WBTET

Child Development

8 topics

• 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

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

4 topics

• 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

Learning and Pedagogy

10 topics

• 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

Language Comprehension

1 topics

• Reading of two unseen Passages — Questions from prose and questions from poetry may be given based on comprehension, grammar and language ability.

Pedagogy of Language Development

12 topics

• 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 – Textbooks, Teaching Materials, multi-media materials with ICT, multilingual resources etc.
• Remedial Teaching
• Lesson Plan/design
• Microteaching
• Assessment and Evaluation

Comprehension

1 topics

• Unseen passages with questions on comprehension, grammar and vocabulary.

Pedagogy of Language Development

13 topics

• 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
• Lesson Plan/Design
• Microteaching
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching

Content

10 topics

• Geometry
• Shapes
• Numbers
• Addition & Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division – Division Algorithm
• Area & Perimeter
• Time
• Patterns
• Money

Pedagogical Issues

8 topics

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

Content

18 topics

• Biotic and Abiotic Environment, Social Environment
• Environmental Geography
• Environment related historical events
• Ecology and ecosystem, food chain
• Atmosphere, land and water
• Environmental pollution: Soil pollution, Water pollution, Air pollution, Sound pollution, Ocean pollution, Pesticide pollution, Plastic pollution
• Plants, animals and biodiversity
• Natural resources
• Conservation strategies of Biodiversity: Sanctuary, National Park, Biodiversity Reserve, Threatened/Endangered plants and animals, Loss of species
• Forests, Oceans, Mountains, Rivers and Lakes
• Energy sources: Conventional and non-conventional
• Natural calamities: Floods, Cyclones, Famines, Volcanic activities
• Waste and waste management
• Global environmental issues: Global Warming, Ozone hole, El-nino phenomenon, Red tides, Algal bloom, Oil spill
• Environment and health
• Migration of animals, emigration and immigration of humans
• Bioremediation
• Techniques of growing plants and animals

Pedagogical Issues

15 topics

• 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
• Assessment and Evaluation
• Lesson Plan/Design
• Remedial Teaching
• CCE
• Teaching learning materials/aids
• Problem solving and Reflective teaching practices in EVS
• Scope of ICT in teaching EVS