CTET CDP Syllabus 2024: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) annually conducts the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (CTET) to evaluate candidates' eligibility for teaching posts from Classes 1 to 8. A fundamental aspect of CTET 2024 Exam preparation is understanding the Child Development and Pedagogy (CDP) syllabus, which is common to both Paper 1 and Paper 2. In this article candidates will get detailed information about CTET CDP Syllabus 2024.
CTET CDP Syllabus 2024 Overview | |
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Particulars | Details |
Conducting Body | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) |
Exam Name | CTET December 2024 |
Post Category | CTET CDP Syllabus 2024 |
CTET Exam Date 2024 | 01 December 2024 |
Exam Mode | Online |
Duration of CTET Exam | 2.5 hours (for each paper) |
Type Of Questions | Multiple-Choice Questions (MCQs) |
Maximum Marks | 150 marks (for each paper) |
Negative Marking | No Negative Marking |
Official Website | Click here |
Section | Topics Covered |
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Child Development (Primary School Child) | - Concept of development and its relationship with learning |
- Principles of child development | |
- 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 | |
- Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning | |
- 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 | |
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” | |
- Cognition & Emotions: Motivation and learning | |
- Factors contributing to learning — personal & environmental |
Section | Topics Covered |
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Child Development (Elementary School Child) | - Concept of development and its relationship with learning |
- Principles of child development | |
- 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 | |
- Distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning | |
- 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 | |
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 | |
- Cognition & Emotions: Motivation and learning | |
- Factors contributing to learning — personal & environmental |
Paper | Number of Questions | Maximum Marks | Duration |
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Paper 1 | 30 MCQs | 30 | 2 hours and 30 minutes |
Paper 2 | 30 MCQs | 30 | 2 hours and 30 minutes |