UGC NET Syllabus 2019 for Paper 1 - Download FREE PDF

Now let us have a look at each section and the topics under it.

1. Teaching Aptitude

• Teaching: Nature, objectives, characteristics and basic requirements

• Learner’s characteristics

• Factors affecting teaching

• Methods of teaching

• Teaching aids

• Evaluation systems

2. Research Aptitude

• Research: Meaning, characteristics and types

• Steps of research

• Methods of research

• Research ethics

• Paper, article, workshop, seminar, conference and symposium

• Thesis writing- its characteristics and format

3. Reading Comprehension

• A passage to be set with questions to be answered

4. Communication

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

5. Reasoning (Includes Mathematics)

• Number series; letter series; codes

• Relationships; classification

6. Logical Reasoning

• Understanding the structure of arguments

• Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and inductive reasoning

• Verbal analogies: Word analogy — an Applied analogy

• Verbal classification

• Reasoning Logical Diagrams: Simple diagrammatic relationship multi-diagrammatic relationshipVenn diagram; Analytical Reasoning

7. Data Interpretation

• Sources, acquisition and interpretation of data

• Quantitative and qualitative data

• Graphical representation and mapping of data

 8. Information and Communication Technology (ICT)

• ICT: meaning, advantages, disadvantages and uses

• General abbreviations and terminology

• Basics of internet and e-mailing

9. People and Environment

• People and environment interaction

• Sources of pollution

• Pollutants and their impact on human life, exploitation of natural and energy resourcesNatural hazards and mitigation

10. 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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