WBSSC Paper II- Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus -                                      30 Questions*****                     

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 15 Questions

a) Child Development (Elementary School Child)

.                      • Concept of development and its relationship with learning

.                      • 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-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 of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.

.                      • 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.

                         

b) Concept of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs 5 Questions

.                      • 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 10 Questions

.                      • 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

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