Organisation : Education Department, Government of Arunachal Pradesh
Exam Name : Arunachal Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test (APTET) TET
Announcement : Syllabus
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Education Department APTET Syllabus
Syllabus of (Paper- II for classes VI to VIII) Upper Primary Stage
Child Development and Pedagogy : (30 Questions)
a) Child Development (Upper Primary School Child)
** Concept of development and its relationship with learning
** Principles of the development of children
** Influence of Heredity & Environment
** Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
** Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
** 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 practice
** 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 Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
** 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:
Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment’ etc
c) 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 conceptions 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
Language I (English) :
a) Language Comprehension (30 Questions)
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 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 resource of the classroom
** Remedial Teaching
Language- II (Hindi) :
a) Comprehension:
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability
b) 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 resource of the classroom
** Remedial Teaching
Exam Pattern of Arunachal Pradesh TET
** There will be a complete of one hundred fifty multiple-choice queries.
** The period of the examination is 2:30 hours.
** There will be a total of five subjects, covering the examination.
Paper I Exam Pattern :
Language I 30 30
Language II (English) 30 30
Child Development & Pedagogy 30 30
Mathematics 30 30
Environmental Studies 30 30
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APTET SYLLABUS Paper- II Upper Primary Stage Class VI to VIII – http://www.syllabus.gen.in/uploads/pdf2024/3728-2.pdf
APTET SYLLABUS Paper- I Primary Stage classes I to V – http://www.syllabus.gen.in/uploads/pdf2024/3728-1.pdf