NTA-NET- GENERAL&ENGLISH-PAPER-II-SYLLABUS
Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE
Code
No. : 00 PAPER-I
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The main objective is to assess the
teaching and research capabilities of the candidates.
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The test aims at assessing the teaching
and research aptitude as well.
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Candidates are expected to possess and
exhibit cognitive abilities, which include comprehension, analysis, evaluation,
understanding the structure of arguments, deductive and inductive reasoning.
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The candidates are also expected to have
a general awareness about teaching and learning processes in higher education
system.
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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
v v Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
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Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics
of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive),
Individual differences.
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Factors affecting teaching related to:
Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning
environment and Institution.
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Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher
learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line
methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
v
Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern
and ICT based.
v
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
v Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post positivistic approach to research.
v Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods. Steps of Research.
v Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
v Application of ICT in research.
v Research ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
v A passage of text is given.
Questions are asked from the passage to be answered.
Unit-IV Communication
v Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
v Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group.
v Communications, Classroom communication.
v Barriers to effective communication.
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Mass-Media and Society.
Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
v Types of reasoning.
v Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
v Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time &
Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and
Discounting, Averages etc.).
Unit-VI Logical Reasoning
v 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.
v Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
v Analogies.
v Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of· arguments.
v Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
v 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
v Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
v Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
v Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart· and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
v Data Interpretation.
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Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication
Technology (ICT)
v ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
v Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
v Digital initiatives in higher education.
v ICT and Governance.
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
v Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
v Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
v 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.
v Impacts of pollutants on human health.
v Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
v Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
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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
v Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
v Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
v Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
v Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
v Value education and environmental education.
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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 weight-age is set for visually impaired candidates.
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