circuit, primary cells, conductors and insulators, electric charge, electric field, electric potential, potential difference, EMF, Ohm's law.

Matter Around Us

States of matter.

Laws of Chemical Combination and Chemical Calculations

Physical change.

Atomic Structure

Atoms and molecules, elements, atomicity.

Metallurgy

Extraction of metals, reactivity of metals, methods of extraction

Plant World

Types of plants, parts and functions, seed dispersal, fibers, reproduction (asexual, sexual, vegetative propagation), nutrition, photosynthesis, excretion, respiration, economic importance

Microbes

Bacteria, viruses, fungi, protozoa; useful and harmful microbes; microbial diseases in plants and animals

Our Environment

Biotic and abiotic factors, natural resources, biodiversity, ecosystems, air, water, and soil pollution, carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen cycles.

Social Science

Diversity on the Earth

Globe, oceans, continents, latitudes and longitudes, origin of earth, realms of the earth, landforms, movements of the earth, seasons, interior of the earth, solar energy, elements of climate, Europe and Africa's geography, disaster management.

Production, Exchange, and Livelihoods

Early human livelihood, agriculture, production and employment sectors, national income, HDI, public health, globalization, food security, sustainable development.

Political Systems and Governance

Tribal Panchayat system, local body systems, emergence of kingdoms and republics, historical empires and regional kingdoms, British Empire, landlord-tenant relationships.

Social Organization and Inequities

Diversity in India, gender inequalities, caste discriminations, land reforms, rural poverty, abolition of Zamindari system, poverty elimination, human rights, fundamental rights, social movements (e.g., Civil Rights movement in the USA, Green Peace).

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/Odia)

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Total

150

150

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/Odia/Sanskrit)

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

Mathematics and Science (or) Social Studies (or) Languages (Telugu, Urdu, Hindi, English, Kannada, Odia, Tamil, Sanskrit)

60

60

Total

150

150

Child Development and Pedagogy (in Special Education)

30

30

Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/Odia)

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Total

150

150

Child Development and Pedagogy (Special Education)

30

30

Language I (Tel/Urdu/Hindi/Kannada/Tamil/Odia/Sanskrit)

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

Category of Disability Specialization and Pedagogy

60

60

Total

150

150

Guide to Child Development and Pedagogy (For Paper I & Paper II)

R. Gupta

Child Development and Pedagogy for Paper I & Paper II

Shyam Anand