TN TET Paper II Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus (2025)
📚 TNTET 2025 Paper II Syllabus – Classes 6th to 8th Child Development and Pedagogy
(TNTET Paper 2 Syllabus 2025, Class-wise syllabus, Subject-wise TNTET syllabus, Tamil Nadu TET Upper Primary Syllabus)
TET Paper 2 - 6th to 8th Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus
UNIT – I GROWTH AND DEVELOPMEN T OF THE CHILD
Meaning, concepts and principles of growth and development - Difference
between growth and development-Impact of nature and nurture on child development -
Stages: infancy, early childhood and adolescence and their dimensions of development:
physical, cognitive, moral, emotional and social.
UNIT - II THEORIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Psycho-social stages (Erikson), Cognitive development (Piaget),Moral
development (Kohlberg), Socio-cultural approach to cognitive development (Vygotsky),
Ecological systems theory (Bronfenbrenner).
UNIT - III ATTENTION, PERCEPTION AND MEMORY
Attention: Meaning, nature and determinants of attention – Sensation and
perception – Laws of perception – errors in perception: Illusion and hallucination –
Memory: Meaning, types of memory and strategies for improving memory – Forgetting.
UNIT - IV MOTIVATION AND LEARNING
Motivation: Meaning and definitions-Maslow’s theory of motivation and its
educational implications – Level of aspiration – Learning: Theories of learning and its
educational implications – Cognitive Theory: Jean Piajet - Behaviourist Theory:
Pavlov’s Classical Conditioning, Skinner’s Operant Conditioning and Thorndike
connectionism – Constructivist theory: John Dewey – Humanistic Theory: Carl Rogers.
UNIT - V INTELLIGENCE AND CREATIVITY
Intelligence: Meaning definitions and types – Theories of Intelligence: Two factor,
Thurston’s Group factor, Thorndike’s Multi-factor, Guilford’s Structure of Intellect, and
Gardener’s Multiple Intelligence – Intelligence Quotient (IQ) – Assessment of
Intelligence - Creativity: Concept, factors and process – Strategies for fostering
creativity.
UNIT - VI PERSONALITY
Personality: Meaning, definitions, and determinants of personality – Theories of
Personality: Type, trait, and psychoanalytic – Assessment of personality: Projective and
non-projective techniques – Adjustment mechanisms.
UNIT - VII SOCIALIZING AGENCIES OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Agencies of Socialization: Family, School, Peer and Community – Role of play to
children’s physical, social, emotional and cognitive development – Impact of media on
childhood experiences and development.
UNIT - VIII PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS – PART I
Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner – Children With Special
Needs (CWSN) - Inclusive Education – Understanding of pedagogic methods: Enquiry
based learning, Project based learning, Activity based learning, Co-operative and
collaborative learning, Individual and Group learning – Paradigms of organizing
Learning: Teacher centric, Subject centric and Learner centric – Theory of instruction:
Bruner – Phases of Teaching: Pre active, Interactive and Post active - 21st Century
teaching skills.
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UNIT – IX PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS – PART II
Learning resources – Self, Home, School, Community, Technology – Class rooms
Management : Role of student, teacher and leadership style - Managing behavior
problems: Guidance & Counselling - Punishment and its legal implications – Distinction
between Assessment for Learning & Assessment of Learning - The Concept of ICT
Tools: Computer, Internet, Text Documents, Spread sheets, Presentations.
UNIT – X PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS – PART III
Integrating with ICT and teaching – Integrating ICT in Assessment - Preparation
of multimedia lessons in subjects and planning – Online learning courses for teachers
professional development – Open education resources: ICT platforms and MOOC -
Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation (CCE): Perspective & Practice – Understanding
teaching & learning in the context of National Curriculum Framework (NCF, 2005) &
Right to Education Act, 2009.
TET Paper 2 - Child Development and Pedagogy Syllabus
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