| Subject Name |
Topics |
| Child Development and Pedagogy |
The concept of development and its relationship with learning |
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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. |
| The 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 in the learning process. |
| Cognition & Emotions |
| Motivation and learning |
| Factors contributing to learning – personal & environmental |
| English / Hindi Language |
Language Comprehension Reading unseen passages – |
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Questions based on the passage, including antonyms and synonyms from the passage or prose or drama or poem. |
| grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive) |
| 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 |
| A 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, multi-media materials, a multilingual resource for the classroom |
| Remedial Teaching |
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| Mathematics |
Geometry – Circle, Triangle, Rectangle, Square and related theorems |
| Shapes and Spatial Understanding |
| Solids around us – Cube, Cuboid, Cone, Cylinder, Sphere, Hemisphere etc. |
| Number System – LCM, HCF, Factors, Unit digit, Digit Sum etc. |
| BODMAS – Simplifications including Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication, and Division |
| 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 |
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| Quantitative Aptitude |
Simplification |
| Interest |
| Percentage |
| Ratio and Proportion |
| Average |
| Problems |
| on Ages |
| Speed Time & Distance |
| Profit & Loss |
| Number Series |
| Number System |
| Mensuration |
| Data Interpretation |
| Time & Work |
| Algebra |
| Geometry |
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| Reasoning Ability |
Classification |
| Analogy |
| Coding-Decoding |
| Matrix |
| Word formation |
| Arranging words |
| in Meaningful order or Dictionary order |
| Venn diagram |
| Directions; Distances |
| Blood Relations |
| Missing Number |
| Puzzles |
| Series |
| Non-Verbal Reasoning |
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| Haryana General Knowledge |
Culture of Haryana |
| Haryana History |
| Geography Haryana |
| Environment – Haryana |
| Economy/Polity of Haryana |
| General Science |
| Misc. GK- Sports, Books, Dates, Schemes |
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| Environmental Studies |
Relationships |
| Work and Play |
| Animals |
| Plants |
| Food |
| Shelter |
| Water |
| Pedagogical Issues |
| Concept and scope of EVS |
| Significance of EVS integrated EVS |
| Environmental Studies & Environmental Education |
| Learning Principles |
| Scope & relation to Science & Social Science |
| Approaches to presenting concepts |
| Experimentation/Practical Work |
| Discussion/CCE |
| Teaching material/Aids Problems |
