Mizoram TET Syllabus 2023 Paper 1 and Paper 2 PDF Download

Upper Primary (Class VI to VIII) teacher

01:30 PM – 04:00 PM  (Paper-II)

1. Perspective in development
   1. Factors affecting child development
   2. Naturalistic Observations: Interviews, Anecdotal records, Narratives
2. Physical – Motor Development
   1. Growth and maturation
   2. Gross and fine motor development skills in infancy and pre-school children
3. Social and Emotional Development
   1. Personality development (Freud)
   2. Psycho-social development (Erikson)
   3. Attachment: Bowlby, Ainsworth
   4. Development of Emotions; Functions of emotions and the ability to regulate them.
4. Childhood
   1. Childhood in the modern world. How poverty, globalization, and adult culture affect the child.
   2. Commonalities and diversities within the notion of childhood
5. Context of socialization.
   1. Concept of socialization
   2. Parenting styles
   3. School culture
      1. Peer influence
      2. Competition, conflict, and cooperation

1. Inclusive Education
   1. Concept of Inclusive Education
   2. Forms of inclusion and exclusion
   3. Addressing inequality and diversity in Indian classroom; pedagogical and curriculum concerns
2. Children with special needs
   1. Identification, assessment, and intervention of disability
   2. Approaches and skills for teaching children with special needs.
3. Gender, School and Society
   1. Social construction of masculinity and femininity
   2. Working towards gender equality in the classroom

1. Behaviourism & Constructivism and their educational implications
2. Factors affecting learning
3. Motivation for learning
4. Evaluation
   1. Concept, Process & Purpose of Evaluation & Assessment
   2. Evaluation & Measurement
   3. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
   4. Tools & Techniques of evaluation

1. Factors affecting teaching
2. Methods & Techniques of teaching; Learner-centered teaching strategies
3. Classroom management skills: Planning and implementation
4. Qualities of a good facilitator
   1. Emotional maturity
   2. Balanced personality
   3. Attitude
   4. Values
   5. Professional ethics
   6. Conduct rules
5. Inculcating democratic ideals and moral values.

1. Thu pakhat (one unseen passage)
2. Hla pakhat (one unseen poem)

1. Hriat thiam leh thiam loh enna tur zawhnate (Comprehension question)
2. Grammar zawhnate

1. Mother tongue/First language: A awmzia leh pawimawhnate
2. Primary school-a Mizo tawng zirtirnain a tumte (aims & objectives)
3. Mizo tawng zirtirtu tha nihna leh thiam tur (characteristics & qualities) 
4. Tawng thiamnain a ken palite – Ngaihthlak thiamna, Tawng thiamna, Chhiar thiamna leh Ziak thiamna
5. Heng zirtirnain a tum leh zirtir dan :
   1. Thu (prose)
   2. Hla ( nursery rhyme & poem)
   3. Grammar
   4. Thu ziak dan (writing composition)
   5. Thumal (vocabulary)
   6. Drama
6. Lesson Plan: A pawimawhna leh plan dan chi hrang hrang
7. Mizo tawng hman dik lohte
8. Mizo tawng ziah zawm leh zawm loh turte
9. Tawng upate
10. Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids tangkainate leh hman tangkai theih te
11. Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids hman tangkai theihte
12. Learner assessment
13. Classroom activities:
    1. Role play
    2. Dramatisation
    3. Recitation
    4. Discussion
    5. Debate
    6. Group Work
    7. Pair Work
    8. Project Work

1. Mother Tongue: Definition and meaning
2. Aims and objectives of teaching first and second language in Elementary schools
3. Characteristics and Qualities of a good language teacher
4. Four Language Skills
5. Objectives and method of teaching
   1. Prose
   2. Poetry
   3. Vocabulary
   4. Grammar
6. Lesson Planning
7. English Usage
8. Idioms and Phrases
9. Importance of Teaching Aids in Teaching English
10. Learner Assessment
11. Classroom Activities
    1. Role Play
    2. Dramatization
    3. Recitation
    4. Discussion
    5. Debate
    6. Group Work
    7. Pair Work
    8. Project Work

1. Teaching Prose
2. Teaching Poetry
3. Teaching Vocabulary
4. Teaching Grammar

1. Role Play
2. Dramatization
3. Recitation
4. Extempore Speech
5. Debate
6. Story Telling

1. Concept and Purpose
2. Responding to content and form
3. Using portfolios for subjective assessment

1. Reading unseen passages – one passage (One prose or drama and one poem) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability. (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)
2. Four Language Skills
3. Grammar
4. Vocabulary

1. Teaching English as a second language and foreign-language: developmental, socio-economic and psychological factors, key factors affecting second language acquisition.
2. Nature of Language

1. Different approaches to the teaching of English:
   1. Behaviouristic Approach
   2. Structural Approach
   3. Cognitive Approach
   4. Constructivist Approach
   5. Communicative Approach

1. Different methods and techniques of teaching English:
   1. Grammar translation method
   2. Audio lingual method
   3. Direct Method
   4. Bilingual Method

1. Unit planning and Lesson planning
2. English across the curriculum
3. Preparation and use of low-cost teaching aids

1. Four Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
2. Grammar

1. Listening Skill
2. Speaking Skill
3. Reading Skill
4. Writing Skill

1. Geometry
2. Shapes & Spatial Understanding
3. Solids around us
4. Numbers
5. Addition and Subtraction
6. Multiplication
7. Division
8. Measurement
9. Weight
10. Time
11. Volume
12. Data Handling
13. Patterns
14. Money

1. Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
2. Aims and objectives of teaching mathematics in primary schools
3. Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
4. Language of Mathematics
5. Methods and techniques of teaching mathematics at primary stage
6. Instructional materials in mathematics, their importance and improvisation
7. Problems of teaching mathematics
8. Assessment in mathematics
9. Concept and purpose
10. Techniques of assessment
11. Assessment tools
    1. Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
    2. Planning for teaching mathematics
12. Annual Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
    1. Mathematical reasoning
    2. Communicating mathematics

1. Family and Friends
   1. Relationships
   2. Work and Play
   3. Animals
   4. Plants
2. Food
3. Shelter
4. Water
5. Travel
6. Things we do and make

1. Concept and Scope of EVS
2. Curriculum Organization
   1. EVS as an integrated area of studies.
   2. EVS as science and EVS as social science.
3. Perspective in EVS Learning
   1. How Children learn – based on Piaget, Vygotsky, and Bruner
   2. Preconception and Alternative Conception in children.
4. Classroom transaction
   1. Methods and techniques of teaching EVS: observation, activities, discussion, group work, field visits, projects, survey experimentation
   2. Process Skills in EVS: observation, classification, analysis, communication, measurement, prediction, expression, and inference.
   3. Different types of Teaching Learning Materials for teaching EVS.
   4. Indicators of Learning.
5. Assessment in EVS
   1. Concept and Purpose of Assessment
      1. Techniques of Assessment
      2. Assessment Tools

1. Perspective in development
   1. Factors affecting child development
   2. Naturalistic Observations: Interviews, Anecdotal records, Narratives
2. Physical – Motor Development
   1. Growth and maturation
   2. Gross and fine motor development skills in infancy and pre-school children
3. Social and Emotional Development
   1. Personality development (Freud)
   2. Psycho-social development (Erikson)
   3. Attachment: Bowlby, Ainsworth
   4. Development of Emotions; Functions of emotions and the ability to regulate them.
4. Childhood
   1. Childhood in the modern world. How poverty, globalization, and adult culture affect the child.
   2. Commonalities and diversities within the notion of childhood
5. Context of socialization
   1. Concept of socialization
   2. Parenting styles
   3. School culture
   4. Peer influence
   5. Competition, conflict, and cooperation

1. Inclusive Education
   1. Concept of Inclusive Education
   2. Forms of inclusion and exclusion
   3. Addressing inequality and diversity in Indian classroom; pedagogical and curriculum concerns
2. Children with special needs
   1. Identification, assessment, and intervention of disability
   2. Approaches and skills for teaching children with special needs.
3. Gender, School and Society
   1. Social construction of masculinity and femininity
   2. Working towards gender equality in the classroom

1. Behaviourism & Constructivism and their educational implications
2. Factors affecting learning
3. Motivation for learning
4. Evaluation
   1. Concept, Process & Purpose of Evaluation & Assessment
   2. Evaluation & Measurement
   3. Continuous and comprehensive evaluation
   4. Tools & Techniques of evaluation

1. Factors affecting teaching
2. Methods & Techniques of teaching; Learner-centered teaching strategies
3. Classroom management skills: Planning and implementation
4. Qualities of a good facilitator
   1. Emotional maturity
   2. Balanced personality
   3. Attitude
   4. Values
   5. Professional ethics
   6. Conduct rules
5. Inculcating democratic ideals and moral values

1. Thu pakhat (one unseen passage)
2. Hla pakhat (one unseen poem)

1. Hriat thiam leh thiam loh enna tur zawhnate
2. (Comprehension questions)
3. Grammar zawhnate

1. Mother tongue/First language: A awmzia leh pawimawhnate
2. Middle school-a Mizo tawng zirtirnain a tumte (aims & objectives)
3. Mizo tawng zirtirtu tha nihna leh thiam tur (characteristics & qualities)
4. Tawng thiamnain a ken palite – Ngaihthlak thiamna, Tawng thiamna, Chhiar thiamna leh Ziak thiamna
5. Heng zirtirnain a tum leh zirtir dan :
   1. Thu (prose)
   2. Hla ( nursery rhyme & poem)
   3. Grammar
   4. Thu ziak dan (writing composition)
   5. Thumal (vocabulary)
   6. Drama
6. Lesson Plan: A pawimawhna leh plan dan chi hrang hrang
7. Mizo tawng hman dik lohte
8. Mizo tawng ziah zawm leh zawm loh turte
9. Tawng upate
10. Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids tangkainate
11. Mizo tawng zirtir nana teaching aids hman tangkai theihte
12. Learner assessment
13. Content analysis
14. Classroom activities:
    1. Roleplay
    2. Dramatisation
    3. Recitation
    4. Discussion
    5. Debate
    6. Group Work
    7. Pair Work
    8. Project Work

1. Mother Tongue: Definition and meaning
2. Aims and objectives of teaching first and second language in Elementary schools
3. Characteristics and Qualities of a good language teacher
4. Relationship between a child’s growth and language development
5. Importance of Mother Tongue in a child’s growth and development and education

1. Teaching Prose
2. Teaching Poetry
3. Teaching Vocabulary
4. Teaching Grammar

1. Role Play
2. Dramatisation
3. Recitation
4. Extempore Speech
5. Debate
6. Story Telling

1. Concept and Purpose
2. Responding to content and form
3. Using portfolios for subjective assessment

1. Reading unseen passages – one passage (One prose or drama and one poem) with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar, and verbal ability. (Prose passage may be literary, scientific, narrative, or discursive)
2. Four Language Skills
3. Grammar
4. Vocabulary

1. Teaching English as a second language and foreign-language: developmental, socio-economic and psychological factors, key factors affecting second language acquisition.
2. Nature of Language

1. Different approaches to the teaching of English:
   1. Behaviouristic Approach
   2. Structural Approach
   3. Cognitive Approach
   4. Constructivist Approach
   5. Communicative Approach
2. Different methods and techniques of teaching English:
   1. Grammar translation method
   2. Audio lingual method
   3. Direct Method
   4. Bilingual Method

1. Unit planning and Lesson planning
2. English across the curriculum
3. Preparation and use of low cost teaching aids

1. Four Skills: Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing
2. Grammar

1. Listening Skill
2. Speaking Skill
3. Reading Skill
4. Writing Skill

1. Number System
   1. Knowing our Numbers
   2. Playing with Numbers
   3. Whole Numbers
   4. Negative Numbers and Integers
   5. Fractions
2. Algebra including Ratio and Proportion
3. Geometry
   1. Basic geometrical ideas (2 – D)
   2. Understanding Elementary Shapes (2 – D and 3 – D)
   3. Symmetry: (reflection)
4. Mensuration
5. Data handling

1. Nature of Mathematics/Logical thinking; understanding children’s thinking and reasoning patterns and strategies of making meaning and learning
2. Aims and objectives of teaching mathematics in middle schools
3. Place of Mathematics in Curriculum
4. Language of Mathematics
5. Methods and techniques of teaching mathematics at the middle stage

1. Instructional materials in mathematics, their importance, and improvisation
2. Problems of teaching mathematics
3. Assessment in mathematics
   1. Concept and purpose
   2. Techniques of assessment
   3. Assessment tools
4. Diagnostic and Remedial Teaching
5. Planning for teaching mathematics
6. Annual Plan, Unit Plan, Lesson Plan
7. Mathematical reasoning
8. Communicating mathematics

1. Food (Sources of food, Components of food, Cleaning food)
2. Materials (Materials of daily use)
3. The World of the Living
4. Moving Things People and Ideas
5. How things work (Electric current and circuits, Magnets)
6. Natural Phenomena
7. Natural Resources

1. Aims and Objectives of teaching science in Elementary School
2. Problems and remedies of teaching Science
3. Correlation and interdependence of science with other subjects
4. Educational values of teaching science
5. Qualities of good science teacher
6. Development of scientific attitude
7. Methods of teaching science in Elementary School
8. Science museum, field trip, projects, and exhibition
9. Different types of assessment
10. Teaching-learning materials (Teaching Aids) in Science

1. What, Where, How, and When?
2. On the Trail of the Earliest People
3. From Gathering to Growing Food
4. In the Earliest Cities
5. What Books and Burials Tell Us
6. New Questions and Ideas
7. New Kings and Kingdoms
8. The Delhi Sultans
9. The Mughal Empire
10. Towns, Traders, and Craft persons
11. Tribes, Nomads, and Settled Communities
12. From Trade to Territory
13. Ruling the Countryside
14. When People Rebel – 1857 and After
15. Weavers, Iron Smelters, and Factory Owners
16. Civilising the “Native”, Educating the Nation
17. The Making of the National Movement: 1870s-1947
18. India After Independence

1. The Earth in the Solar System
2. Globe
3. Motions of the Earth
4. Environment
5. Inside Our Earth
6. Air
7. Water
8. Natural Vegetation and Wildlife
9. Human Environment – Settlement, Transport and

1. Resources
2. Land, Soil, Water, Natural Vegetation and Wildlife Resouces
3. Agriculture
4. Human Resources

1. Diversity and Discrimination
2. Key Element of a Democratic Government
3. Panchayati Raj
4. Rural Administration
5. Urban Administration
6. Equality in Indian Democracy
7. State Government
8. Gender
9. Indian Constitution and Secularism
10. Parliament and the making of Laws
11. Social Justice and the Marginalized

1. Time continuity and change: Social structure and Social stratification.
2. Civilization: History and Culture.
3. State: Authority, Nation, Nation-state, and Citizen.
4. Region, Resources and People.
5. Market and Exchange

1. Different methods of teaching Social Science/Social Studies: Discovery, Projects, Narration, Comparisons, Observation, Dialogue, and Discussion.
2. Teaching Learning Materials: Need and Importance, types, improvisation.
3. Concept and Sources of Data.

1. Types of evaluation
2. Tools and techniques