UGC – NET 2018 Syllabus Paper-1

UGC – NET 2018 Syllabus

SCHEME AND DATE OF TEST

All the questions of Paper – I and Paper – II will be compulsory, covering entire syllabus.

PAPER-I

Unit-I : Teaching Aptitude Teaching

• Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements;
  
• Learner’s characteristics;
  
• Factors affecting teaching;
  
• Methods of teaching;
  
• Teaching aids;
  
• Evaluation systems.
  

Unit-II : Research Aptitude Research

• Meaning, characteristics and types;
  
• Steps of research;
  
• Methods of research;
  
• Research Ethics;
  
• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
  
• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium;
  
• Thesis writing: its characteristics and format.
  

Unit-III : Reading Comprehension

• A passage to be set with questions to be answered.
  

Unit-IV : Communication

• Communication : Nature, characteristics, types, barriers and effective classroom communication.
  

Unit-V : Reasoning (Including Mathematical)

• Number series;
  
• letter series;
  
• codes;
  
• Relationships;
  
• classification.
  

Unit-VI : Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments;
  
• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning;
  
• Verbal analogies : Word analogy ñ Applied analogy;
  
• Verbal classification;
  
• Reasoning Logical Diagrams : Simple diagrammatic relationship, multi-diagrammatic relationship;
  
• Venn diagram; Analytical Reasoning.
  

Unit-VII : Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and interpretation of data;
  
• Quantitative and qualitative data;
  
• Graphical representation and mapping of data.
  

Unit-VIII : Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT : meaning, advantages, disadvantages and uses;
  
• General abbreviations and terminology;
  
• Basics of internet and e-mailing.
  

Unit-IX : People and Environment

• People and environment interaction;
  
• Sources of pollution;
  
• Pollutants and their impact on human life, exploitation of natural and energy resources;
  
• Natural hazards and mitigation
  

Unit-X : Higher Education System : Governance, Polity And Administration

• Structure of the institutions for higher learning and research in India;
  
• Formal and distance education;
  
• Professional/technical and general education;
  
• value education: governance, polity and administration;
  
• Concept, institutions and their interactions.

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