TSTET Syllabus Overview
- Number System
- Fractions
- Arithmetic
- Geometry
- Measurements
- Data Applications
- Algebra
Environmental Studies (EVS) Syllabus
The Telangana State Teacher Eligibility Test (TSTET) syllabus for Environmental Studies includes the following topics:
- Family
- Work & Play
- Plants and Animals
- Food
- Shelter
- Air
- Energy
- Water
- Body - Health - Cleanliness
- Mapping
- History and Culture of India
- Telangana
- Indian constitution
- Earthquakes, Floods, Fire, First Aid, 108, 104 Vehicles
TSTET Syllabus 2024 for Paper 2
The TSTET syllabus for Paper 2 comprises topics from Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, and Mathematics and Science or Social Studies. Below are the detailed section-wise syllabus:
- Development, Growth & Maturation - Concept & Nature
- Principles of Development & their Educational Implications
- Factors Influencing Development - Biological, Psychological, Sociological
- Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships - Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Childhood, and Adolescence
- Understanding Development - Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers and Erikson
- Individual differences - Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Thinking (Divergent & Convergent), Intelligence and their Assessment
- Development of Personality - Concept, Factors affecting the development of Personality, Child Rearing Practices, Self-Concept
- Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Defense Mechanisms, Mental Health
- Methods and Approaches of Child Development - Introspection, Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Rating Scales, Anecdotal Records, Questionnaire, Cross-sectional and Longitudinal
- Developmental Tasks and Hazards
Teaching and Learning
The syllabus includes various aspects related to teaching and learning:
- Teaching and its Relationship with Learning and Learners
- Learners in Contexts: Situating learners 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, Co-operative & Collaborative learning
- Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in the classroom like Study habits, Self-learning and Learning to learn skills
- Organizing learning in heterogeneous classroom 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 a good facilitator
- Learning Resources - Self, Home, School, Play, Community, Technology
- Classroom Management: Role of the student, teacher, the Leadership style of the teacher, Creation of a non-threatening learning environment, Managing behavior problems, Guidance & Counseling, Child Abuse, Punishment and its legal implications, Rights of a child, Time Management
- The distinction between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning, School-based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: Perspective & Practice
- Understanding Teaching & Learning in the Context of NCF, 2005 & Right To Education Act, 2009
Language-I Syllabus
The TSTET Paper 2 syllabus for Language-I varies based on the language chosen by the candidates from the available options.
