UGC NET Paper 1 · Common for all subjects

Teaching & Research Aptitude Syllabus

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10 units

Complete unit breakdown

1

Teaching Aptitude

  • Teaching concepts
  • objectives
  • levels and characteristics
  • learner characteristics and individual differences
  • factors affecting teaching
  • teacher- and learner-centred methods
  • online and offline learning
  • SWAYAM
  • MOOCs and SWAYAM Prabha
  • teaching support systems
  • evaluation systems
  • CBCS and computer-based testing.
2

Research Aptitude

  • Meaning
  • types and characteristics of research
  • positivism and post-positivism
  • experimental
  • descriptive
  • historical
  • qualitative and quantitative methods
  • research steps
  • thesis and article writing
  • referencing
  • ICT in research and research ethics.
3

Comprehension

  • Reading and understanding a passage
  • identifying its main idea
  • interpreting information
  • drawing conclusions and inferences
  • answering passage-based questions.
4

Communication

  • Meaning
  • types and characteristics of communication
  • verbal and non-verbal communication
  • intercultural
  • group and classroom communication
  • barriers to effective communication
  • mass media and society.
5

Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude

  • Types of reasoning
  • number and letter series
  • codes and relationships
  • fractions
  • ratios
  • proportions and percentages
  • profit and loss
  • simple and compound interest
  • averages
  • time and distance.
6

Logical Reasoning

  • Arguments
  • categorical propositions
  • mood and figure
  • formal and informal fallacies
  • language
  • connotation and denotation
  • square of opposition
  • deductive and inductive reasoning
  • analogies and Venn diagrams
  • Indian logic
  • Pramanas
  • Anumana
  • Vyapti and Hetvabhasas.
7

Data Interpretation

  • Sources
  • acquisition and classification of quantitative and qualitative data
  • tables
  • bar charts
  • histograms
  • pie charts and line charts
  • data mapping
  • interpretation and analysis
  • data and governance.
8

Information and Communication Technology

  • ICT terminology and abbreviations
  • internet
  • intranet
  • email
  • audio and video conferencing
  • digital initiatives in higher education
  • ICT and governance.
9

People, Development and Environment

  • Development and environment
  • MDGs and SDGs
  • human-environment interaction
  • pollution and waste
  • climate change
  • health impacts
  • natural and energy resources
  • hazards and disaster mitigation
  • environmental law
  • action plans and international agreements.
10

Higher Education System

  • Ancient Indian institutions
  • evolution of higher education and research after independence
  • conventional and non-conventional programmes
  • professional
  • technical and skill education
  • value and environmental education
  • policies
  • governance and administration.