REET Level 2 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

Number System · Algebra · Geometry · Mensuration · Data Handling

Pedagogical Issues

Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking · Place of Mathematics in Curriculum · Language of Mathematics · Community Mathematics · Evaluation · Remedial Teaching · Problem of Teaching

Rational Numbers, Decimals, Exponents, Squares, Cubes & Roots

Algebraic Expressions, Identities, Factors & Linear Equations

Ratio, Percentage, Interest, Profit-Loss, Growth & Depreciation

Lines, Angles, Plane Figures, Symmetry, Area, Surface Area & Volume

Statistics, Graphs & Probability

Content

Food · Materials · The World of the Living · Moving Things, People and Ideas · How Things Work · Natural Phenomena · Natural Resources

Pedagogical Issues

Nature & Structure of Sciences · Natural Science: Aims & Objectives · Understanding & Appreciating Science · Approaches / Integrated Approach · Observation / Experiment / Discovery (Method of Science) · Innovation · Text Material / Aids · Evaluation: Cognitive / Psychomotor / Affective · Problems · Remedial Teaching

Living World, Micro-organisms, Plant & Animal Cells

Human Body, Health, Food, Reproduction & Adolescence

Force, Motion, Pressure, Energy, Heat & Temperature

Light, Sound, Electricity & Magnetism, Natural Phenomena

Structure of Matter, Chemical Substances, Combustion & Fuels

Conservation of Plants & Animals, Agriculture Management

Content

History · Geography · Social and Political Life

Pedagogical Issues

Concept & Nature of Social Science / Social Studies · Class Room Processes, Activities and Discourse · Developing Critical Thinking · Enquiry / Empirical Evidence · Problems of Teaching Social Science / Social Studies · Sources: Primary & Secondary · Projects Work · Evaluation

Indian Civilisation, Maurya-Gupta, Medieval & Modern India

Constitution, Democracy, Government & Local Self-Government

Earth & Environment, Geography & Resources of India

Rajasthan: Geography, Resources, History, Art & Culture