The AP DSC SA English Syllabus on which the question paper is based whose exam is conducted by Andhra Pradesh School Education Department under Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) is as follows:

Part – I
GENERAL KNOWLEDGE AND CURRENT AFFAIRS (Marks: 10)

Part - II
CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY (Marks: 30)

1. DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD
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Development, Growth & Maturation – Concept & Nature
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Principles of development
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Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological
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Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships – Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Child hood, Adolescence.
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Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers
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Individual differences – Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Intelligence and their Assessment
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Development of Personality – Concept, Factors effecting development of Personality
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Adjustment, Behavioural problems, Mental Health
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Methods and Approaches of Child Development – Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal
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Developmental tasks and Hazards

2. UNDERSTANDING LEARNING
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Concept, Nature of Learning – input – process – outcome
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Factors of Learning – Personal and Environmental
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Approaches to Learning and their applicability–Behaviourism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike), Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky), Gestalt(Kohler, Koffka) and Observational (Bandura)
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Dimensions of Learning – Cognitive, Affective and Performance
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Motivation and Sustenance –its role in learning.
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Memory & Forgetting
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Transfer of Learning

3. PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS
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Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner
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Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context
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Children from diverse contexts–Children With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education
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Understanding of pedagogic methods – Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey, Observation and Activity based learning
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Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in class room like Study habits, Self learning and Learning to learn skills
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Organizing learning in heterogeneous class room groups – Socio-economic background, Abilities and Interest
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Paradigms of organizing Learning-Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric
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Teaching as Planned activity – Elements of Planning
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Phases of Teaching – Pre active, Interactive and Post active
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General and Subject related skills, competencies required in teaching and attributes of good facilitator
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Learning resources – Self, Home, School, Community, Technology
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Class room Management: Role of student, teacher, Leadership style of teacher, Creation of non-threatening learning environment, Managing behaviour problems, Guidance & Counselling, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management.
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Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning, School based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation : Perspective & Practice
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Understanding teaching & learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right To Education Act, 2009.

Syllabus of APTET DSC SA English
ap.dsc2015.co.in/school-assistant-syllabus-2015-english/