Maharashtra State Eligibility Test for Lectureship
महाराष्ट्र राज्य आधिव्याख्यातापदासाठी राज्यस्तरीय पात्रता चाचणी (सेट) परीक्षा
SUBJECT: GENERAL PAPER ON TEACHING & RESEARCH APTITUDE Code No. : 00
PAPER-I
The main objective is to assess the
teaching and research capabilities of the
candidates. The test aims at assessing the teaching and research
aptitude as well. Candidates are expected to possess and exhibit cognitive
abilities, which include comprehension, analysis, evaluation, understanding the
structure of arguments, deductive and inductive reasoning. The candidates are
also expected to have a general awareness about teaching and learning processes
in higher education system. Further, they should be aware of interaction
between people, environment, natural resources
and their impact on the quality of life.
The
details of syllabi are as follows:
Unit-I Teaching Aptitude
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Teaching: Concept, Objectives,
Levels of teaching (Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and
basic requirements.
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Learner’s characteristics:
Characteristics of adolescent and adult learners (Academic, Social, Emotional
and Cognitive), Individual differences.
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Factors affecting teaching related
to: Teacher, Learner, Support material, Instructional facilities, Learning
environment and Institution.
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Methods of teaching in Institutions
of higher learning: Teacher centred vs. Learner centred methods; Off-line vs.
On-line methods (Swayam, Swayamprabha, MOOCs etc.).
· Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
· Teaching Support System: Traditional, Modern and ICT based.
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Evaluation Systems: Elements and
Types of evaluation, Evaluation in Choice Based Credit System in Higher
education, Computer based testing,
Innovations in evaluation systems.
Unit-II Research Aptitude
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Research: Meaning, Types, and
Characteristics, Positivism and Post- positivistic approach to research.
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Methods of Research: Experimental,
Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative and Quantitative methods.
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Steps of Research.
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Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
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Application of ICT in research.
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Research ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
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A passage of text be given.
Questions be asked from the passage to be answered.
Unit-IV Communication
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Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
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Effective communication: Verbal and
Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group communications, Classroom communication.
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Barriers to effective communication.
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Mass-Media and Society.
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Types of reasoning.
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Number series, Letter series, Codes and Relationships.
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Mathematical Aptitude (Fraction,
Time & Distance, Ratio, Proportion and Percentage,
Profit and Loss, Interest and Discounting, Averages etc.).
Unit-VI Logical
Reasoning
·Understanding the structure of
arguments: argument forms, structure of categorical propositions, Mood and
Figure, Formal and Informal fallacies, Uses of language, Connotations and
denotations of terms, Classical square of opposition.
· Evaluating and distinguishing deductive and
inductive reasoning.
· Analogies.
· Venn diagram: Simple and multiple
use for establishing validity of arguments.
· Indian Logic: Means of knowledge.
·Pramanas: Pratyaksha (Perception),
Anumana (Inference), Upamana (Comparison), Shabda (Verbal testimony),
Arthapatti (Implication) and Anupalabddhi (Non-apprehension).
· Structure and kinds of Anumana
(inference), Vyapti (invariable relation), Hetvabhasas (fallacies of inference).
Unit-VII Data Interpretation
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Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
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Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
· Graphical representation
(Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart
and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
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Data Interpretation.
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Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
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ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
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Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
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Digital initiatives in higher education.
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ICT and Governance.
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
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Development and environment:
Millennium development and Sustainable development goals.
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Human and environment interaction:
Anthropogenic activities and their impacts on
environment.
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Environmental issues: Local,
Regional and Global; Air pollution, Water pollution, Soil pollution, Noise
pollution, Waste (solid, liquid, biomedical, hazardous, electronic), Climate
change and its Socio-Economic and Political dimensions.
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Impacts of pollutants on human health.
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Natural and energy resources:
Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal, Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
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Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
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Environmental Protection Act
(1986), National Action Plan on Climate Change, International
agreements/efforts -Montreal Protocol, Rio Summit, Convention on Biodiversity,
Kyoto Protocol, Paris Agreement, International Solar Alliance.
Unit-X Higher Education System
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Institutions of higher learning and education in
ancient India.
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Evolution of higher learning and research in Post
Independence India.
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Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning
programmes in India.
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Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
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Value education and environmental education.
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Policies, Governance, and Administration.
set from each Module.
(ii) Whenever graphical/pictorial question(s) are set for sighted
candidates, a passage followed by equal number of questions and weightage be
set for visually impaired candidates