PSTET Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Exam Pattern Here!!!!

PSTET Syllabus 2021 PDF – Download Exam Pattern Here!!!!. Punjab State has uploaded the Syllabus for the Teacher Eligibility Test (TET). The PSTET Examination Date 2021 will be Announce Soon. Now candidates can download the PSTET Syllabus 2021 & Exam Pattern from our website. Before you Starts your Preparation, Aspirants kindly go through the Syllabus here. Stay Connected with us for further updates

PSTET Syllabus 2021:

Name of the Board	Punjab State
Name of the Exam	Teacher Eligibility Test (TET)
Exam Date	Announce Soon
Status	Syllabus Available

PSTET Paper – I Exam Pattern:

Structure and Content	No of Ques.	Marks	Duration
Child Development and Pedagogy	30	30	Two-and-a-half hours
Language I (Punjabi)	30	30
Language II (English)	30	30
Mathematics	30	30
Environmental Studies	30	30

PSTET Paper –II Exam Pattern:

Structure and Content	No of Ques.	Marks	Duration
Child Development &  Pedagogy (compulsory)	30	30	Two-and-a-half hours
Language I (Punjabi) (compulsory)	30	30
Language II (English) (compulsory)	30	30
For Mathematics and Science teacher   a.      Mathematics & Science b.      For Social Studies/Social Science teacher Social Science c.      For any other teacher – either (a) or (b)	60	60
	60	60

PSTET Syllabus 2021:

Paper – I:

Paper – 1 (for classes I to V) Primary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

a. Child Development (Primary School Child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of development of children
• Influence of Heredity and Environment
• Socialization processes : Social world & children (Teachers, Parents and
  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 and 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.
• Distinction between Assessment for learning assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehension Evaluation: Perspective and practice
• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement

b. 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

C. 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 and Emotions
• Motivation and Learning
• Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental

II. Language- I (Punjabi) 30 Questions

a. Language Comprehension

• Reading unseen passage – two passages: one prose/drama and one poem with
  questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage
  may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b. 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
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
• Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials : Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. Language – II (English) 30 Questions

a. Comprehension

• Two unseen prose passages (discursive/literary/narrative/scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

b. 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
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
• Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials : Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics 30 Questions

a. Content

• Geometry
• Shapes and Spatial Understanding
• Solids around us
• Numbers
• Addition and Subtraction
• Multiplication
• Division
• Measurement
• Weight
• Time
• Volume
• Data Handling
• Patterns
• Money

b. 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
• Error analysis and related aspects of teaching and learning
• Diagnostic and remedial teaching

V. Environmental Studies 30 Questions

a. Content

• Family and Friends
• Relationships
• Work and Play
• Animals
• Plants
• Food
• Shelter
• Water
• Travel
• Things we Make and Do

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Concept and scope of EVS
• Significance of EVS, integrated EVS
• Environmental Studies and Environmental Education
• Learning Principles
• Scope and relation to Science and Social Science
• Approaches of presenting concepts
• Activities
• Experimentation / Practical Work
• Discussion
• CCE
• Teaching Material / Aids
• Problems of teaching

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Paper – 2 (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions

a. Child Development (Elementary School child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of development of child
• Influence of Heredity and Environment
• Socialization processes : Social world and children (Teachers, Parents and 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 and 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.
• Distinction between Assessment for learning assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehension Evaluation: Perspective and practice
• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and assessing learner achievement

b. 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

c. 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 and Emotions
• Motivation and Learning
• Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental

II. Language-I (Punjabi) 30 Questions

a. Language Comprehension

Reading unseen passage – two passages: one prose/drama and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative or discursive)

b. Pedagogy of Language development

• Learning and Acquisition
• Principles of Language teaching
• Role of listening and speaking ; function of language and how children use itas a tool
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
•  Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials : Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. Language – II (English) 30 Questions

a. Comprehension

Two unseen prose passages (discursive/literary/narrative/scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar and verbal ability

b. 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
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders
• Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency : Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials : Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resource of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics & Science 60 Questions

i. Mathematics 30 Questions

a. Content

• Number System
• Knowing our Numbers
• Playing with Numbers
• Whole Numbers
• Negative Numbers and Integers
• Fractions
• Algebra
• Introduction to Algebra
• Ratio and proportion
• Geometry
• Basic Geometrical Ideas (2-D)
• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
• Symmetry : (reflection)
• Construction (using straight edge scale, protactor, compasses)
• Mensuration
• Data Handling

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problems of teaching

ii. Science 30 Questions

a. Content

i. Food

• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food

ii. Materials

•  Materials of daily use

iii. The world of the living

iv. Moving things, people and ideas

v. How things work

• Electric currents and circuits

• Magnets

VI. Natural Phenomena

VII. Natural Resources

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Nature and Structure of Sciences

• Natural Science / Aims and objectives

• Understanding & Appreciating Science

• Approaches / Integrated Approach

• Observation / Experiment / Discovery (Method of Science)

• Innovation

• Text Materials / Aids

• Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective

• Problems

• Remedial Teaching

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V. Social Studies / Social Sciences 60 Questions

a. Content

i. History

• When, Where and how
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas
• The First Empire
• Contacts with Distant lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi
• Architecture
• Creation of an empire
• Social Change
• Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857-58
• Women and Reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India after Independence

ii. Geography

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet : Earth in the Solar system
• Globe
• Environment in its totality : natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment : settlement, transport and communication
• Resources : Types-Natural and Human
• Agriculture

iii. Social and Political Life

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalised

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Concept and Nature of Social Sciences / Social Studies
• Classroom Processes, activities and discourse
• Developing Critical Thinking
• Enquiry / Empirical Evidence
• Problems of teaching Social Sciences / Social Studies
• Sources – Primary & Secondary
• Project Work
• Evaluation

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