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Subject

Topics

Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of a child:

• Development, Growth, and Maturation

• Principles of Development & their educational implications

• Factors Influencing Development

• Dimensions of Development and their inter-relationships

• Understanding Development

• Individual differences

• Development of Personality

• Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Defense Mechanisms, Mental Health

• Methods and Approaches of Child Development

• Developmental Tasks and Hazards

Understanding and Learning:

• Concept, Nature of Learning

• Factors of Learning

• Approaches to Learning and their applicability

• Memory & Forgetting

• Transfer of Learning

Pedagogical concerns:

• Teaching and its relationship with learning and the learner

• Learners in Contexts

• Children from diverse contexts

• Understanding of Pedagogic methods

• Individual and Group learning

• Organizing learning in heterogeneous classroom groups

• Phases of Teaching

• Learning resources

• Classroom Management

• Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning

Language 1

• Telugu

• Hindi

• Kannada

• Marathi

• Tamil

• Gujarati

• Bengali

• Urdu

Language 2

Content:

• Parts of speech

• Tenses

• Types of sentences

• Prepositions and Articles

• Degrees of Comparison

• Direct and Indirect Speech

• Questions and question tags

• Active and Passive Voice

• Phrasal verbs

• Reading comprehension

• Composition

• Vocabulary

• Meaning of idiomatic expressions

• Correction of sentences

• Sequencing of the sentences in the paragraph

• Error identification within a sentence

Pedagogy:

• Aspects of the English language

• Objectives of teaching English

• Phonetics

• Development of Language Skills

• Approaches, Methods, and Techniques of Teaching English

• Teaching of structures and vocabulary items

• Teaching learning materials in English

• Lesson Planning

• Curriculum & Textbooks

• Evaluation in English Language Teaching

Mathematics

Content:

• Number system

• Fractions

• Arithmatic

• Geometry

• Measurements

• Data applications

• Algebra

Pedagogy:

• Definitions and Nature of Mathematics

• Aims, values, instructional objectives of teaching Mathematics, and Academic Standards

• Methods of Teaching Mathematics

• Instructional material in Mathematics

• Instructional Planning

• Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)

• Designing, Administration, and Analysis of the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)

• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

• The Mathematics Teacher

• Resource Utilization

• Curriculum and Textbook

Environmental Studies

Content:

• My family

• Work and play

• Plants and animals

• Our food

• Shelter

• Air

• Energy

• Water

• Our body, health, and cleanliness

• Mapping

• History and culture of India

• Our country (India)

• Our state (Telangana)

• Indian constitution

• Earthquakes, Floods, Fire, First Aid, 108, 104 Vehicles

Pedagogy:

• Concept and scope of environmental studies

• Aims, Objectives, and academic standards of teaching environmental studies

• Relation to Science and Social Studies

• Curriculum and its transaction

• Learning Environment

• CCE

Subject

Topics

Child Development and Pedagogy

Development of a child:

• Development, Growth, and Maturation

• Principles of Development & their educational implications

• Factors Influencing Development

• Dimensions of Development and their inter-relationships

• Understanding Development

• Individual differences

• Development of Personality

• Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Defense Mechanisms, Mental Health

• Methods and Approaches of Child Development

• Developmental Tasks and Hazards

Understanding and Learning:

• Concept, Nature of Learning

• Factors of Learning

• Approaches to Learning and their applicability

• Memory & Forgetting

• Transfer of Learning

Pedagogical concerns:

• Teaching and its relationship with learning and the learner

• Learners in Contexts

• Children from diverse contexts

• Understanding of Pedagogic methods

• Individual and Group learning

• Organizing learning in heterogeneous classroom groups

• Phases of Teaching

• Learning resources

• Classroom Management

• Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning

• Understanding teaching & learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right To Education Act, 2009

Language 1

• Telugu

• Sanskrit

• Hindi

• Kannada

• Marathi

• Tamil

• Urdu

Language 2

Content:

• Parts of speech

• Tenses

• Types of sentences

• Prepositions and Articles

• Degrees of Comparison

• Clauses

• Verbs

• Adverbs

• Conjunction

• Direct and Indirect Speech

• Questions and question tags

• Types of sentences

• Phrases

• Composition

• Active and Passive Voice

• Comprehension

• Vocabulary

• Meaning of idiomatic expressions

• Correction of sentences

• Sequencing of the sentences in the paragraph

• Error identification within a sentence

Pedagogy:

• Aspects of the English language

• Objectives of teaching English

• Phonetics

• Development of Language Skills

• Approaches, Methods, and Techniques of Teaching English

• Teaching of structures and vocabulary items

• Teaching learning materials in English

• Lesson Planning

• Curriculum & Textbooks

• Evaluation in English Language Teaching

Mathematics

Content:

• Number system

• Arithmatic

• Algebra

• Geometry

• Measurements

• Data handling

• Trigonometry

Pedagogy:

• Definitions and Nature of Mathematics

• Aims, values, instructional objectives of teaching Mathematics, and Academic Standards

• Methods of Teaching Mathematics

• Instructional material in Mathematics

• Instructional Planning

• Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)

• Designing, Administration, and Analysis of the Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT)

• Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

• The Mathematics Teacher

• Resource Utilization

• Curriculum and Textbook

Science

Content:

• Natural resources

• Our Universe

• Natural phenomenon

• Mechanics

• Magnetism and electricity

• Matter around us

• Laws of chemical combination and chemical calculations

• Atomic structures

• Periodic classification and chemical bonding

• Metallurgy

• Biology

• Living world

• Plant world

• Animal world

• Microbes

• Our Environment

• Recent Trends in Biology

Pedagogy:

• Definition, Nature, Structure, History of Science

• Aims, Values, Instructional Objectives of teaching Science, and Academic Standards in Science

• Methods of Teaching Science

• Instructional Material in Teaching Science

• Instructional Planning

• Science Laboratory

• Science Teacher - Changing Roles

• Science Curriculum and Textbooks

• Evaluation

Social Studies

Content:

• Diversity on Earth

• Production, Exchange, and Livelihood

• Political systems and governance

• Social organization and inequities

• Religion and Society

• Culture and communication

Pedagogy:

• Social Sciences as an integrating area of study

• Aims and objectives of learning Social Sciences

• School curriculum and resources in Social Sciences

• Teaching – Learning Geography

• Teaching – Learning Economics

• Approaches and strategies for learning Social Sciences

• Teaching – Learning History

• Teaching – Learning of Political Science, Democracy, and Development

• Community Resources and Social Sciences Laboratory

• Tools and techniques of assessment for learning

Language of the paper

TG TET Syllabus

Paper - 1

Telugu

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Hindi

Kannada

Marathi

Tamil

Gujarati

Bengali

Urdu

Paper - 2

Telugu

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Sanskrit

Hindi

Kannada

Marathi

Tamil

Urdu

Subject

No. of questions

No. of Marks

Exam duration

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

2 hour 30 minutes

Language I

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

Mathematics

30

30

Environmental Studies

30

30

Total

150

150

Subject

No. of questions

No. of Marks

Exam duration

Child Development and Pedagogy

30

30

2 hour 30 minutes

Language I

30

30

Language II (English)

30

30

For Mathematics/ Science/Social Studies teacher

60

60

Total

150

150