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Part II—Section 2

Notifi cations or Orders of interest to a Section of the public

issued by Secretariat Departments.

NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT

II-2 Ex. (202)

SCHOOL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

SYLLABUS FOR COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION FOR RECRUITMENT OF COMPUTER

INSTRUCTORS GRADE – I

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Marks - 10

No.II(2)/SE/341(a)/2019.

Subject: Education Psychology

Unit – 1

Pre-primary Education – Programme of Pre-primary Education – universalization of Primary

Education – Equality of opportunity – Secondary and Higher Secondary Education – Need for

uniform pattern – Non-formal and Adult Education – Functional Literacy Programme – Programmes

for workers in industry – programme for dropouts – Role of Educational institutions in Non-formal

Education – Open School / Open University, Quantity and Quality of Education – State and

National leave – Unemployment and underemployment – Delinking employment from degrees

– Skill development – Vocation Skill oriented education – Man power planning and education –

Brain drain – Special problems of rural and tribal people – illiteracy and poverty – Eradication

of poverty through Education.

Unit – 2

National integration – International understanding – Value Education in action- Nation and

health – sanitation – Safety and fi rst aid – Women’s education – Education for handicapped –

Education for gifted – Population Education – Need for protecting the environment – Environmental

Education – Language policy – Medium of education – channel of international communication –

Management of Schools, private, aided, Government, Local authorities – Government Department

of education, administration and academic supervision – Headmaster / Headmistress as an

administrator and academic supervisor.

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History and Culture of Tamil Nadu:

Unit - 3

Political – Spiritual – Religion – Literature – Language – Education – Natural Resources – Trade – Occupations

– Historical places – Tourist centres – Arts – Games – Society.

Unit - 4

The Learner, Learning process – Learning situation – Signifi cance of Education Psychology to the teacher concept

of growth and maturity – development characteristics and trends – Development tasks and education – Development of

mental abilities – Attention, inattention and distraction – span of attention, sensation and perception – factors in perception

– Errors – concept formation – piglets states of cognitive development – concept maps language. Imagination, thinking

and reasoning – Psycholinguistics - Implications for the teacher.

Unit – 5

Special characteristics of adolescents and their problems, attitudes, interest, group behaviour, Discipline –

Leadership – Nature and importance of learning – individual diff erences in learning – Learning curves – Transfer of

learning – Learning styles - Factors in learning – Types of learning – Trial and error – Conditioning – Classical and

operant – Learning by insight – Imitation – Levels of learning – Remembering and forgetting – Learning Disabilities.

Unit - 6

Motivation – Maslow’s hierarchy of needs – roles of rewards and punishments – Levels of aspiration – Achievement

motivation – Goal as a motivational factor – Nature of intelligence – Theories of intelligence – Assessment of intelligence

– IQ constancy – Distribution – uses of intelligence test – Creativity – Creativity and intelligence – Identifi cation and

promotion of creativity – Meaning of personality – Factors infl uencing personality – Assessment of personality – integrated

personality – concept of mental health hygiene – confl ict and frustration – Unrest – Adjustment – Defence mechanisms

– Mental illness – Guidance and counselling.

Unit –7

Meaning of educational innovation – principles involved in innovation – Emergence of school –In cultural, social

and religious setting – Innovations that emerged from educational experiments-Tagore:- Santiniketan- Gandhiji:- Basic

Education – A.S.Neill:- Progressive School –Sri Aurobindo :- Ashram Schools. Rousseau: Children’s Education – Montessori

– Sense Experience – Bertrand Russel- Education for Social Order – Froebel-Kindergarten- Dewey- Pragmatic life –

J. Krishnamoorthy-Freedom in learning situation. Infl uence of Psychological factors on innovation - principles underlying

self-learning devices. Piaget-Experiment’s and discovery learning – Child- centred learning. Eff ects of cultural, religious

and social factors on innovation- Principles of equality – conformity to common educational goals.

Unit –8

Modernization of education – National Educational Policy (1986) – DPEP Special focus on Teacher Education

(DTERT, DIETs, BRCs, CRCs) MLL based curriculum and syllabus – Joyful learning – Autonomy in institutional structures

– Individual freedom- Library based learning: Self paced instruction –pace setting schools – Mobile schools- De-Schooling

and non-classroom learning – community schools – school complex Distance education and open learning- Education

through mass communication – special education –Sainik school – Defence academy – Educational Technology – need

for and use of Industructional technology – mass media for instructional purposes – Review of radio and TV educational

programmes – educational computing.

Subject: General Knowledge

Marks – 10

Unit-I

Indian Histroy

History of India – Vedic period 1526 AD to 1947 – Free India – Modern India

Unit – II

Indian Constitution

Origin of Indian Constitution – Salient and special features – Fundamental rights - Legislature – Judiciary –

Executive – Audit franchise – Human rights

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Unit – III

History of Tamil Nadu

Ancient period – Sangam age – Chera, Chola, Pandias – Economical, political, Social Conditions – Literature –

Architecture – Fine arts – Geography of Tamil Nadu – Natural boundaries – Resources – Rivers and places.

Unit-IV

Personalities

Books and authors – Discoveries

Unit-V

Sports & Games

Confi ned to India

Unit- VI

Abbreviations

Unit - VII

Every Day Science

Unit-VIII

Current Aff airs

PRADEEP YADAV,

Principal Secretary to Government.

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