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UGC NET /SLET Paper I Revised
SUBJECT CODE: 00
SUB: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING AND RESEARCH APTITUDE
The main objective is to assess the
teaching and research
capabilities of the candidates. Therefore, the test is aimed at
assessing the teaching and general / research aptitude as well as
their awareness. They are expected to possess and
exhibit cognitive abilities.
Cognitive abilities include comprehension, analysis,
evaluation, understanding
the structure of arguments and deductive and inductive
reasoning. The candidates
are also expected to have a general awareness and knowledge of
sources of information. They should be aware of
interaction between people, environment and natural
resources and their impact on
quality of life. The details are given in the following
sections.
NOTE:
i) Each section gets equal weightage: five
questions and 10 marks from each
section.
ii) Whenever pictorial questions are set for the
sighted candidates, a passage
followed by equal
number of questions should be set for the visually handicapped
candidates.
I. Teaching Aptitude
Teaching :
Nature, objectives, characteristics and
basic requirements;
Learner’s characteristics;
Factors affecting teaching;
Methods of teaching;
Teaching aids;
Evaluation systems.
II. 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.
III. Reading comprehension
A passage to be
set with questions to be answered
IV. Communication
Communication:
Nature, characteristics, types, barriers and effective classroom
communication.
V. Reasoning (Including
Mathematical)
Number series; letter series; codes;
Relationships; classification.
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