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Official Child Development & Pedagogy Syllabus & Important Topics

Topic	S.No.	Details of the Topic	Strata of Testing
I. Development of Child	1	Childhood	Meaning, multiple childhoods, parenting & child-rearing styles and their impact on development
	2	Development, Growth & Maturation	Concept & nature; differences between Growth and Development
	3	Principles of Development	Principles and their educational implications
	4	Factors influencing Development	Biological, Psychological, Sociological, Emotional factors
	5	Dimensions of Development	Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language — across Infancy, Early Childhood, Late Childhood, Adolescence
	6	Individual Differences	Meaning, types (intra- and inter-individual), contributing factors
	7	Intelligence	Concept, theories including Multiple Intelligence, assessment
	8	Creativity	Concept, nature, nurturing creativity in learners
	9	Language and Thought	Relationship and role in cognitive development
	10	Gender as a Social Construct	Gender roles, gender bias, and the school's role in gender equity
	11	Personality	Meaning, theories of personality, assessment techniques
	12	Motivation	Concept, types, and its relevance to learning
II. Learning and Pedagogy	1	Concept of Learning	Nature and characteristics of learning
	2	Factors affecting Learning	General factors and personal factors
	3	Behaviorism	Approaches to learning — Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike
	4	Gestalt Theory	Kohler, Koffka — insight-based learning
	5	Observational Learning	Bandura's social learning theory
	6	Constructivism	Piaget, Vygotsky — cognitive and social constructivism
	7	Bruner's Theory of Instruction	Discovery learning, scaffolding, experiential learning
	8	Transfer of Learning	Types of transfer and its classroom applicability
	9	Memory & Forgetting	Processes of memory, causes and remedies for forgetting
	10	Motivation & Learning	Sustaining motivation for effective classroom learning
III. Pedagogical Concerns	1	Teaching & Learning	Relationship between teaching, learning, and the learner
	2	Learners in Context	Situating the learner in socio-political and cultural context
	3	Diverse Learners	Children With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education
	4	Pedagogic Methods	Enquiry-based, Project-based, Survey, Observation, Activity-based, Cooperative & Collaborative learning
	5	Individual & Group Learning	Organizing learning for individuals and heterogeneous groups
	6	Classroom Learning Issues	Study habits, self-learning, and learning-to-learn skills
	7	Paradigms of Organizing Learning	Teacher-centric, Subject-centric, Learner-centric approaches
	8	Teacher Skills & Attributes	General and subject-related skills, attributes of a good facilitator
	9	Learning Resources	Self, Home, School, Community, Technology as resources
	10	Classroom Management	Roles of student & teacher, leadership style, safe learning environment, managing behaviour, guidance & counseling, rights of the child, time management
	11	Assessment & Evaluation	Assessment for Learning vs. Assessment of Learning; School-Based Assessment; Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE)
	12	ICT in Education	Integrating ICT in teaching & assessment; multimedia lessons; OER, MOOCs
	13	Policy Frameworks	NCF 2005, Right to Education Act 2009, NEP 2020 — implications for teaching-learning
	14	Constitutional Values in Education	Equality, liberty, secularism, and social justice as reflected in education

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