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APTET Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test 2024 & 2025 CDP Child Development and Pedagogy Official Syllabus

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Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test APTET 2024 and 2025 Paper-I-A – CDP Syllabus

Child Development and pedagogy Syllabus (30 MCQs – 30 Marks)

Development, Growth & Maturation

  • Concept & Nature, Differences between Growth and Development
  • Principles of development and their educational implication
  • Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological, emotional
  • Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships – Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, adolescence
  • Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers, Erikson
  • Individual differences – Concept, Types of individual differences (intra & inter). Factors of individual differences (heredity & environment)
  • Factors influencing individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, interest, Habit, intelligence, creativity, Values, level of aspiration, self concept, achievement
  • A) Intelligence : Concept and meaning of intelligence, Definitions, Types of intelligence, Theories of Intelligence, Measurement of intelligence, IQ, Classification of IQ, Types of Intelligence tests and Uses.
    B) Aptitude : Concept and meaning of aptitude, Definitions, Characteristics of aptitude, Aptitude tests Measurement of aptitude, Uses of aptitude test.
    C) Interest : Concept and meaning of interest, Definitions, Characteristics of interest, Measurement of interests. How to develop interest among students – role of teacher.
    D) Attitude : Concept and meaning of attitude, Definitions, Characteristics of attitude, Attitude scales, Measurement of attitudes. How to develop positive attitudes among children-role of teacher.
    E) Creativity : Concept and meaning of creativity, Definitions, Characteristics and stages of creativity,assessment of creativity,The role of a teacher in fostering creativity among the children
    F) Thinking : Concept, Meaning, Definition, types of thinking, characteristics of thinking, factors of thinking, classroom implication.
    G) Reasoning : Concept, Meaning, Definition, Characteristics, Reasoning process, types of reasoning class room implication.
  • Meta-cognition : Meaning, Concept, Nature, uses, Aspects in meta-cognition process, experimental learning.
  • Development of Personality – Meaning and concept of personality, definitions, characteristics, elements and factors of personality, theories of personality, assessment of personality (Projective and Non Projective)
  • Mental health, adjustment & behavioral problems, conflicts, frustration, tension, anxiety, mall adjustment, defense mechanism.
  • Methods and Approaches of Child Development Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal Developmental tasks and Hazards

Understanding Learning

  • Learning – Meaning, Concept, Definitions, Characteristics of Learning, Types of Learning, determinants of learning, Readiness, Maturity & Motivation, Learning curves
  • Factors of Learning – Personal and Environmental
  • Dimensions of Learning – Cognitive, Affective and Psycho – Motor
  • Motivation and Sustenance – its role in learning
  • Concept : Meaning, Definition, Formation of concept, Classification of concept, Types of concept, Concept Development, Role of teacher in conceptual development
  • Perception : Concept, Meaning, Definitions, process of perception, Characteristics, Laws of perceptual organization, Influencing factors of perception
  • Memory & Forgetting
  • Transfer of Learning – Approaches to Learning and their applicability.
    A) Behaviorism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike
    B) Gestalt (Kohler, Koffka)
    C) Observational (Bandura)
    D) Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky)
    E) Bruner’s theory of instruction, Experimental learning

Pedagogical Concerns

  • Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner.
  • Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context
  • Children from diverse contexts – Children With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education.
  • Understanding of pedagogic methods – Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey, Observation and Activity based learning, Cooperative and collaborative learning. Individual and Group learning.
  • Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in class room like Study habits, Self learning and Learning to learn Skills.
  • Organizing learning in heterogeneous class room groups
    Socio – economic background
    Abilities and Interests
  • Paradigms of organizing Learning – Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric.
  • Theory of instruction – Bruner
  • Teaching as Planned activity – Elements of Planning
  • Phases of Teaching – Pre active, Interactive and Post active
  • General and Subject related skills, competencies required in teaching and attributes of good facilitator.
  • Learning resources – Self, Home, School, Community, Technology.
  • Class room Management: Role of student, teacher, Leadership style of teacher, Creation of on threatening learning environment, Managing behavior problems, Guidance & Counseling, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management.
  • Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning

ICT-A – Information & Communication Technology

  • The Concept of ICT, Tools
  • Computer Hardware, Internet, Text Documents, Spread Sheets, Presentations.
  • Open Education Resources, Handheld devices, Netiquette (Etiquette in the use of Internet)
  • ICT – National and State Policies
  • ICT based learning process – Creation of learning Environment, Educational games.
  • Self Exercise questions.

ICT-B – Information & Communication Technology

  • Exploring for ICT resource (Hardware, Software) evaluate and adoption of ICT resources.
  • Pedagogy – Analysis : integrating with ICT and teaching
  • Cyber law and protection free software
  • Integrating ICT in Assessment of port folios, rubrics and data management.
  • Preparation of multimedia lessons in subjects and planning
  • Activities to be conducted in multimedia lessons, the role of the teacher before, during and after multimedia lessons, social media and their role in learning.
  • Online learning courses for teachers professional development
  • Open education resources, ICT platforms and MOOC.
  • Assessment, Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation : Perspective & Practice.
  • Understanding teaching learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right to Education Act, 2009.
  • NEP– 2020 – Introduction, ECCE, Teacher Education.
  • New Policies and Programs implemented by the Andhra Pradesh State Government.

 


Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test APTET 2024 and 2025 Paper-I-B – CDP Syllabus

Child Development and pedagogy (in Special Education) Syllabus (30 MCQs – 30 Marks)

(Classes I to V) in Special Education

Child Development
  • Nature of Child development
  • Principles and approaches of growth and development
  • Theories of learning
  • Methods of child study
  • Individual differences
Pedagogy in Special Education
  • Characteristics and educational needs of Children with Special Needs
  • Types and approaches to assessment of Children with Special Needs
  • Curriculum Development and Curricular adaptations
  • Concept of Individual Educational Plan and Individualized Family Services Plan
  • Teaching strategies for Children with Special Needs
Education Commissions and Policy (School Education)
  • Constitutional provisions on education that reflect National Ideals: Equality, liberty, secularism, and social justice
  • National Commissions and Policies: Education Commission (1964), NPE and POA (1986, 1992), National Policy for Persons with Disabilities (2006)
  • National Acts: RCI Act, 1992, PWD Act, 1995, NT Act, 1999, RTE Act (2009 & 2012). RPWD Act 2016
  • Programmes and Schemes: IEDC (1974, 1983), SSA (2000, 2011), RMSA, 2009, IEDSS, 2009
  • International Conventions and Policies: Salamanca Declaration and Framework, 1994; UNCRPD, 2006; MDG, 2015; INCHEON strategies

Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test APTET 2024 and 2025 Paper-II-A – CDP Syllabus

Child Development and pedagogy Syllabus (30 MCQs – 30 Marks)

Development, Growth & Maturation

  • Concept & Nature, Differences between Growth and Development
  • Principles of development and their educational implication
  • Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological, emotional
  • Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships – Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, adolescence
  • Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers, Erikson
  • Individual differences – Concept, Types of individual differences (intra & inter). Factors of individual differences (heredity & environment)
  • Factors influencing individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, interest, Habit, intelligence, creativity, Values, level of aspiration, self concept, achievement
  • A) Intelligence : Concept and meaning of intelligence, Definitions, Types of intelligence, Theories of Intelligence, Measurement of intelligence, IQ, Classification of IQ, Types of Intelligence tests and Uses.
    B) Aptitude : Concept and meaning of aptitude, Definitions, Characteristics of aptitude, Aptitude tests Measurement of aptitude, Uses of aptitude test.
    C) Interest : Concept and meaning of interest, Definitions, Characteristics of interest, Measurement of interests. How to develop interest among students – role of teacher.
    D) Attitude : Concept and meaning of attitude, Definitions, Characteristics of attitude, Attitude scales, Measurement of attitudes. How to develop positive attitudes among children-role of teacher.
    E) Creativity : Concept and meaning of creativity, Definitions, Characteristics and stages of creativity,assessment of creativity,The role of a teacher in fostering creativity among the children
    F) Thinking : Concept, Meaning, Definition, types of thinking, characteristics of thinking, factors of thinking, classroom implication.
    G) Reasoning : Concept, Meaning, Definition, Characteristics, Reasoning process, types of reasoning class room implication.
  • Development of Personality – Meaning and concept of personality, definitions, characteristics, elements and factors of personality, theories of personality, assessment of personality (Projective and Non Projective)
  • Mental health, adjustment & behavioral problems, conflicts, frustration, tension, anxiety, mall adjustment, defense mechanism.
  • Methods and Approaches of Child Development Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal Developmental tasks and Hazards

Understanding Learning

  • Learning – Meaning, Concept, Definitions, Characteristics of Learning, Types of Learning, determinants of learning, Readiness, Maturity & Motivation, Learning curves
  • Factors of Learning – Personal and Environmental
  • Dimensions of Learning – Cognitive, Affective and Psycho – Motor
  • Motivation and Sustenance – its role in learning
  • Concept : Meaning, Definition, Formation of concept, Classification of concept, Types of concept, Concept Development, Role of teacher in conceptual development
  • Perception : Concept, Meaning, Definitions, process of perception, Characteristics, Laws of perceptual organization, Influencing factors of perception
  • Memory & Forgetting
  • Transfer of Learning – Approaches to Learning and their applicability.
    A) Behaviorism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike
    B) Gestalt (Kohler, Koffka)
    C) Observational (Bandura)
    D) Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky)
    E) Bruner’s theory of instruction, Experimental learning

Pedagogical Concerns

  • Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner.
  • Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context
  • Children from diverse contexts – Children With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education.
  • Understanding of pedagogic methods – Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey, Observation and Activity based learning, Cooperative and collaborative learning. Individual and Group learning.
  • Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in class room like Study habits, Self learning and Learning to learn Skills.
  • Organizing learning in heterogeneous class room groups
    Socio – economic background
    Abilities and Interests
  • Paradigms of organizing Learning – Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric.
  • Theory of instruction – Bruner
  • Teaching as Planned activity – Elements of Planning
  • Phases of Teaching – Pre-active, Interactive and Post active
  • General and Subject related skills, competencies required in teaching and attributes of good facilitator.
  • Learning resources – Self, Home, School, Community, Technology.
  • Class room Management: Role of student, teacher, Leadership style of teacher, Creation of on threatening learning environment, Managing behavior problems, Guidance & Counseling, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management.
  • Distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning

ICT-A – Information & Communication Technology

  • The Concept of ICT, Tools
  • Computer Hardware, Internet, Text Documents, Spread Sheets, Presentations.
  • Open Education Resources, Handheld devices, Netiquette (Etiquette in the use of Internet)
  • ICT – National and State Policies
  • ICT based learning process – Creation of learning Environment, Educational games.
  • Self Exercise questions.

ICT-B – Information & Communication Technology

  • Exploring for ICT resource (Hardware, Software) evaluate and adoption of ICT resources.
  • Pedagogy – Analysis : integrating with ICT and teaching
  • Cyber law and protection free software
  • Integrating ICT in Assessment of port folios, rubrics and data management.
  • Preparation of multimedia lessons in subjects and planning
  • Activities to be conducted in multimedia lessons, the role of the teacher before, during and after multimedia lessons, social media and their role in learning.
  • Online learning courses for teachers professional development
  • Open education resources, ICT platforms and MOOC.
  • Assessment, Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation : Perspective & Practice.
  • Understanding teaching learning in the context of NCF, 2005 & Right to Education Act, 2009.
  • NEP– 2020 – Introduction, ECCE, Teacher Education.
  • New Policies and Programs implemented by the Andhra Pradesh State Government.

Andhra Pradesh Teacher Eligibility Test APTET 2024 and 2025 Paper-II-B – CDP Syllabus

Child Development and pedagogy (in Special Education) Syllabus (30 MCQs – 30 Marks)

Child Development

  • Growth and Development
  • Theories and approaches to human development
  • Individual differences
  • Learning process and theories
  • Sensation, Attention, Perception, Motivation and Intelligence

Pedagogy in Special Education

  • Identification of Assessment of CwSN
  • Types,Characteristics and Educational needs of CwSN
  • Stages of teaching and learning
  • Approaches of curriculum development
  • Adaptations and accommodations
  • Inclusive Education
  • Inclusive academic instructions
  • Individual Educational Plan
  • Teaching Strategies and Evaluation

Education Commissions and Policy (School Education)

  • Constitutional provisions on education that reflect National Ideals : Equality, liberty, secularism and social justice
  • National Commissions and Policies: Education Commission (1964),NPE and POA (1986, 1992), National policy for Persons with Disabilities (2006)
  • National Acts: RCI Act, 1992, PWD Act (1995), NT Act (1999), RTE Act (2009 & 2012), RPWD Act (2016)
  • Programmes and schemes: IEDC (1974, 1983), SSA (2000, 2011), RMSA, 2009, IEDSS, 2009.
  • International Conventions and Policies: Salamanca Declaration and Framework, 1994, UNCRPD 2006, MDG, 2015, INCHEON Strategies.

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