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July 31st, 2017, 02:30 PM
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Re: Syllabus for Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test

As you want syllabus of Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET), so here I am providing detailed syllabus:

Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test (PSTET) Syllabus

Paper I (for classes I to V) Primary Stage
I. Child Development and Pedagogy: 30 Questions
a) Child Development (Primary School Child): 15 Questions
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 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
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: 5Questions
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: 10 Questions

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 (Punjabi): 30 Question
s
a) Language Comprehension: 15 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: 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
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing
Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
Remedial Teaching

Mathematics: 30 Questions
Content 25 Questions
Geometry
Shapes & Spatial Understanding
Numbers
Addition and Subtraction
Multiplication
Division
Measurement
Weight
Time
Volume
Data Handling
Patterns
Money
LCM &HCF
Decimal
Fractions

Pedagogical issues: 5 Questions
Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children's thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
Language of Mathematics
Community Mathematics
Evaluation through formal and informal methods
Problems of Teaching
Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching
Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching


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