West Bengal Primary Teacher Syllabus

Concept of development and its relationship with learning, Principles of the development of children, Influence of Heredity & Environment, Socialization processes: Social world & children (Teacher, Parents, Peers), Piaget, Kohlberg and Vygotsky: constructs and critical perspectives, Concepts of child-centred and progressive education, Critical perspective of the construct of Intelligence, Multi-Dimensional Intelligence, Language & Thought, Gender as a social construct; gender roles, gender-bias and educational practice, Individual differences among learners, understanding differences based on diversity of language, caste, gender, community, religion etc., The distinction between Assessment for learning and assessment of learning; School-Based Assessment, Continuous & Comprehensive Evaluation: perspective and practice, Formulating appropriate questions for assessing readiness levels of learners; for enhancing learning and critical thinking in the classroom and for assessing learner achievement, Concepts of Inclusive education and understanding children with special needs; Concept of exceptional children and children with special needs (CWSN), Addressing learners from diverse backgrounds including disadvantaged and deprived. Addressing the needs of children with learning difficulties, ‘impairment’ etc., Addressing the Talented, Creative, Specially abled Learners.

Language Comprehension; Two passages, one from prose and the other from poetry with questions on comprehension, inference, grammar and test of vocabulary; Determiners; Subject-verb; Concord; Interrogatives; Framing Yes/No & 'WH' questions; Question tags; Prepositions; Tense and time; Phrasal verbs; Gerunds & Participle; Auxiliary verbs; Pedagogy for Language Development; Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors and disorders; Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division; Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing); Teaching-learning materials; Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN); Remedial teaching; Learning and acquisition; Principles of language Teaching; Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool; A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form; Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders; Language Skills; Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing; Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.

Challenges of teaching language in diverse classrooms: language difficulties, errors and disorders, Introduction to English Phonology: vowels and consonants, syllable division, Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency in LSRW (Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing), Teaching-learning materials, Strategies for teaching children with special needs (CWSN), Remedial teaching, Learning and acquisition, Principles of language Teaching, Role of listening and speaking; function of language and how children use it as a tool, A critical perspective on the role of grammar in learning a language for communicating ideas verbally and in written form, Challenges of teaching language in a diverse classroom; language difficulties, errors and disorders, Language Skills, Evaluating language comprehension and proficiency: speaking, listening, reading and writing, Teaching-learning materials: Textbook, multimedia materials, multilingual resources of the classroom.

Geometry; Shapes, spatial understanding, solids, the perimeter of rectilinear figures, area of rectangles; Measurement; Numbers; Arithmetic; Fractions; Weight; Time; Data handling; Patterns; Money; Pedagogical issues in Mathematics; Language of Mathematics; Community Mathematics; Nature of mathematics; Methods of teaching mathematics; Instructional material in mathematics; Evaluation, the concept of continuous and comprehensive evaluation. Problems in teaching mathematics; Error analysis and related aspects of learning and teaching; Diagnostic and remedial teaching.

Concept and scope of environmental studies; Significance of environmental studies; Integrated approach in environmental studies; Scope and relation of environmental studies to science and social science; Approaches of presenting concepts; Environmental studies and environmental education; Learning principles; Activities; Discussion; Health and Hygiene; Shelters: Types of shelters, characteristics of animal shelters; Types of vehicles used, railways, waterways and airways; Water: Types of water resources, conservation of water resources, water pollution; cause and prevention of water pollution, the impact of water pollution on environment, flood and drought; Composition of air, causes and impact of air pollution on the environment, greenhouse effect and global warming; Different types of soil, soil erosion, the impact of soil pollution and its prevention.