REET Level 1 syllabus

Child Development

Concept of Development & its Relationship with Learning · Principles of the Development of Children · Influence of Heredity & Environment · Socialization Processes: Social World & Children · Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: Constructs & 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: Roles, Bias & Educational Practice · Individual Differences Among Learners · Assessment for Learning vs of Learning; School-Based Assessment & CCE · Formulating Questions for Assessing Readiness & Achievement

Inclusive Education & Children with Special Needs

Learners from Diverse Backgrounds incl. Disadvantaged & Deprived · Needs of Children with Learning Difficulties & Impairment · The Talented, Creative and Specially-Abled Learners

Learning and Pedagogy

How Children Think & Learn; Why Children Fail · Basic Processes of Teaching & Learning; Learning as Social Activity · Child as a Problem Solver and Scientific Investigator · Alternative Conceptions of Learning; Errors as Learning Steps · Cognition & Emotions · Motivation and Learning · Factors Contributing to Learning: Personal & Environmental

Adolescent Learners: Development, Mental Health & Emotional Intelligence

Educational Management, Quality Management & Supervision

Educational Scenario in Rajasthan: SCERT, BSER, IASE, DIET

RTE Act 2009 & National Education Policy 2020

Individual Differences, Personality & Intelligence

Assessment, CCE, Achievement Tests, Learning Outcomes & Action Research

Rajasthan Child-Welfare & Student-Welfare Schemes and Awards

School Management, School Committees & Teaching-Learning Innovations

Rajasthan RTE Rules 2011 & Free Admission in Private Schools

Language Comprehension

Unseen Passage: Prose or Drama · Unseen Poem · Grammar & Verbal Ability

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and Acquisition · Principles of Language Teaching · Role of Listening and Speaking; Language as a Tool · Critical Perspective on the Role of Grammar · Challenges of Teaching Language in a Diverse Classroom · Language Skills · Evaluating Comprehension & Proficiency: LSRW · Teaching-Learning Materials & the Multilingual Classroom · Remedial Teaching

Hindi Grammar: Vocabulary, Sandhi, Samas, Parts of Speech, Gender-Number-Tense, Idioms, Punctuation

Rajasthani Language & Dialects: Introduction

Comprehension

Two Unseen Prose Passages · Grammar & Verbal Ability

Pedagogy of Language Development

Learning and Acquisition · Principles of Language Teaching · Role of Listening and Speaking; Language as a Tool · Critical Perspective on the Role of Grammar · Challenges of Teaching Language in a Diverse Classroom · Language Skills · Evaluating Comprehension & Proficiency: LSRW · Teaching-Learning Materials & the Multilingual Classroom · Remedial Teaching

English Grammar, Literary Terms & Phonetic Symbols

Content

Geometry · Shapes & Spatial Understanding · Solids Around Us · Numbers · Addition and Subtraction · Multiplication · Division · Measurement · Weight · Time · Volume · Data Handling · Patterns · Money

Pedagogical Issues

Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking · Place of Mathematics in Curriculum · Language of Mathematics · Community Mathematics · Evaluation through Formal and Informal Methods · Problems of Teaching · Error Analysis & Related Aspects of Learning and Teaching · Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching

Numbers up to One Crore, Place Value, Operations, Currency & Vedic Maths

Fractions, Prime Factors, LCM & HCF

Unitary Method, Average, Profit-Loss & Simple Interest

Geometry, Measurement, Area & Perimeter

Content

Family and Friends · Food · Shelter · Water · Travel · Things We Make and Do

Pedagogical Issues

Concept and Scope of EVS · Significance of EVS; Integrated EVS · Environmental Studies & Environmental Education · Learning Principles · Scope & Relation to Science & Social Science · Approaches of Presenting Concepts · Activities · Experimentation / Practical Work · Discussion · Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE) · Teaching Material / Aids · Problems

Family, Social Evils, Clothes, Habitats & Professions

Our Culture & Civilisation and Rajasthan GK

Personal Hygiene, Health, Living Beings & Conservation

Water, Earth & Space, Transport & Communication, Mountaineering