Research Areas

All of HBCSE's programmes are informed by contemporary scholarship in cognitive, social, historical and philosophical aspects of science and education. The Centre's research work encompasses cognitive and pedagogic studies, attitudinal studies and gender issues, educational implications of history and philosophy of science. The contexts of these themes are science, mathematics and technology education. This perspective is exemplified in HBCSE's flagship series of research conferences --- epiSTEME.

The science education research focuses on alternative conceptions in topics of school and college science, students' epistemologies, notations and representations, cross-cultural issues and curricular matters. A recent area of research is visual and spatial learning.

Mathematics education research at HBCSE is concerned with the place of mathematics in the school curriculum, with pedagogical issues of how best it can be taught and learnt and with cognitive issues of concept learning and conceptual change in mathematics.

Technology education research probes the possibility of introducing technology education within the Indian school curricula and addresses key issues in the development of curricular elements for technology education at the school level, including socio-cultural and gender aspects.

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