• Concept of development and its
relationship with learning
• Principles of the development of children
• Inf luence of Heredity & Environment
• Socialization processes: Social world &
children (Teacher, Parents, Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs
and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centred and progressive
education
• Critical perspective of the construct of
Intelligence
Child Development • Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
(Elementary School • Language & Thought
Child) • Gender as a social construct; gender
(15 MCQs) roles, gender-bias and educational practice
• Individual dif f erences among learners,
understanding dif f erences based on
diversity of language, caste, gender,
community, religion etc.
• Distinction between Assessment f or
learning and assessment of learning;
• School-Based Assessment, Continuous &
Comprehensive Evaluation;
• Assessing readiness levels of learners;
enhancing learning and critical thinking in the
classroom and f or assessing learner
achievement.
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• Addressing learners f rom diverse
Concept of Inclusive backgrounds including disadvantaged and
Education and deprived
Understanding Children • Addressing the needs of children with
with Special Needs learning dif f iculties, ‘impairment’ etc.
(5 MCQs) • Addressing the talented, creative,
specially-abled Learners
• How children think and learn; how and why
children ‘f ail’ to achieve success in school
perf ormance.
• 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 ‘scientif ic
Learning and Pedagogy
investigator’
(10 MCQs)
• Alternative conceptions of learning in
children, understanding children’s ‘errors’ as
signif icant steps in the learning process.
• Cognition & Emotions
• Motivation and learning
• Factors contributing to learning – personal
& environmental
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CTET Child Development and Pedagogy (CDP)
Preparation Tips & Strategy
Check below the tips and strategies and prepare well in advance f or the
CTET CDP section.
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