Assam Secondary TET (2012-13) Paper I (Common) Syllabus
Assam Secondary TET or Teachers Eligibility Test for Secondary Education in Assam is conducted by Secondary Education Department, Government of Assam. This is the Paper I Syllabus for Secondary TET (2012-13). The Paper I is common for all candidates and it will carry a total of 100 marks.
ASSAM SECONDARY TET (2012-13) PAPER – I SYLLABUS
PART 1: PEDAGOGY (20 MARKS)
TEACHING –LEARNING PROCESS AND PEDAGOGY
- General Principles of Teaching, Maxims of Teaching
- Significant trends in Modern Teaching Learning Process
- Process of Learning-Major Laws of Learning, Role of Motivation in Learning
- Teaching Methods and Techniques
- Teaching Skills
- Teaching Devices
- Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive, Affective & Psychomotor
- Lesson Plan: Essentials of a good Unit
- Teaching Aids
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY
- Educational Psychology- Its Meaning and Nature: Application of Educational Psychology in the classroom.
- Attention and Interest – Its Educational Implication
- Personality- Its Concept- role of family and school in personality development
- Education of Children with Special Needs
- Mental Health and Hygiene, Adjustment and Mechanism
- Intelligence- concept and nature: Individual differences in intelligence, creativity.
PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE
- Significance of Adolescence Period
- Dimensions of Development during Adolescence- physical, intellectual, social, emotional and moral.
- Emotional problems in the classroom.
- Understanding the adolescent learner- role of family and school
- Juvenile Delinquency
- Guidance and Counseling
- Understanding Developmental Hazards during adolescence.
PART II: GENERAL ENGLISH (60 MARKS)
REMEDIAL GRAMMAR
- Determiners
- Tense Forms
- Auxiliaries- primary and modals
- Direct and indirect narration
- Active and passive voice
- Appropriate prepositions
- Vocabulary-antonyms, synonyms, homonyms
- Pairs of Words
COMPOSITION
- Letter Writing- Personal and Formal
- Report Writing
- Phrases and idioms
- Clauses
- Punctuation
- Types of sentences
- Sentence structure – word order
- Paragraph writing
- Precise writing
- Note making
- Miscellaneous Corrections
PART III: BASIC NUMERICALS (20 MARKS)
CLASS X LEVEL
- Algebra: (i) Set theory (ii) Quadratic equation (iii) Ratio, proportion and variation
- Geometry: (i) Theorems of circle, locus, symmetry & similar triangle (ii) Construction of quadrilateral and co-ordinate geometry. Commercial Arithmetic(Banking and tax)
- Trigonometry
- Statistics and probability
- Mensuration
- Coordinate Geometry (up to straight line)
Secondary TET is a must for direct recruitment to the post of graduate teachers in Assam. The Assam Secondary TET exam consists of two papers: Paper – I and Paper – II. The above syllabus is for Paper I, which is common for all candidates. On the other hand, the Paper II will come in three variations for three streams – Science, Arts and Commerce. Each paper will carry 100 marks. So, the total marks of Assam Secondary TET will be 200. Assam Portal requests candidates to read the Assam Secondary TET (2012-13) Paper -I (Common) syllabus carefully.