UGC NET / TN SET Exam Lesson Plan

The following is a lesson plan for UGC NET Computer Science and Applications.

Paper I:

Teaching and Research Aptitude

Teaching Aptitude:

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

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.

Reading Comprehension:

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

Communication:

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

Reasoning (Including Mathematical):

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

Logical Reasoning:

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

Data Interpretation:

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

Information and Communication Technology (ICT):

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

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.

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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