The Bihar Head Master Syllabus 2024 is now released on the official website of BPSC. The syllabus contains a list of the subjects in a topic wise format. The candidates must know the crucial information that the BPSC Headmaster Exam will take place in a single phase. This implies that it will be followed by document verification. Only the candidates clearing the exam will be eligible for the further selection stage. The subjects on which the candidate’s knowledge will be assessed are General Studies, languages and topics related to B.Ed. All the candidates must read the article below to gauge the vital information about exam pattern and syllabus.
The aspirants must be interested to know the subjects and topics they have to prepare extensively. The topics for the exam will be from subjects like General Studies, B.ED and both Hindi and English languages.
The topics from the General Studies will include questions from following sections.
Topics
Elementary Mathematics
Indian National Movement
General Awareness
Geography.
General Science
B.Ed
The topics from the subject will include sections from Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Botany, Biology, Computer and History, etc. Apart from this, there will be questions from Geography, Psychology, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, Accountancy, Music, Philosophy and Entrepreneurship. Refer to the units below to know more.
Unit 1
Topics
Children and their childhood: The contextual Realities of Bihar
Factors affecting adolescence: social, cultural, political, and economic
Adolescence: assumptions, stereotypes, and need of a holistic understanding
Dimensions of individual development: physical, cognitive, language, social and moral their interrelationships and implications for teachers (concerning Piaget Erickson and Kohlberg)
The contextual reality of adolescence in Bihar
Unit 2
Topics
Inequalities and resistances in society: issues of access, retention, and exclusion
The difference in learners based on Socio-cultural contexts: impact of home languages of learners and language of instruction, the impact of the differential cultural capital of learners
Understanding of differently-Abled learners: slow learners and dyslexic learners
Methods of assessing individual differences: tests, observation, rating scales self
Socialization and the context of school: impact of entry to School – school as a social institution and its notions in Bihar, value formation in the context of schooling
Unit 3
Topics
School as a site of identity formation in teachers and students; school, culture and ethos, teaching-learning practices and teacher discourse in the classroom evaluation practices; value system and hidden curriculum in school
Concept: Meaning and definitions of education, Processes of education-schooling Instruction, Training and Indoctrination, Modes of education formal Informal and
Understanding Identity Formation: the emergence of multiple identities in the- formation of a person placed in various social and institutional contexts; the need for inner coherence; managing conflicting identities
Education for National development: Education commission (1964-66)
Non-Formal constitutional provisions on education that reflect National ideals: Democracy equality, liberty, secularism, and social injustice
Unit 4
Topics
Philosophical systems: Schools of philosophy, Idealism, Naturalism, Pragmatism’ Marxism and Humanism with special reference to their concepts of reality, knowledge, and values, and their educational implications for aims Curriculum, methods of teaching and discipline
Philosophy and Education: Meaning and definitions of philosophy, Branches of philosophy and their relationship with educational problems and issues
Western Thinkers: Plato, Rousseau, Dewey,
Indian Thinkers: RN. Tagore, M.K. Gandhi, Swami Vivekananda, Aurobindo Ghose, Jiddu Krishnamurthi, and Giiiubhai Badheka
Unit 5
Topics
Prevailing nature and forms of Inequality, including dominant and minor groups and related issues
Inequality in schooling: Public-private schools, rural-urban schools, single teacher schools and many other forms of inequalities in school system 3nq 1tr” processes leading to disparities
Differential quality in schooling: variations in school quality
Right to Education: Bill and its provisions.
Meaning of equality and constitutional provisions
Unit 6
Topics
Relationship of learning with school performance and ability of the learner
Meaning of learning to learn skills; ways of developing self-study
Concept of Motivation; types, techniques of enhancing motivation
Forgetting classroom learning-meaning and its causes; strategies for improving retention of learning
Learning principle in learning problem solving Basic Assumptions and analysis of the relevance of Learning Theories Social, Cognitive & Humanistic learning theories learning as a process of construction of Knowledge-Constructivist Behavioral, Approach to learning
Unit 7
Topics
Characteristics associated with effective teachers; Teacher professional identity – what does it entail?
Preparing for instruction: Identifying selecting available learning resources or developing required learning resources.
An analysis of teacher’s roles and functions, skills and competencies in the Pre-active phase – visualizing, decision-making on outcomes, preparing and organization; Interactive phase – facilitating and managing to learn; Post-active phase – assessment of learning outcomes reflecting on pre-active, interactive and post-active processes
Decision making on outcomes: Establishing general instructional goals, specification of objectives, and standards for learning allocation of instructional time for various activities/tasks-instructional time as a variable in learning
Visualizing: The learner and learning readiness characteristics, the subject matter content and their inter-linkages, the learning resources, approaches/strategies
Preparation of a plan: Unit plan and Lesson plan
Unit 8
Topics
Questioning Illustration and explanation as teacher competencies influencing student learning in the classroom
Inquiry Strategy as an approach to teaching ‘thinking skills and construction of
Motivating the learners and sustaining their attention-importance of stimulus variation and reinforcement as skills
Approaches to Small Group and Whole group Instruction: Cooperative and
The strategy of Teaching -a) Expository Strategy as an approach. LA-teaching for
Understanding: Presentation – discussion – demonstration, the Advance Organizer
Collaborative approaches to learning- Brainstorming Roleplay and Dramatization, Group discussion, simulation and Games, Debate, Quiz and seminar
Unit 9
Topics
The social and cultural context of language: Language and Gender, Language and Identity language and Power, language and Class (Society)
Constitutional provisions related to languages in India
How children learn a language with special reference to Chomsky, Piaget, and Vygotsky.
Position of Languages in India; articles 343-351, 350A
The political context of language; multilingual perspective of India and Bihar
Languages; imagination, creativity, sensitivity, skill development
Language and construction of knowledge; understanding the objectives of learning
A critical review of Medium of Instruction; Different school subjects as registers
Unit 10
Topics
What are Academic Disciplines? Need/Perspectives of the classification of Human
What criteria can be used for quality assurance of interdisciplinary subjects
The Philosophical Perspective: Unity and plurality
The educational Perspective: Teaching and Learning Research in subject/discipline- Methods of data collection in the subject Drawing conclusion, generalization, and theory development Preparing & reference notes and
Knowledge into disciplines & Subjects
The Management Perspective: Market and organization
The Sociological Perspective: Professionalization and Division of Labor
What is Interdisciplinary learning? The interdisciplinary learning-a dialectical process
The Anthropological Perspective: Culture and Tribes
The Historical Perspective: Evolution and Discontinuity
Unit 11
Topics
The paradigm shift from women studies to gender studies
Teacher as an agent of change
Hislo-fiscal background: Some landmarks from social reform movements of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries with a focus on women’s experiences of education
Gender, culture, and institution: Intersection of class, religion, and region
Equity and equality in relation with caste, class, religion, ethnicity, disability, and Region
Methods, Inductive deductive, lecture, discussion, multilingual, source method observation method, laboratory method, project, and problem-solving method and their advantages and limitation & comparisons
Unit 12
Topics
Ideologies and educational vision; (iii) economic necessities; (iv) technological
Purpose and objectives of assessment-for placement! Providing feedbacks grading promotion, certification, diagnostic of learning difficulties
Determinants of the curriculum at the nation or state-wide level; (i) social-political culture-geographical-economic diversity; (ii) socio-political aspirations, including
Concept of an inclusive school- infrastructure and accessibility, human resources attitudes to disabling whole school approach, community-based education
Possibilities; (v) cultural orientations; (vi) national priorities; (vii) system of ior”*”n.” and power relations; and (vii) international contexts
Reporting students performance- progress reports, cumulative records profiles, and their uses, Portfolios.
Concept of test, measurement, examination, appraisal, evaluation and they’re inter relationships
Understanding peace as a Dynamic Social Reality
Determinants of the curriculum at the nation or state-wide level; (i) social-political culture-geographical-economic diversity; (ii) socio-political aspirations, including
Concept of health, importance, dimensions, and determinants of health; Health needs of children and adolescents, including differently-abled children
Developing Resources in Schools for Guidance”
Languages Syllabus
The candidates will be assessed on the basis of their understanding and performance in Hindi and English both.
Topics
Hindi
English
Bihar Head Master Exam Pattern 2024
The candidates preparing for the Bihar Head Master position must know the very crucial exam pattern for the written exam. There will be three subjects which they need to cover with all the given topics in the syllabus. Moreover, the exam will consist of multiple choice questions with objective type format. The exam will be of a total of 150 marks. Get a broader glimpse of the exam pattern from the table below.
Part
Subjects
Questions
Duration
I
Language
30
2.5 hours
II
General Studies
40
III
Post-specific Subject
80
Total
150
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