Ph.D. Theses
| Ongoing Projects |
Ph.D.s Awarded |
Ongoing Projects
'Open-Beginninged' Science Explorations' Students' Questions, Methods of Investigations, and their Interrelations
Gurinder Singh
Advisor: Dr. Karen Haydock
The Cultivation of Cultivation: Understanding the Relationships between Agriculture, Farmers' and Scientific Methods, and Education
Rosemary Varkey M.
Advisor: Prof. G. Nagarjuna
Exploring possibilities of science education for social transformation using waste as a context
Himanshu Srivastava
Advisor: Prof. K. Subramaniam
Addressing disability oppression through critical ethnography and mathematics education
Rossi D'Souza
Advisor: Prof. K. Subramaniam
Learning from grassroots innovation: Case studies for a socially engaged engineering education
Geetanjali Date
Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan
Effectiveness of Refined Concept Mapping Technique for Science Education
Advisor: Dr. G. Nagarjuna
Students’ Alternative Conceptions in Heat and Thermodynamics
Shirish R. Pathare
Advisor: Prof. H. C. Pradhan & Prof. Savita Ladage
Investigating the effects of an Inquiry Science Classroom: Behavioural and Attitudinal Changes in Children
Aisha M. Kawalkar
Advisor: Dr. Jyotsna Vijapurkar
Exploring Critical Graphicacy in Schools with the Studio Thinking Approach
Amit Dhakulkar
Advisor: Dr. G. Nagarjuna
Collaborating with Teachers to Develop Classroom Practices Aimed at Teaching Mathematics for Understanding
Ruchi Kumar
Advisor: Dr. K. Subramaniam
Project based learning: Development & Implementation of project & assessment
Saurav Shome
Advisor: Prof. Chitra Natarajan
Conceptualising 'Science education for all' with a focus on understanding students' negotiation of socioscientific issues
Aswathy Raveendran
Advisor: Prof. Sugra Chunawala
Inclusive science education in elementary & secondary schools with a focus on strategies for reaching science to children with visual impairments
Amit Sharma
Advisor: Prof. Sugra Chunawala
Developing teachers' understanding of students' mathematical thinking through classroom-based tasks
Shikha Takker
Advisor: Prof. K. Subramaniam
Children's understanding of measurement concepts
Jeenath Rahaman
Advisor: Prof. K. Subramaniam
Designing learning contexts for understanding facilitating the transition from qualitative to quantitative knowledge using model-based reasoning
Shraddha Ghumre
Advisor: Dr. G. Nagarjuna
The cognitive role of external representative in understanding DNA structure
Anveshna Srivastava
Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan
Investigating representational competence in chemistry across groups with varying academic exposure
Prajakt Pande
Advisor: Dr. Sanjay Chandrasekharan
Teaching, learning and assessment of elementary mathematics through a collaborative, constructive and distributed instant messaging environment
Rafikh Shaikh
Advisor: Dr. Nagarjuna G.
Ph.D.s Awarded
Work, Knowledge and Identity: Implications for school learning of out-of-school mathematical knowledge [Synopsis]
Arindam Bose
Advisor: Prof. K. Subramaniam
Developing a comprehensive concept inventory in rotational kinematics: A diagnostic tool to probe misconceptions and pitfalls in reasoning. [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Mashood K. K.
Advisor: Prof. Vijay Singh
Investigating Students', Teachers' and Designers' Ideas about Design and Developing Design Activities for Indian Middle School Students. [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Farhat Ara
Advisor: Prof. Sugra Chunawala
April 2013, TIFR Deemed University
A study of students' misconceptions in biology at secondary
school level and development of remedial research based material.
Narendra
D. Deshmukh
Advisor: Prof. Veena M. Deshmukh
November 2012, Mumbai University
Cognitive Studies in Relativity [Synopsis]
Atanu Bandyopadhyay
Advisor: Prof. Arvind Kumar & Prof. H. C. Pradhan
June 2011, TIFR Deemed University
Spatial Cognition and Visualization in Elementary Astronomy Education [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Shamin Padalkar
Advisor: Prof. Jayashree Ramadas
February 2011, TIFR Deemed University
Visual Depictions and Mental Visualisation of Human Body Systems in
Middle School Students [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Sindhu Mathai
Advisor: Prof. Jayashree Ramadas
January 2011, TIFR Deemed University
Understanding Causality in Natural Selection: Towards the Problematic of Learning Darwin’s Theory of Evolution [Synopsis]
Abhijeet Bardapurkar
Advisor: Dr. G. Nagarjuna
February 2009, TIFR Deemed University
Investigating Middle
School Students’ Perceptions of Technology and Developing Design
and Technology Education Units to Study Students’ Design
Productions [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Ritesh P. Khunyakari
Advisor: Prof. Chitra Natarajan
December 2008, TIFR Deemed University
Introducing Indian Middle
School Students to Collaboration and Communication Centred Design and
Technology Education: A Focus on Socio –Cultural and Gender Aspects [Synopsis]
Swati Mehrotra
Advisor: Prof. Sugra Chunawala
November 2008, TIFR Deemed University
Developing a Learning
Sequence for Transiting from Arithmetic to Elementary Algebra [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Rakhi Banerjee
Advisor: Dr. K. Subramaniam
October 2008, TIFR Deemed University
Development of
Innovative Experimental Problems and Demonstrations in Physics
with Suitable Instructional Strategy For them and
Investigating their Effectiveness in Laboratory Training [Synopsis] [Thesis]
Rajesh B. Khaparde
Advisor: Prof. H. C. Pradhan
June 2001, University of Mumbai
Interactive Instructional Systems for Elucidating Concepts in Chemistry
Syed Safi Athar
Advisor: Prof. Arvind Kumar & Prof. S. C. Agarkar
July 1999, University of Mumbai
Identifying Student's Misconcepts and Learning Barriers in Chemistry and Designing and Evaluating Appropriate Remedial Measures
Savita A. Ladage
Advisor: Shri. V. G. Kulkarni
January 1995, University of Bombay
The Impact of Science Education in Terms of Human Resource Development in Socio-Economically Deprived Groups (With Special Emphasis on Career Selection)
Sugra Chunawala
Advisor: Shri. V. G. Kulkarni
April 1992, University of Poona
Mathematical Modelling of Literacy Progression and Information Diffusion
Manjusha S. Kulkarni
Advisor: Shri. V. G. Kulkarni & Prof. Arvind Kumar
1992, University of Poona
Developing Instructional Strategies to Overcome Difficulties in Concept Formation in Science and Mathematics
Sudhakar C. Agarkar
Advisor: Shri. V. G. Kulkarni
March 1987, University of Poona
Curriculum Development in Science Relevant to the Indian School System
Jayashree Ramadas
Advisor: Shri. V. G. Kulkarni
July 1981, University of Poona
