TAMILNADU TEACHER ELIGIBILITY TEST (TNTET)
I. Child Development and Pedagogy
UNIT-I: GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CHILD
Meaning, concepts and principles of growth and development - Difference between growth and development-Impact of nature and nurture on child development Stages: infancy, early childhood and adolescence and their dimensions of development: physical, cognitive, moral, emotional and social.
UNIT - II: THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Psycho-social stages (Erikson), Cognitive development (Piaget), Moral development (Kohlberg), Socio-cultural approach to cognitive development (Vygotsky), Ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner).
UNIT - III: ATTENTION, PERCEPTION AND MEMORY
Attention: Meaning, nature and determinants of attention. Sensation and perception Laws of perception errors in perception: Illusion and hallucination. Memory: Meaning, types of memory and strategies for improving memory - Forgetting.
UNIT - IV: MOTIVATION AND LEARNING
Motivation: Meaning and definitions-Maslow's theory of motivation and its educational implications - Level of aspiration. Learning: Theories of learning and its educational implications. Cognitive Theory: Jean Piajet. Behaviourist Theory: Pavlov's Classical Conditioning, Skinner's Operant Conditioning and Thorndike connectionism - Constructivist theory: John Dewey - Humanistic Theory: Carl Rogers.
UNIT - V: INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY
Intelligence: Meaning definitions and types - Theories of Intelligence: Two factor, Thurston's Group factor, Thorndike's Multi-factor, Guilford's Structure of Intellect, and Gardener's Multiple Intelligence. Intelligence Quotient (IQ) Assessment of Intelligence. Creativity: Concept, factors and process Strategies for fostering creativity.
UNIT - VI: PERSONALITY
Personality: Meaning, definitions, and determinants of personality - Theories of Personality: Type, trait, and psychoanalytic - Assessment of personality: Projective and non-projective techniques - Adjustment mechanisms.
UNIT - VII: SOCIALIZING AGENCIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Agencies of Socialization: Family, School, Peer and Community - Role of play to children's physical, social, emotional and cognitive development. Impact of media on childhood experiences and development.
UNIT - VIII: PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS - PART I
Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner. Children With Special Needs (CWSN) - Inclusive Education - Understanding of pedagogic methods: Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Activity based learning, Co-operative and collaborative learning, Individual and Group learning Paradigms of organizing Learning: Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric Theory of instruction: Bruner Phases of Teaching: Pre active, Interactive and Post active 21st Century teaching skills.
UNIT - IX: PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS - PART II
Learning resources - Self, Home, School, Community, Technology - Class rooms Management: Role of student, teacher and leadership style. Managing behavior problems: Guidance & Counselling - Punishment and its legal implications - Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning The Concept of ICT Tools: Computer, Internet, Text Documents, Spread sheets, Presentations.
UNIT - X: PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS - PART III
Integrating with ICT and teaching - Integrating ICT in Assessment - Preparation of multimedia lessons in subjects and planning Online learning courses for teachers professional development Open education resources: ICT platforms and MOOC Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): Perspective & Practice Understanding teaching & learning in the context of National Curriculum Framework (NCF, 2005) & Right to Education Act, 2009.
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