Karnataka TET Syllabus 2020 - Subject wise Syllabus for Paper 1 & 2

Section

Topic

Syllabus

Child Development and Pedagogy

Child development

• Principles of the development of children

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning

• Influence of Heredity & Environment

Learning and Pedagogy

• How and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance

• How children think and learn

Concepts of child-centered and progressive education

• Constructs and critical perspectives

• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence

• Kohlberg and Vygotsky

• Multi Dimensional Intelligence

• Language & Thought

• Piaget

Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs

• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds- disadvantaged and deprived addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’, etc

Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning

• Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation

• School-based Assessment

• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners, for assessing learner achievement, and for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom.

• Perspective and practice

Gender as a social construct

• Gender roles

• Individual differences among learners

• Gender-bias and educational practices

• Understanding differences based on diversity of language, community, caste, gender and religion

Alternative conceptions of learning in children

• Understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process

• Motivation and learning

• Cognition & Emotions

• Factors contributing to learning- environmental and personal

Socialization processes

• Social world & children (Teacher, Peers, Parents)

Basic processes of teaching and learning

• Children’s strategies of learning

• Learning as a social activity and social context of learning

• Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’

Language I

Language Comprehension- Reading unseen passages

Questions based on unseen passage

• Prose

• Drama

• Poetry

Pedagogy of Language Development

• Learning and acquisition

• Function of language and how children use it as a tool

• Role of listening and speaking

• Principles of language Teaching

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas (Verbal and written)

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multilingual resource of the classroom, Remedial Teaching, multimedia materials

Language II

Pedagogy of Language Development

• Learning and acquisition

• Function of language and how children use it as a tool

• Role of listening and speaking

• Principles of language Teaching

• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom

• Critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas (Verbal and written)

• Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multilingual resource of the classroom, Remedial Teaching, multimedia materials

Language Comprehension- Reading unseen passages

Questions based on unseen passage

• Prose

• Drama

• Poetry

Mathematics

Mathematics Content

• Geometrical figures & the knowledge of space

• Numbers

• 3-D Geometrical figures

• Fractions

• Measurements- Weight, time and volume

• Mathematical operations on numbers and algebraic expressions

• Ratio and proportion

• Data handling & Measures of central tendency

• Polygons

• Lines & angles

• Basic algebra – Linear equations & Identities

• Mathematics in daily life

Pedagogical issues

• Language of Mathematics

• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking- understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning

• Community Mathematics

• Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching, Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

EVS

Our Environment

• Factors of Biodensity, Trophic levels, Types of pollution, reasons effects- remedial measures, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gasses, sustainable development and its maintenance, waste management measures, major components of environment, types of ecosystem, life diversity and its features, food chain, and nature balancing factors, Food web, ecological Pyramids, Plant and animal species.

• Types of ecological conservation, environment movements (Related to state and national level), Important Environment activists, state and national award winning literature and writers related to environment, major environmental phenomena.

Living world

• Life processes

• Classification of organisms

• Reproduction in organisms

• Cell, Tissues, organ and organs system

Sources of Energy

• Solar Energy

• Tidal Energy

• Wind Energy

• Geothermal Energy

• Biodegradable and non-biodegradable wastes

• Chemicals in our daily life

Human Health and Hygiene

• Carbohydrates- Types of Monomers, Vitamins, Proteins, Lipids, Minerals, and Deficiencies related to these

Natural Phenomena

• Gravitation

• Force

• Motion

• Newton’s laws of motion

• Distance-speed relation graphs

How do things work

• Electricity- SI units, Definitions of important terminologies, Numerical problems

Pedagogy of Environmental Science

• Evaluation methods, existing evaluation methods and maintenance of records

• Features and uses of practical method

• Values which are to be integrated in classroom learning process

• Main features of NCF-2005

• Important methods of teaching

• Current teaching learning interaction

Social Studies

Pedagogical issues

• Classroom Processes

• Concept & Nature of Social Studies/Social Science

• Activities and discourse

• Problems of teaching Social Studies

• Project Work

• Sources- Primary & Secondary

• Evaluation

• Empirical Evidence/ Enquiry

• Developing Critical thinking

Geography

• Resources- Agriculture, Human andNatural

• Human Environment - Transport, settlement and communication

• Geography as a social study and as a science

• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment, Water, Air

• Globe

• Planet- The solar system and Earth

Social and Political Life:.

• The Constitution

• Unpacking Gender

• Social Justice and the Marginalized

• Diversity

• Democracy

• The Judiciary

• Parliamentary

• Government

• Local Government

• State Government

• Making a Living

• Understanding Media

History

• When, Where and How

• The First Empire

• The First Cities

• Early States

• The Earliest Societies

• Contacts with Distant lands

• New Ideas

• Culture and Science

• Political Developments

• New Kings and Kingdoms

• Creation of an Empire

• Architecture

• Sultans of Delhi

• Social Change

• Rural Life and Society

• Regional Cultures

• The Establishment of Company Power

• Colonialism and Tribal Societies

• The Revolt of 1857-58

• The Nationalist Movement

• Challenging the Caste System

• Women and reform

• India After independence

Section

Topic

Syllabus

Mathematics

Mathematics Content

• Area related to circles

• Quadrilaterals

• Circles

• Pair of linear equations in two variables

• Arithmetic Progression

• Polynomials

• Statistics & Probability

• Number system

• Quadratic equations

• Triangles

• Identifies

• Mensuration

Pedagogical issues

• Problem of Teaching

• Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking

• Community Mathematics

• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum

• Remedial Teaching,

• Language of Mathematics

• Evaluation

Physics

Motion

Laws and Numaricals on

• Definitions, Types, Laws and Equations of Motion

Gravitation

Gravitational Laws and Numaricals

How do things work

• Reflection and Refraction of Light

• Concave and Convex Lens

• Concave and Convex Mirror

• Images formed in Spherical Lens and Mirrors

• Definitions, units and derivations of Electricity and Electric Circuits

• Numericals, circuit diagrams on Resistors

• Definition, Various laws and numericals on Magnetism, AC, DC motors and generators

• Human eye and defects

• Dispersion, TIR

Chemistry

Materials & Materials in our daily life

• Metals and Non-metals

• Chemical and Physical properties

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Acids, Bases and Salts

• Physical and chemical properties

Atoms and Molecules

• Formulae, Masses, electronic configuration

Polymers

• Artificial, natural, uses

Natural resources

• Types and applications

Chemicals in our daily life

• Soaps, detergents, Sweeteners, medicines, Drugs

Biology

Food

• Definition of food

• Food and its importance

• Food pyramid

• Food chain

• Food web

Food and its sources

• Plant source and animal source implication

Food and its constituents

• Energy giving food - Carbohydrates & lipids

• Body protectors - Vitamins & minerals, Roughage and water

• Body building food - Proteins

Living World

• Micro organisms

• Plant kingdom - Thallophyta

• Animal kingdom - Bryophyta, Pteridophyta Gymnosperms Angiosperms

• Protista, Protozoa, Fungi Prokaryotic and Eukaryotes

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Cell

• Plant cell and Animal cell

• Tissues, organ, organ system

Pedagogical issues

• Nature & Structure of Sciences

• Natural Science/Aims & objectives

• Understanding & Appreciating Science

• Approaches/Integrated Approach

• Observation/Experiment/Discovery (Method of Science)

• Innovation

• Text Material/Aids

• Evaluation

• Problems and remedial teaching