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SYLLABUS
Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING
& RESEARCH APTITUDE Code No.
: 00
PAPER-I
The main objective is to assess the
teaching and research capabilities of the candidates. The test aims at
assessing the teaching and research aptitude as well. Candidates are expected
to possess and exhibit cognitive abilities, which include comprehension,
analysis, evaluation, understanding the structure of arguments, deductive and
inductive reasoning. The candidates are also expected to have a general
awareness about teaching and learning processes in higher education system.
Further, they should be aware of interaction between people, environment,
natural resources and their impact on the quality of life.
The details of syllabi are as follows:
Unit-I Teaching Aptitude
• Teaching:
Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching
(Memory,
Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and
basic requirements.
• Learner’s
characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic,
Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
• Factors
affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material,
Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.
• Methods
of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centered methods; Off-line vs. On-line
methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
• Teaching
Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
• Evaluation
Systems: Elements and Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit
System in Higher education, Computer based testing, Innovations in evaluation
systems.
Unit-II Research Aptitude
• Research:
Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post- positivistic approach
to research.
• Methods
of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and
Quantitative methods.
• Steps
of Research.
• Thesis
and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
• Application of ICT
in research.
• Research
ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
• A
passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
Unit-IV Communication
• Communication:
Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
• Effective
communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications,
Classroom communication.
• Barriers
to effective communication.
• Mass-Media
and Society.
Unit-V Mathematical
Reasoning and Aptitude Types
of reasoning.
• Number
series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
• Mathematical
Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage,
Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages
etc.).
Unit-VI Logical
Reasoning
• Understanding
the structure of arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical
propositions, Mood and Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language,
Connotations and denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
• Evaluating
and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
• Analogies.
• Venn
diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
• Indian
Logic: Means of knowledge.
• Pramanas:
Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda
(Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi
(Non-apprehension).
• Structure
and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies
of inference).
Unit-VII Data Interpretation
• Sources,
acquisition and classification of Data.
• Quantitative
and Qualitative Data.
• Graphical
representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart)
and mapping of Data.
• Data
Interpretation.
• Data
and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
ICT:
General abbreviations and terminology.
• Basics
of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
• Digital
initiatives in higher education.
• ICT
and Governance.
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
• Development
and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
• Human
and environment interaction:
Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
• Environmental
issues: Local, Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil
pollution, Noise pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous,
electronic), Climate change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
• Impacts
of pollutants on human health.
• Natural
and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil,
Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
• Natural
hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
• Environmental
Protection Act (1986), National Action Plan on Climate
Change, International
agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity,
Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
Unit-X Higher Education System
• Institutions
of higher learning and education in ancient India.
• Evolution
of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
• Oriental,
Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
• Professional,
Technical and Skill Based education.
• Value
education and environmental education.
• Policies,
Governance, and Administration.
NOTE: (i) Five
questions each carrying 2 marks are to be set from each
Module.
(ii) Whenever graphical/pictorial question(s)
are set for sighted candidates, a
passage followed by equal number of questions and weightage be set for visually impaired
candidates.
