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The document outlines the syllabus for the General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude exam. The exam aims to assess teaching and research capabilities with 10 units covering topics like teaching aptitude, research aptitude, comprehension, communication, mathematical and logical reasoning, data interpretation, ICT, environment, and higher education systems. It provides details of the content covered in each unit, with an emphasis on concepts related to teaching and learning processes, research methodology, evaluating skills, and awareness of social and environmental issues.

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Subject: General Paper On Teaching & Research Aptitude Paper-I

The document outlines the syllabus for the General Paper on Teaching & Research Aptitude exam. The exam aims to assess teaching and research capabilities with 10 units covering topics like teaching aptitude, research aptitude, comprehension, communication, mathematical and logical reasoning, data interpretation, ICT, environment, and higher education systems. It provides details of the content covered in each unit, with an emphasis on concepts related to teaching and learning processes, research methodology, evaluating skills, and awareness of social and environmental issues.

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UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET- Changed -2019 SYLLABUS

Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE

PAPER-I

The main objective is to assess the teaching and research capabilities of the candidates. The test
aims at assessing the teaching and research aptitude as well. Candidates are expected to possess
and exhibit cognitive abilities, which include comprehension, analysis, evaluation, understanding
the structure of arguments, deductive and inductive reasoning. The candidates are also expected
to have a general awareness about teaching and learning processes in higher education system.
Further, they should be aware of interaction between people, environment, natural resources and
their impact on the quality of life.
The details of syllabi are as follows:
Unit-I Teaching Aptitude
 Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and
Reflective), Characteristics and basic requirements.
 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 teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner
centred methods; Off-line vs. On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs
 Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
 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


 Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post- positivistic
approach to research.
 Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and
Quantitative methods.
 Steps of Research.
 Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
 Application of ICT in research.
 Research ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
 A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication
 Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
 Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group
communications, Classroom communication.
 Barriers to effective communication.
 Mass-Media and Society.

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude


 Types of reasoning.
 Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
 Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and
Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
Unit-VI Logical Reasoning
 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.
 Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning.
 Analogies.
 Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of arguments.
 Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
 Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception), Anumana (Inference), Upamana
(Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony), Arthapatti (Implication) and
Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
 Structure and kinds of Anumana (inference), Vyapti (invariable relation),
Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).

Unit-VII Data Interpretation


 Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
 Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
 Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-
chart) and mapping of Data.
 Data Interpretation. & Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
 ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
 Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
 Digital initiatives in higher education.
 ICT and Governance.
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
 Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable
development goals.
 Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their
impacts on environment.
 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.
 Impacts of pollutants on human health.
 Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal,
Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
 Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
 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


 Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
 Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
 Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
 Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
 Value education and environmental education.
 Policies, Governance, and Administration.
NOTE: (i) Five questions each carrying 2 marks are to be set from each
Module.
(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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