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  UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET BUREAU SYLLABUS

Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE            Code No. : 00

   

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
• Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual
• Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and
• Methods of teaching in Institutions of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).

 

• Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT
• 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
• Steps of
• Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of
• Application of ICT in
• Research

Unit-III Comprehension

• A passage of text be Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.

Unit-IV Communication

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

Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

• Types of
• Number series, Letter series, Codes and
• Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction, Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage, Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages ).

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
• Venn diagram: Simple and multiple use for establishing validity of
• Indian Logic: Means of
• 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-VIIData Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and classification of
• Quantitative and Qualitative
• Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
• Data
• Data and

Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: General abbreviations and
• Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
• Digital initiatives in higher
• ICT and

Unit-IX People, Development and Environment

• Development and environment: Millennium development and Sustainable development
• Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on
• 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
• Impacts of pollutants on human
• Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and
• Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation
• 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

Unit-X Higher Education System

• Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient
• Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence
• Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in
• Professional, Technical and Skill Based
• Value education and environmental
• Policies, Governance, and

PAPER II _ENGLISH

UGC NET SYLLABUS     Module 01 – British Literature Module 02 – American Literature Module 03 – Postcolonial Literature Module 04 – European Literature Module 05 – Indian Literature Module 06 – Literary Criticism Module 07 – Literary Theory Module 08 – Literary Terms C Devices Module 09 – Literary Movements Module 10 – Linguistics Module 11 – English in India Module 12 – Cultural Studies Module 13 – Research Methodology