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Tips to cover Child Development and Pedagogy for TET

                  The syllabus for CDP  is vast and hence one must know what theories will be asked in exam. Most of the theories are covered during the course of the teacher training but what students mostly forget is that they are going to be asked objective type questions in the exam and the linkage of the theory in real life and with other pedagogy subjects.   The important theories that I have read for test are Piaget's theory of cognitive development Kohlberg's theory of moral development Vygotsky's theory of socio-cultural development Freud's theory of psycho sexual development Chomsky's theory of linguistic development Stephen Krashen's theory of second language acquisition Pavlov's theory of classical conditioning Skinner's theory of operant conditioning Thorndike's theory of connectionism Insight learning theory Maslow's theory of a hierarchy of needs Bandura's theory of social learning Bruner's theory of...

Strategies to clear Teacher Eligibility test in first attempt

                               Most of us got afraid whenever we hear about a term ' test ' or ' examination '. The truth is we are afraid not to take the test but there is a fear of failing in it. Here I am providing 5 strategies that helped me clear the Central Teacher Eligibility Test (Dec) 2019 Paper 2 with 123/150 marks and Punjab State Teacher eligibility Test 2018 held in Jan 2020 Paper 1 with 123/150 marks and Paper 2 with 113/150 marks in my very first attempt. Strategies Know your eligibility : The very first thing you need to consider is to check your eligibility, whether you are eligible to take the test or not. E.g :   If you are in 1st semester of your teacher training program, you cannot take the test. to make yourself eligible and also to make your test result valid I would suggest to take the exam in 3rd semester. Know the syllabus :   The second thing to ke...