• 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 centered vs. Learner-centered 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.

• 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.

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

• 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.

• 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.).

• 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 uses for establishing the 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).

• 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.

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

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

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

UGC NET SYLLABUS PAPER 1 PDF DOWNLOAD

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NTA UGC NET Syllabus Paper 1, Tips, Tricks and Strategy

Let’s talk about UGC net paper 1 syllabus… Is there any change in the syllabus for GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE Code No. : 00?

There is no major change in terms of pattern in the syllabus for the general paper on teaching & research aptitude …there are still 10 units and 5 questions will be asked approximately from each unit (same pattern as 2018 or previous exams).

So what has changed? is there a new unit introduced in the first paper or some topics were added!

Well..No no new UNIT introduced in the latest syllabus but this time they have published the syllabus details in more detail including various new keywords which you can easily check if you look at the new syllabus.

We have also highlighted the text so that you will be aware that there is a change in the syllabus from the last exam. The major changes we could see in the teaching aptitude, People & Environment, Higher education, etc…

Additionally – We could see that New topics were introduced in the Logical Reasoning section.

Things to Note here is – Although there is no addition of Units …but you will require more emphasis to be given on first paper topics like Teaching Aptitude, People & Environment, Higher Education, etc.

If you see syllabus is pretty much big and it will take months to cover every topic; also there are few units that require more theory and chances of getting questions correct is low;

So our team has come up with the Study Plan Strategy for UGC NET Paper 1; to Score maximum with the smart study.

NTA UGC NET ANSWER KEY | Updated Details 2021

Concluding notes:

Many of the candidates take UGC NET Paper 1 very lightly thinking that it is very easy to clear paper 1 of UGC NET. Of course, It is very easy to clear this paper but it is to be remembered that scoring high marks in this paper will help you in your cumulative/aggregate score.

Because, earlier UGC kept only minimum qualifying marks to qualify in this exam but nowadays, you got to score that cutoff marks which varies from time to time based on many factors. So be careful and give utmost importance to scoring maximum in paper 1 too; to clear the exam with flying colors.