UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION NET BUREAU SYLLABUS

              UNIVERSITY GRANTS                         COMMISSION NET BUREAU                                   SYLLABUS

Subject: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE       

                

                   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 etc.)
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.).



2Unit-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.

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