Syllabus for Paper-I for LPUNEST for Ph.D.
Programmes
(Teaching and Research Aptitude)
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. The 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 syllabus are as follows:
Unit- I Teaching Aptitude
Teaching: Concept, Objectives, Levels of teaching
(Memory, Understanding and Reflective), Characteristics and basic
requirements.
Learner’s characteristics: Characteristics of adolescent and adult
learners
(Academic, Social, Emotional and Cognitive), Individual differences.
Factors affecting teaching related to: Teacher, Learner, Support
material, Instructional facilities, Learning environment and
Institution.
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.
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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
Research: Meaning, Types, and Characteristics, Positivism and Post-
positivistic approach to research.
Methods of Research: Experimental, Descriptive, Historical, Qualitative
and Quantitative methods.
Steps of Research.
Thesis and Article writing: Format and styles of referencing.
Application of ICT in research.
Research ethics.
Unit-III Comprehension
A passage of text be given. Questions be asked from the passage to be
answered.
Unit-IV Communication
Communication: Meaning, types and characteristics of communication.
Effective communication: Verbal and Non-verbal, Inter-Cultural and group
communications, Classroom communication.
Barriers to effective communication.
Mass-Media and Society.
Unit-V Mathematical Reasoning and Aptitude
Types of reasoning.
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
Sources, acquisition and classification of Data.
Quantitative and Qualitative Data.
Graphical representation (Bar-chart, Histograms, Pie-chart, Table-chart
and Line-chart) and mapping of Data.
Data Interpretation.
Data and Governance.
Unit-VIII Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
ICT: General abbreviations and terminology.
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Basics of Internet, Intranet, E-mail, Audio and Video-conferencing.
Digital initiatives in higher education.
ICT and Governance.
Unit-IX People, Development and Environment
Development and environment: Millennium development and
Sustainable development goals.
Human and environment interaction: Anthropogenic activities and
their impacts on environment.
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.
Impacts of pollutants on human health.
Natural and energy resources: Solar, Wind, Soil, Hydro, Geothermal,
Biomass, Nuclear and Forests.
Natural hazards and disasters: Mitigation strategies.
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
Institutions of higher learning and education in ancient India.
Evolution of higher learning and research in Post Independence India.
Oriental, Conventional and Non-conventional learning programmes in India.
Professional, Technical and Skill Based education.
Value education and environmental education.
Policies, Governance, and Administration.
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