NTET Exam Syllabus

·         Teaching methods, new methods of teaching (approach).

·         Utilization of Basic teaching and basic skills of teaching.

·         Understanding Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional, and Cognitive), Individual differences.

·         Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and Institution.

·         Methods of clinical teaching/ bedside teaching

·         Learning styles – VARK – Visual, Aural/Auditory, Reading/Writing & Kinesthetic

·         Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group Communications, Classroom communication

·         Barriers to effective communication

·         Mass-Media and Society

·         Teacher-Learner communication

·         Doctor-Patient communication

·         Practical Classroom Management

·         Psychology & Classroom Management

·         Personal Approach to Classroom Management

·         Ensuring Engagement & Motivation in the Classroom

·         Routines & Technology in the Classroom

·         Forming Positive Learning Environments

·         Disciplinary Problems

·         Management Strategies for Diverse Classrooms

·         Managing classroom and other learning environments (clinical, OPD, Practical labs, skill labs, community outreach)

·         Evaluation in choice Based Credit System in Higher education

·         Computer-based Testing

·         Consideration of Innovations in evaluation systems

·         Assessment of clinical competence

·         Role of observation and feedback in assessment

·         Structured oral exam, long case, short case and Objective Structured Clinical Exam (OSCE)

·         Assessment Types: Formative and summative assessment; periodic assessment etc.

·         Information and Communication Technology (ICT): General abbreviations and terminology

·         Usage of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing

·         ICT and Governance Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher-centered vs. Learner-centered methods; Off- line vs. Online methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).

·         Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern, and ICT based.

·         Role of educational psychology – learning and teaching today

·         Cognitive development: Brain and cognitive development,

·         Guidelines to teaching: Piaget’s theory of cognitive development,

·         Vygotsky’s Sociocultural perspective,

·         Bronfenbrenner’s social context, Self and moral development

·         Need and importance of Andragogy

·         Principles of Andragogy

·         Characteristics of Adult Learners

·         Competencies of Self-Directed Learning

·         Meaning of Pedagogy

·         Steps of Pedagogical Analysis

·         Concepts of Critical Pedagogy

·         Development of the concept of pedagogy

·         Need and importance of Pedagogy

·         Formulations of Learning Objectives, Teaching-Learning