Organization : SSLC Examination Government Of Kerala
Announcement : Kerala Teacher Eligibility Test (K-TET))
Facility : Syllabus
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KERALA TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (K-TET) 2012 :
Category I – Paper I (For Classes I to V)
Syllabus :
I. CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY : 30 Questions
Child Development and Learning : (15 Questions)
** Methods of studying child behaviour – observation, case study, Interview, Psychological tests etc.
** Concept of development
** Principles of growth and development
** Influence of heredity and environment on human development
** Concept of learning
Basic theories of learning : Conditioning (Pavlov, Skinner); Insight learning (Gestalt); cognitive learning (Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsky)
Relation between development and learning : learner readiness of maturation
Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky : Constructs and critical perspectives.
** Concept of child – centered and progressive education – Activity based method of Teaching and Learning, Problem Based Learning
** Critical perspectives of construct of intelligence (Theories of Spearman, Guilford, Thurstone and Gardner).
** Language and Thought (Basic perspectives of Piaget, Chomsky and Vygotsky).
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 (Internal assessment)
Continuous and comprehensive evaluation: Perspectives and practice
** Assessing learner achievement – grading
** Personality development – concept of personality and basic approaches to personality (Psychoanalytic and Trait) – Adjustment mechanisms
Concepts of inclusive education and understanding children with special needs : (5 Questions)
** Concept of exceptional children
** Concept of children with special needs (CWSN)
** Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
** Concept of learning disability (LD) – Addressing the needs of children with learning disabilities
** Addressing the Talented, creative, specially abled children
Learning and pedagogy ; (10 Questions)
How children think and learn: how and why children fail to achieve success in school performance
** Different factors influencing learning and achievement
Basic process of teaching and learning: Children’s strategies of learning – Learning as a social activity – social context of learning
** Child as a problem solver and ‘scientific investigator’ (concept of the nature of child by Piaget, Bruner and Vygotsky)
Alternative concepts of Learning in children: Understanding children’s’ ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process (Self – corrective nature of the child)
** Cognition and Emotions – Emotion – Basic Emotions – characteristics of childhood emotionality. Emotional Development (Bridge’s)- cognition (Thinking, Reasoning, Problems solving and Investigation)
** Motivation and learning – How does motivation influence learning – Maslow’s theory of motivation
** Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental
Note:
(i) Emphasis should be given to questions related to classroom contexts,
(ii) Classroom context should be primary level.
Total : 30 Questions 30 Marks
TAMIL : 30 Questions
1. Reading Comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading Comprehension – Poem. (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of themes
B. Poetic images
C. Interpretation
3. Pedagogical aspects of Mothertongue Education – Class – I – V (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language Learning
B. Classroom practices
C. Inclusion of differently abled children
D. Methodology of curriculum Transaction
4. Language, Literature and culture. (10 Questions)
A. Books and Authors
B. Functional Grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Forms of Literature
E. Tamil Festivals
Total : 30 Marks
C. KANNADA 30 Questions
1. Reading comprehension – Prose (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Interpretation
C. Inference
2. Reading comprehension –Poem (5 Questions)
A. Comprehension of Theme
B. Poetic images
3. Pedagogical aspects of Kannada Language – Class 1 to 5 (10 Questions)
A. Principles of Language learning
B. Classroom Practices
C. Inclusion of differently abled children
D. Methodology of curriculum transaction
4. History of Language, Literature and Culture (10 Questions)
A. Idioms, Phrases and usages
B. Functional grammar
C. Proverbs
D. Rhythms
III. LANGUAGE II : ENGLISH/ARABIC
A. ENGLISH : 30 Questions
Language II will have questions for 30 marks, of which 15 marks will be for language comprehension and 15 marks for pedagogy. Each question carries one mark.
The language comprehension part questions, will be from an unfamiliar passage or poem to test reading comprehension, grammar and verbal ability.
A. Language Comprehension : (15 Questions)
i) Comprehension passage :
The unfamiliar passages are intended to check factual, inferential, analytical and evaluative comprehension.
ii) Grammar
Language elements included in the Course books of standard I to V. Such as :
** Article
** Concord
** Interrogatives
Yes / No Questions
‘wh’ – Questions
** Question tags Prepositions
** Tense and Time Determiners
** Phrasal verbs Gerunds
** Reflexive Pronouns Linkers
** Auxiliaries
iii) Verbal ability
** Vocabulary
** Inflexions
** Affixes
– Prefix
– Suffix
** Antonyms, Synonyms
** Idioms and Phrases
B. Pedagogy of language development : (15 Questions)
Questions will be based on the present Kerala Primary school curriculum (English)
** Language Acquisition and Learning
Learning vs acquisition – Major schools of thought .
** Principles of Language Learning
Constructivism – Social Constructivism – Critical Pedagogy – Error Treatment – Cognitivism
** Language and Thought
Different views of Whorf, Piaget, Vygotsky and Chomsky – Relationship between language and thought.
** Objectives of Teaching English
Relevance of English – Curricular Objectives.
** Language skills and communication skills
Ways of improving language / communication skills – classroom activities – tools :
** ICT based aids in language teaching
** Modern Strategies
Nurturing multiple intelligence
Instruction to cater individual differences – Teaching learners with special needs.
** Evaluation
continuous and comprehensive evaluation – assessment of skills and products.
Total : 30 Marks