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ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian

ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian

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ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
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Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies
School of Social Sciences  

ZHCES Seminar Series
 
National Curriculum Frameworks and Mathematics Education in India: A critical commentary
 
Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, SRM University AP
 
Abstract: NCF2005 was accompanied by 21 National Focus Group Position Papers, one of which was on teaching of mathematics. Coming nearly two decades later, the 600 pages NCF2024 devotes 36 pages on mathematics education.  This presentation seeks to discuss how the two treat the nature of mathematical knowledge, emphasize the importance of the history of mathematics, and address the question of equity and what approaches to teaching and learning they suggest. This Talk will be organized online and the link to join is shared below.
Bio: Jaysree Subramanian has an interdisciplinary background. Her PhD was in Algebraic Number Theory from University of Hyderabad. After a couple of postdoctoral fellowships in Mathematics, she started reading a lot of literature on Feminist Science Studies and carried out an empirical work to understand how gender makes a difference to doing science in India. In 2005 she joined the Curriculum Research and Material Development Unit of Eklavya Foundation, Bhopal and worked with them on Mathematics Education at the grassroot level for seven years, before joining the Azim Premji School of Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad.
 
DATE: 23rd October, 2024 (Wednesday)
TIME: 03.00 pm

Link to join the meeting: https://meet.google.com/ert-nyxc-gcv
 (All are Welcome)
 

A warm welcome to the modified and updated website of the Centre for East Asian Studies. The East Asian region has been at the forefront of several path-breaking changes since 1970s beginning with the redefining the development architecture with its State-led development model besides emerging as a major region in the global politics and a key hub of the sophisticated technologies. The Centre is one of the thirteen Centres of the School of International Studies, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi that provides a holistic understanding of the region.

Initially, established as a Centre for Chinese and Japanese Studies, it subsequently grew to include Korean Studies as well. At present there are eight faculty members in the Centre. Several distinguished faculty who have now retired include the late Prof. Gargi Dutt, Prof. P.A.N. Murthy, Prof. G.P. Deshpande, Dr. Nranarayan Das, Prof. R.R. Krishnan and Prof. K.V. Kesavan. Besides, Dr. Madhu Bhalla served at the Centre in Chinese Studies Programme during 1994-2006. In addition, Ms. Kamlesh Jain and Dr. M. M. Kunju served the Centre as the Documentation Officers in Chinese and Japanese Studies respectively.

The academic curriculum covers both modern and contemporary facets of East Asia as each scholar specializes in an area of his/her interest in the region. The integrated course involves two semesters of classes at the M. Phil programme and a dissertation for the M. Phil and a thesis for Ph. D programme respectively. The central objective is to impart an interdisciplinary knowledge and understanding of history, foreign policy, government and politics, society and culture and political economy of the respective areas. Students can explore new and emerging themes such as East Asian regionalism, the evolving East Asian Community, the rise of China, resurgence of Japan and the prospects for reunification of the Korean peninsula. Additionally, the Centre lays great emphasis on the building of language skills. The background of scholars includes mostly from the social science disciplines; History, Political Science, Economics, Sociology, International Relations and language.

Several students of the centre have been recipients of prestigious research fellowships awarded by Japan Foundation, Mombusho (Ministry of Education, Government of Japan), Saburo Okita Memorial Fellowship, Nippon Foundation, Korea Foundation, Nehru Memorial Fellowship, and Fellowship from the Chinese and Taiwanese Governments. Besides, students from Japan receive fellowship from the Indian Council of Cultural Relations.