language - I (Telugu).Language - I (Hindi)..Language - II (English)..Mathematics..Parisarala Vignanam..Sisu Vikasam, Pedagogy AP STATE EXAMS: Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) Study Material Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) Study Material,Teacher Eligibility Test Classroom discipline and management,Teacher Eligibility Test Teaching and learning in the language classroom,Teacher Eligibility Test Developmental Psychology,Teacher Eligibility Test Study materials Developmental Psychology,Understanding Children with social need for Teacher Eligibility Test,Teacher Eligibility Test Principles of Language Teaching and Learning,Teacher Eligibility Test Paper II (for classes VI to VIII) I CHILD DEVELOPMENT AND PEDAGOGY (Marks: 30) 

 DEVELOPMENT OF CHILD - Development, Growth & Maturation – Concept & Nature - Principles of Development - Factors influencing Development – Biological, Psychological, Sociological - Dimensions of Development and their interrelationships – Physical & Motor, Cognitive, Emotional, Social, Moral, Language relating to Infancy, early Childhood, late Child hood. - Understanding Development – Piaget, Kohlberg, Chomsky, Carl Rogers - Individual differences – Intra & Inter Individual differences in the areas of Attitudes, Aptitude, Interest, Habits, Intelligence and their Assessment - Development of Personality – Concept, Factors effecting development of Personality - Adjustment, Behavioral problems, Mental Health - Methods and Approaches of Child Development – Observation, Interview, Case study, Experimental, Cross sectional and Longitudinal - Developmental tasks and Hazards 

 UNDERSTANDING LEARNING - Concept, Nature of Learning – Input – Process – Outcome - Factors of Learning – Personal and Environmental - Approaches to Learning and their applicability – Behaviorism (Skinner, Pavlov, Thorndike), Constructivism (Piaget, Vygotsky), Gestalt (Kohler, Koffka) and Observational (Bandura) - Dimensions of Learning – Cognitive, Affective and Performance - Motivation and Sustenance –its role in learning. - Memory & Forgetting - Transfer of Learning 

 PEDAGOGICAL CONCERNS - Teaching and its relationship with learning and learner - Learners in Contexts: Situating learner in the socio-political and cultural context - Children from diverse contexts – Children With Special Needs (CWSN), Inclusive Education - Understanding of Pedagogic methods – Enquiry based learning, Project based learning, Survey, Observation and Activity based learning - Individual and Group learning: Issues and concerns with respect to organizing learning in class room like Study habits, Self learning and Learning to learn skills - Organizing learning in heterogen