UNIVERSITY
GRANTS COMMISSION
UGC-NET
PAPER-I SYLLABUS
Subject:
GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE
Unit-I
Teaching Aptitude
Ø Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of
teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic
requirements.
Ø Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of
adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive),
Individual differences.
Ø Factors affecting teaching related to:
Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning
environment and Institution.
Ø Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher
learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line
methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
Ø Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern
and ICT based.
Ø 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
Ø Research: Meaning, Types, and
Characteristics, Positivism and Postpositivistic approach to research.
Ø Methods of Research: Experimental,
Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
Ø Steps of Research.
Ø Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles
of referencing.
Ø Application of ICT in research.
Ø Research ethics.
Unit-III
Comprehension
Ø A passage of text be given. Questions be
asked from the passage to be answered.
Unit-IV
Communication
Ø Communication: Meaning, types and
characteristics of communication.
Ø Effective communication: Verbal and
Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
Ø Barriers to effective communication.
Ø Mass-Media and Society.
Unit-V
Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
Ø Types of reasoning.
Ø Number series, Letter series, Codes and
Relationships.
Ø Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time &
Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and
Discounting, Averages etc.).
Unit-VI
Logical Reasoning
Ø 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.
Ø Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and
inductive reasoning.
Ø Analogies.
Ø Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for
establishing validity of arguments.
Ø Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
Ø Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana
(Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti
(Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
Ø Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference),
Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
Unit-VII
Data Interpretation
Ø Sources, acquisition and classification of
Data.
Ø Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
Ø Graphical representation (Bar-chart,
Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
Ø Data Interpretation.
Ø Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII
Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
Ø ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
Ø Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio
and Video-conferencing.
Ø Digital initiatives in higher education.
Ø ICT and Governance.
Unit-IX
People, Development and Environment
Ø Development and environment: Millennium
development and Sustainable development goals.
Ø Human and environment interaction:
Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on environment.
Ø 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.
Ø Impacts of pollutants on human health.
Ø Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind,
Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
Ø Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
Ø 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
Ø Institutions of higher learning and education
in ancient India.
Ø Evolution of higher learning and research in
Post Independence India.
Ø Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional
learning programmes in India.
Ø Professional, Technical and Skill Based
education.
Ø Value education and environmental education.
Ø Policies, Governance, and Administration.
NOTE:
Ø (i) Five questions each carrying 2 marks are
to be set from each Module.
Ø (ii) Whenever graphical/pictorial question(s)
are set for sighted candidates, a passage followed by equal number of questions
and weightage be set for visually impaired candidates.
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