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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
The 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; enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement.
CONCEPTS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
Concept of exceptional children and children with special needs (CWSN).
Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including the disadvantaged and deprived.
Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, тАШimpairmentтАЩ etc.
Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners.
LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY:
Alternative concepts of learning in children
Cognition and emotions
Motivation and learning
Classroom management
Punishment and its legal implications, rights of a child.
Guidance and counseling: concept, nature, and types.
How children think and learn; how and why children тАШfailтАЩ to achieve success in school performance.
Basic processes of teaching and learning;
ChildrenтАЩs strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
Child as a problem solver and a тАШscientific investigatorтАЩ
Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding childrenтАЩs тАШerrorsтАЩ as significant steps in the learning process.
Cognition & Emotions.
Motivation and learning.
Factors contributing to learning тАУ personal & environmental.
┬аLanguage 1:┬аCritical English┬а
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
Two passages, one from prose and the other from poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and test of vocabulary.
Determiners
Subject-verb
Concord
Interrogatives
Framing Yes/No & 'WH' questions
Question tags
Prepositions
Tense and time
Phrasal verbs
Gerunds & Participle
Auxiliary verbs
PEDAGOGY FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:
Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division.
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing).
Teaching-learning materials.
Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN).
Remedial teaching.
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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.
┬аLanguage 2: Bengali┬а
Language Comprehension
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.
Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division.
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing).
Teaching-learning materials.
Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN).
Remedial teaching.
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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.
┬аMathematics┬а
CONTENT
Geometry
Shapes, spatial understanding, solids, the perimeter of rectilinear figures, area of rectangles, practical problems, surface area, and volume of solids (sphere, cube, rectangular, parallelepiped), practical problems.
Measurement
Numbers
Arithmetic
Fractions
Weight
Time
Data handling
Patterns
Money
PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS
Language of Mathematics
Community Mathematics
NatureMathematicstics
Methods of teaching mathematics
Instructional material in mathematics
Evaluation, concept of continuous and comprehensive evaluation.
Problems in teaching mathematics
Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching.
Diagnostic and remedial teaching.
Environmental Studies┬а
KNOWLEDGE OF EVS
Concept and scope of environmental studies
Significance of environmental studies.
Integrated approach in environmental studies.
Scope and relation of environmental studies to science and social science.
Approaches to presenting concepts.
Environmental studies and environmental education.
Learning principles.
Activities.
Discussion.
Health and Hygiene
Shelters: Types of shelters, characteristics of animal shelters.
Types of vehicles used, railways, waterways, and airways.
Water: Types of water resources, conservation of water resources, water pollution, cause and prevention of water pollution, impact of water pollution on the environment, flood, and drought.
Composition of air, causes and impact of air pollution on the environment, greenhouse effect, and global warming.
Different types of soil, soil erosion, impact of soil polluted, nation and its prevention.
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-centred 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
The 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.
CONCEPTS OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION AND UNDERSTANDING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS:
Concept of exceptional children and children with special needs (CWSN).
Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including the disadvantaged and deprived.
Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, тАШimpairmentтАЩ etc.
Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners.
LEARNING AND PEDAGOGY:
Alternative concepts of learning in children
Cognition and emotions
Motivation and learning
Classroom management
Punishment and its legal implications, rights of a child.
Guidance and counseling: concept, nature, and┬аtypes.
How children think and learn; how and why children тАШfailтАЩ to achieve success in school performance.
Basic processes of teaching and learning;
ChildrenтАЩs strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
Child as a problem solver and a тАШscientific investigatorтАЩ
Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding childrenтАЩs тАШerrorsтАЩ as significant steps in the learning process.
Cognition & Emotions.
Motivation and learning.
Factors contributing to learning тАУ personal & environmental.
Language 1: English
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION
Two passages, one from prose and the other from poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and test of vocabulary.
Determiners
Subject-verb
Concord
Interrogatives
Framing Yes/No & 'WH' questions
Question tags
Prepositions
Tense and time
Phrasal verbs
Gerunds & Participle
Auxiliary verbs
PEDAGOGY FOR LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT:
Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division.
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
Teaching-learning materials.
Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN).
Remedial teaching.
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, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.
┬аLanguage┬а2: Bengali
Language Comprehension
Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability.
Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division.
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing).
Teaching-learning materials.
Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN).
Remedial teaching.
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,s, and disorders.
Language Skills.
Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
Teaching- learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resource of the classroom.
┬аMathematics┬а
CONTENT
Geometry
Shapes, spatial understanding, solids, the perimeter of rectilinear figures, area of rectangles, practical problems, surface area, and volume of solids (sphere, cube, rectangular, parallelepiped), practical problems.
Measurement
Numbers
Arithmetic
Fractions
Weight
Time
Data handling
Patterns
Money
PEDAGOGICAL ISSUES IN MATHEMATICS
Language of Mathematics
Community Mathematics
Nature of mathematics
Methods of teaching mathematics
Instructional material in mathematics
Evaluation, the concept of continuous and comprehensive evaluation.
Problems in teaching mathematics
Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching.
Diagnostic and remedial teaching.
┬аEnvironmental Studies
A: KNOWLEDGE OF EVS
Concept and scope of environmental studies
Significance of environmental studies.
Integrated approach in environmental studies.
Scope and relation of environmental studies to science and social science.
Approactos of presenting concepts.
Environmental studies and environmental education.
Learning principles.
Activities.
Discussion.
Health and Hygiene
Shelters: Types of shelters, characteristics of animal shelters.
Types of vehicles used, railways, waterways, and airways.
Water: Types of water resources, conservation of water resources, water pollution, cause and prevention of water pollution, the impact of water pollution on environment, flood, and drought.
Composition of air, causes and impact of air pollutionthe on the environment, greenhouse effect and global warming.
Different types of soil, soil erosion, the impact of soil pollution and its prevention.