PSTET Syllabus 2024 | Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test Pattern (Paper 1 & 2)

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PSTET Syllabus 2024 & Exam Pattern (Paper 1 & 2) : Check this article, and get the information regarding the Punjab TET Syllabus 2024. Applicants who are going to take part in the Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test need to focus on this page. For your convenience, we have updated this page with brief detailed information regarding the PSTET Syllabus PDF for Paper 1 and Paper 2. And from the bottom of this page, we have attached the direct link to download the PSTET Syllabus 2024 Paper 1 & 2 PDF Download.

PSTET Syllabus 2024

The PSTET Exam will be in two papers. Paper-1 (Primary Teachers – Classes I To V) is for 150 Marks of subjects Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, Mathematics, and Environmental Studies. Paper-2 (Secondary Teachers – Classes VI To VIII) includes the subjects Child Development and Pedagogy, Language-I, Language-II, Science and Mathematics OR Social Science for 150 Marks.

Punjab TET Syllabus 2024 – Overview

Punjab State Teacher Eligibility Test Pattern 2024 – PSTET

PSTET Exam Pattern For Paper I (Primary Teachers – Classes I To V)

PSTET Exam Pattern For Paper II (Secondary Teachers – Classes VI To VIII)

PSTET Syllabus 2024, Punjab TET Syllabus for Papers 1 and 2

PSTET Syllabus 2024 for Paper 1

PSTET Syllabus – Child Development and Pedagogy

• Concepts of child-centered and progressive education.
• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence.
• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence.
• Language & Thought.
• The concept of development and its relationship with learning.
• Principles of the development of children.
• Influence of Heredity & Environment.
• Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers).
• Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives.
• Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender bias, and educational practice.
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on the diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion, etc.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice

Learning & Pedagogy

• Child as a problem solver and a ‘scientific investigator’
• Alternative conceptions of learning in children & understanding children’s ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process.
• Cognition & Emotions
• Motivation and learning
• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve success in school performance.
• Children’s strategies of learning; learning as a social activity; social context of learning.
• Basic processes of teaching and learning;
• Factors contributing to learning- personal & environmental

Punjab State Teacher Syllabus – Language I

• Language Comprehension: Reading unseen passages – two passages one drama or prose and one poem with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive).

Pedagogy of Language Development

• Learning and acquisition.
• Principles of Language Teaching.
• The function of language and how children use it as a tool.
• Role of listening and speaking.
• The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
• Language Skills.
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.
• Remedial Teaching.

PSTET 2024 Syllabus for Language II (English)

Comprehension: Two unseen prose passages (discursive or literary or narrative or scientific) with questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability.

Pedagogy of Language Development

• The critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form.
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors, and disorders.
• Language Skills.
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading, and writing.
• Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.
• Learning and acquisition.
• Principles of Language Teaching.
• Role of listening and speaking; the function of language and how children use it as a tool.
• Remedial Teaching.

PSTET Syllabus for Mathematics

• Division.
• Measurement.
• Weight.
• Time.
• Volume.
• Geometry.
• Shapes & Spatial Understanding.
• Numbers.
• Addition and Subtraction.
• Multiplication.
• Data Handling.
• Patterns.
• Money.
• LCM &HCF.
• Decimal.
• Fractions.

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies for making meaning and learning Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation through formal and informal methods
• Problems of teaching
• Error analysis and related aspects of teaching and learning
• Diagnostic and remedial teaching

PSTET Exam Syllabus – Environmental Studies

• Health, good habits & personal hygiene.
• Looking after the trees, plants & animals.
• Living and nonliving.
• Parts of plants.
• Geographical features and changes.
• Days and Nights.
• Disposal of solid waste.
• Local Bodies (Rural & urban).
• Transportation, communication, and its development.
• Pollution.
• National property.
• Our Surroundings.
• Parts of Body (internal & external).
• Natural Resources.
• Our Punjab.
• Solar System.
• Basic needs.
• Food, resources, and care.
• Water.
• Air.
• Habitats, types.
• Clothes, Dresses & their care.
• Group songs.
• Festivals (school, family & national).
• Weather & climate.
• Community Buildings.
• Diseases.
• First Aid.
• Disaster management

PSTET Syllabus 2024 for Paper – 2 (for classes VI to VIII) Elementary Stage

I. Child Development and Pedagogy 30 Questions
a. Child Development (Elementary School child)

• Concept of development and its relationship with learning
• Principles of development of a child
•  Influence of Heredity and Environment
• Socialization processes: Social world and children (Teachers, Parents and
  Peers)
• Piaget, Kohlberg, and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives
• Concepts of child-centered and progressive education
• Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence
• Multi-Dimensional Intelligence
• Language and Thought
• Gender as a social construct: gender roles, gender-bias and educational
  practice
• Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on
  diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc.
• The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning;
  School-Based Assessment, Continuous and Comprehension Evaluation:
  Perspective and practice
• Formulating appropriate questions for assessing the readiness levels of learners;
  for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing
  learner achievement

b. Concept of Inclusive Education and understanding children with special
needs

• Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged
  and deprived
• Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’
  etc.
• Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled learners

c. Learning and Pedagogy

• How children think and learn; how and why children ‘fail’ to achieve
  success in school performance
• 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 ‘scientific investigator’
• Alternative conceptions of learning in children, understanding children’s
  ‘errors’ as significant steps in the learning process
• Cognition and Emotions
• Motivation and Learning
• Factors contributing to learning – Personal and environmental

II. Language-I (Punjabi) 30 Questions

a. Language Comprehension

Reading unseen passage – two passages: one prose/drama and one poem with
questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability (Prose passage
maybe literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)

b. Pedagogy of Language development

• Learning and Acquisition
• Principles of Language teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it
  as a tool
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for
  communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language
  difficulties, errors, and disorders
• Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking,
  Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

III. Language – II (English) 30 Questions

a. Comprehension

Two unseen prose passages (discursive/literary/narrative/scientific) with
questions on comprehension, grammar, and verbal ability
b. Pedagogy of Language development

• Learning and Acquisition
• Principles of Language teaching
• Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it
  as a tool
• Critical Perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for
  communicating ideas verbally or in written form
• Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language
  difficulties, errors, and disorders
• Language skills
• Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: Listening, Speaking,
  Reading and Writing
• Teaching-Learning Materials: Text-books, multi-media materials, multilingual resources of the classroom
• Remedial Teaching

IV. Mathematics & Science 60 Questions

i. Mathematics 30 Questions
a. Content

• Number System
• Knowing our Numbers
• Playing with Numbers
• Whole Numbers
• Negative Numbers and Integers
• Fractions
• Algebra
• Introduction to Algebra
• Ratio and proportion

Geometry

• Basic Geometrical Ideas (2-D)
• Understanding Elementary Shapes (2-D and 3-D)
• Symmetry : (reflection)
• Construction (using straight edge scale, protractor, compasses)
• Mensuration
• Data Handling
  b. Pedagogical Issues
• Nature of Mathematics / Logical Thinking
• Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
• Language of Mathematics
• Community Mathematics
• Evaluation
• Remedial Teaching
• Problems of teaching

ii. Science 30 Questions
a. Content
i. Food

• Sources of food
• Components of food
• Cleaning food

ii. Materials

• Materials of daily use

iii. The world of the living
iv. Moving things, people, and ideas
v. How things work

• Electric currents and circuits
• Magnets

VI. Natural Phenomena
VII. Natural Resources
b. Pedagogical Issues

• Nature and Structure of Sciences
• Natural Science / Aims and objectives
• Understanding & Appreciating Science
• Approaches / Integrated Approach
• Observation / Experiment / Discovery (Method of Science)
• Innovation
• Text Materials / Aids
• Evaluation – cognitive/psychomotor/affective
• Problems
• Remedial Teaching

V. Social Studies / Social Sciences 60 Questions
a. Content

i. History

• When, Where, and how
• The Earliest Societies
• The First Farmers and Herders
• The First Cities
• Early States
• New Ideas
• The First Empire
• Contacts with Distant lands
• Political Developments
• Culture and Science
• New Kings and Kingdoms
• Sultans of Delhi
• Architecture
• Creation of an empire
• Social Change
• Regional Cultures
• The Establishment of Company Power
• Rural Life and Society
• Colonialism and Tribal Societies
• The Revolt of 1857-58
• Women and Reform
• Challenging the Caste System
• The Nationalist Movement
• India after Independence

ii. Geography

• Geography as a social study and as a science
• Planet: Earth in the Solar system
• Globe
• The environment in its totality: natural and human environment
• Air
• Water
• Human Environment: settlement, transport and communication
• Resources: Types-Natural and Human
• Agriculture

iii. Social and Political Life

• Diversity
• Government
• Local Government
• Making a Living
• Democracy
• State Government
• Understanding Media
• Unpacking Gender
• The Constitution
• Parliamentary Government
• The Judiciary
• Social Justice and the Marginalised

b. Pedagogical Issues

• Concept and Nature of Social Sciences / Social Studies
• Classroom Processes, activities and discourse
• Developing Critical Thinking
• Inquiry / Empirical Evidence
• Problems of teaching Social Sciences / Social Studies
• Sources – Primary & Secondary
• Project Work
• Evaluation

Note: Above given PSTET Exam Syllabus 2024 PDF, is for applied aspirants’ reference purposes only. For further details, candidates can check the official website of the PSEB which is pstet2024.org

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