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PSTET Syllabus 2021 – Full Details
| Organization | Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test |
| Exam Name | Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) |
| Category | Syllabus |
| Status | Syllabus Available |
PSTET Paper – I Exam Pattern:
| Structure and Content | No of Ques. | Marks | Duration |
| Child Development and Pedagogy | 30 | 30 | Two-and-a-half hours |
| Language I (Punjabi) | 30 | 30 | |
| Language II (English) | 30 | 30 | |
| Mathematics | 30 | 30 | |
| Environmental Studies | 30 | 30 |
PSTET Paper –II Exam Pattern:
| Structure and Content | No of Ques. | Marks | Duration |
| Child Development & Pedagogy (compulsory) | 30 | 30 | Two-and-a-half hours |
| Language I (Punjabi) (compulsory) | 30 | 30 | |
| Language II (English) (compulsory) | 30 | 30 | |
| For Mathematics and Science teacher
a. Mathematics & Science b. For Social Studies/Social Science teacher Social Science c. For any other teacher – either (a) or (b) |
60 | 60 | |
| 60 | 60 |
PSTET Syllabus 2021:
Paper – I:
Paper – 1 (for classes I to V) Primary Stage
I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a. Child Development (Primary School Child)
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- Principles of development of children
- Influence of Heredity and Environment
- Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teachers, Parents and
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 and 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 assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehension 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
b. Concept of Inclusive Education and understanding children with special needs
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged
and deprived - Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, impairment
etc. - Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners
C. Learning and Pedagogy
- How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve
success in school performance - Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning;
learning as a social activity; social context of learning - Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process
- Cognition and Emotions
- Motivation and Learning
- Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental
II. Language- I (Punjabi) 30 Questions
a. Language Comprehension
- Reading unseen passage – two passages: one prose/drama and one poem with
questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage
maybe literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)
b. Pedagogy of Language development
- 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 or in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
- Language skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
- Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
III. Language – II (English) 30 Questions
a. Comprehension
- Two unseen prose passages (discursive/literary/narrative/scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language development
- 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 or in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders
- Language skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
- Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
IV. Mathematics 30 Questions
a. Content
- Geometry
- Shapes and Spatial Understanding
- Solids around us
- Numbers
- Addition and Subtraction
- Multiplication
- Division
- Measurement
- Weight
- Time
- Volume
- Data Handling
- Patterns
- Money
b. Pedagogical Issues
• Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of teaching and learning
• Diagnostic and remedial teaching
V. Environmental Studies 30 Questions
a. Content
- Family and Friends
- Relationships
- Work and Play
- Animals
- Plants
- Food
- Shelter
- Water
- Travel
- Things we Make and Do
b. Pedagogical Issues
- Concept and scope of EVS
- Significance of EVS integrated EVS
- Environmental Studies and Environmental Education
- Learning Principles
- Scope and Relation to Science and Social Science
- Approaches of presenting concepts
- Activities
- Experimentation / Practical Work
- Discussion
- CCE
- Teaching Material / Aids
- Problems of teaching
Paper – 2 (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage
I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a. Child Development (Elementary School Child)
- Concept of development and its relationship with learning
- Principles of development of the child
- Influence of Heredity and Environment
- Socialization processes: Social world and children (Teachers, Parents and 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 and 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 assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehension 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
b. Concept of Inclusive Education and understanding children with special needs
- Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived
- Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc.
- Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled learners
c. Learning and Pedagogy
- How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance
- Basic processes of teaching and learning; children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning
- Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
- Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process
- Cognition and Emotions
- Motivation and Learning
- Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental
II. Language-I (Punjabi) 30 Questions
a. Language Comprehension
Reading unseen passage – two passages: one prose/drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)
b. Pedagogy of Language development
- Learning and Acquisition
- Principles of Language teaching
- Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use itas a tool
- Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
- Language skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
- Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
III. Language – II (English) 30 Questions
a. Comprehension
Two unseen prose passages (discursive/literary/narrative/scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language development
- 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 or in written form
- Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
- Language skills
- Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
- Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
- Remedial Teaching
IV. Mathematics & Science 60 Questions
i. Mathematics 30 Questions
a. Content
- Number System
- Knowing our Numbers
- Playing with Numbers
- Whole Numbers
- Negative Numbers and Integers
- Fractions
- Algebra
- Introduction to Algebra
- Ratio and proportion
- Geometry
- Basic Geometrical Ideas (2-D)
- Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
- Symmetry : (reflection)
- Construction (using straight edge scale, protector, compasses)
- Mensuration
- Data Handling
b. Pedagogical Issues
- Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking
- Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
- Language of Mathematics
- Community Mathematics
- Evaluation
- Remedial Teaching
- Problems of teaching
ii. Science 30 Questions
a. Content
i. Food
- Sources of food
- Components of food
- Cleaning food
ii. Materials
- Materials of daily use
iii. The world of the living
iv. Moving things, people and ideas
v. How things work
• Electric currents and circuits
• Magnets
VI. Natural Phenomena
VII. Natural Resources
b. Pedagogical Issues
• Nature and Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science / Aims and objectives
• Understanding & Appreciating Science
• Approaches / Integrated Approach
• Observation / Experiment / Discovery (Method of Science)
• Innovation
• Text Materials / Aids
• Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching
V. Social Studies / Social Sciences 60 Questions
a. Content
i. History
• When, Where and how
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas
• The First Empire
• Contacts with Distant lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi
• Architecture
• Creation of an empire
• Social Change
• Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857-58
• Women and Reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India after Independence
ii. Geography
• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet: Earth in the Solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality: natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment: settlement, transport, and communication
• Resources: Types-Natural and Human
• Agriculture
iii. Social and Political Life
• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalised
b. Pedagogical Issues
- Concept and Nature of Social Sciences / Social Studies
- Classroom Processes, activities and discourse
- Developing Critical Thinking
- Enquiry / Empirical Evidence
- Problems of teaching Social Sciences / Social Studies
- Sources – Primary & Secondary
- Project Work
- Evaluation
