Psychology syllabus
UPESSC PGT · Psychology
Part A — Pedagogy / teaching aptitude
Pedagogy
Teaching aptitude focuses
- Child development foundations
- Piaget cognitive development
- Vygotsky social constructivism
- Behaviourist learning theories
- Bloom taxonomy and lesson planning
- Teaching methods
- Assessment and evaluation
- Classroom management
- Inclusive education
- Motivation and interest
- Guidance and counselling
- Teaching aids and classroom ICT
- NEP 2020
- RTE Act 2009
Part B — Subject knowledge (Psychology)
Psychology
Psychology topics
- Introduction to psychology
- Biological bases of behaviour
- Sensation and perception
- Learning
- Memory
- Thinking and language
- Motivation and emotion
- Intelligence
- Personality
- Psychological disorders
- Therapies
- Social psychology
- Educational psychology
- Statistics basics