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Experience:
1)
Teaching: 10
yrs at School and Collage level
2)
Research:Ten years (In the areas of Adult
Education,
Child Labor, Teacher Education)
3)
Training:Seven and half years (In the field of
Adult
Education and Non-Formal-Education)
Areas
of Interest:
Quality of life improvement of
out-of-school youths
Environmental Education
Life long learning among
teachers
Resilience among street
children
Cultural models
Voluntary
work
Working
with child labours and street children in Pune city since last
five years for the improvement in quality of their life.
Conducting Non-formal education classes for them at their place
of work. Providing inputs for development of their health,
entertainment and income generation. Helping them develop
resilience.
The
work is appreciated by the newspapers like Times of India,
Maharashtra times, The Herald and Sakal
Research
Projects completed and undertaken at present
Working
as a Principal Investigator in a Multicentric Research Project
of National Council For Educational Research And Training, (NCERT),
New Delhi on the theme ‘Pre-service Teacher Education for
Emerging Diverse Educational Context: Perspectives, Practices,
Prospects ’
Researching
on Problem Based Learning in Teacher Education
Assisted
in the following research work-
Evaluation
of the scheme ‘Earn while you Learn’ of an organisation in
Pune
Case
study of Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher
Secondary Education
Research
on ‘developing self concept of street children’
Research
on ‘problems of education of children of construction
workers’
Research
Guidance
Working
as a research guide for research projects undertaken by
‘Balbharati’ (Maharashtra State Text Book Bureau)
Working
as a research guide for research projects undertaken by
‘Secondary Teachers’ Association’, Pune
Providing
research guidance for the M.A. and M.Phyl. Courses conducted by
Yashwantaro Chavan Open University, Maharashtra
Providing
guidance to Primary Teachers for Action Research
Professional
experience:
i)
Written and presented papers in various
state level, national level seminars and
conferences on following subjects-
-
Learning
disability
-
Curriculum
of Environmental Education for primary stage
-
Vocational
education for school dropouts
-
Changing Concept of
Intelligence
-
Education of street
children
-
Developing resilience among
street children
ii)
Provided training to school children, schoolteachers,
adult education instructors, teachers of non-formal classes on
the topics like teaching-learning methods, preparation of
teaching-learning material, emotional intelligence, study skills
etc.
iii)
Participated in Preparation of Minimum Levels of
Learning, a project of MHRD, New Delhi
iv)
Prepared Modules on Competency Based and Commitment
Oriented Teacher Education, a project of NCERT, New Delhi
v)
Prepared resource material for night school children, a
project of Regional Institute of Education, Bhopal
vi)
Participated in the preparation of Science books for
National Open School, New Delhi
vii)
A member of curriculum development committee for Diploma
in Teacher Education (D.Ed.) course in the State of Maharashtra
viii)
Participated in various local, state and national level
seminars and conferences on Education and child labors
Working
as resource person for training programmes of MSCERT on
Educational Research and Action Research
List Of
Publications
i)
Educational Commissions and Committees’, a book in
Marathi useful for B.Ed. and M.Ed. Course, Published in 1999
ii)
‘Educating Street children, an Enriching Experience’,
a monograph based, Published in 2002
iii)
‘Teaching Learning on Streets’ Published in ‘Palakniti’,
A magazine for Parents, Special Issue on Child Rights, October
2002
iv)
‘New Concepts in Psychology and its Implications for
Education’, A Guidebook for Teacher Educators, published by
SCERT, November 2002
v)
‘Educational Excursion, A live Experience for
out-of-school children’, Published in ‘Sangati’, A
periodical of ‘Aapanach’, Second Issue of 2002
vi)
‘Multiple Intelligence’, Jivan Shikshan, A magazine
of MSCERT, May 2004
vii)
Teachers’ Training for Environmental Awareness, A
research Article, Research Bulletin of MSCERT, 2004
Participation
at International Level
Invited by
‘Council For International Fellowship’ Sweden, for Exchange
Program 2004 in Sweden for the study of Youth Centres and
Teacher Education. Attended the programme in April-May 2004
Attended a
conference on Teacher Education for teachers in Mauritius, 2003
Awards
and felicitation:
Vocational
Award of Rotary club, Pune Central
Felicitated
by Pandurangshastri Paranjape Trust for educating out-of-school
children
Felicitated
by Rotary Club (Tilak Road) for educating out-of-school children
Hobby:
Graphology
(Handwriting Analysis)
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