annual report 2013-2014

K J Somaiya Comprehensive College of
Education, Training & Research,
Vidyavihar,Mumbai 400077
website: www.somaiya.edu
Annual Report 2013-14
“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an
act, but a habit.”
Aristotle
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Principal
Dr.Vasundhara Padmanabhan
Faculty Members
Dr.Kalpana Kharade
Ms.Rupal Thakkar
Ms.Sunita Britto
Ms.Hema Peese
Ms.Usha Sharma
Ms.Sreetanuka Nath
Ms Takshahila Jadhav
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Vision
K. J. Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education and Research aspires to be an
internationally recognized premier institution that offers to the society globally
competent teachers who are humane, collaborative and multicultural in their outlook
Mission
To develop an understanding of academic content at a higher level by weaving
21st century interdisciplinary themes into core subjects;
To develop Learning and Innovation Skills among students and teachers;
To equip teachers and students with research driven instructional practices;
To foster life skills and work place skills among students and teachers;
To empower teachers and students with knowledge, skills and attitude required
to create inclusive and multicultural learning environments;
To instill among the students and teachers the civic virtues and the spirit of giving
back to the society multifold.
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Looking Ahead, Thinking Strategically
Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan (Principal)
My dear young students,
Your role as teachers in the new millennium has become multifaceted and challenging.
Teachers are nation builders. You will need to cultivate social, moral and spiritual values
in children. Your role as facilitators for social transformation will require you to develop
in children nationalism and internationalism; prepare them to be global citizens; develop
in them self learning skills and ICT skills and develop in them high emotional and
spiritual quotient.
To play this role effectively, we at the K. J. Somaiya Comprehensive College of
Education, Training and Research strive to equip you with the appropriate knowledge,
habits, attitudes and values. You should not only develop the necessary competencies
as a teacher but also have a desire for lifelong learning and for ‗reaching the
unreached'.
With this mission, our institution endeavors to instill in you the urge to be creative and
innovative, inspiring your student fraternity to strive for equity and social justice. It is with
a sense of pride that I look at the alumni of our institution who have gone on to
transform society as the institution enters its 23rd year of the existence.
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institution that have gone on to transform society as the institution enters its 23rd year of the
existence.
Contents
Academics
7
Activities
13
Newsmakers
21
Outreach
28
Development
31
Milestones
48
Achievements
50
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K J Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Training & Research, Vidyavihar, Mumbai 400077website:
www.somaiya.edu
Academics
Preparing future leaders
The heart of what we do is to prepare the brightest minds to become ―lighthouse‖
teachers—educators with powerful insights developed through an interdisciplinary
foundation. Every year with the vision and mission in mind we chalk out the goals of the
institution .We aim to serve the communities and to compete in the global economy, for
this we prepare our student teachers to face the global challenges with well equipped
skills. Research tells us that one of the most important components of student
achievement is the quality education. Thus we aimed at beginning with an innovation
required to bridge the gap between the teacher education institution and the schools
.Thus shadow teaching concept was internalize into the working of the practice teaching
concept in collaboration with R N Podar School Santacruz. This project actually
facilitated to cater to the needs of the schools.It commenced from 11th September
onwards The students were mentored by an inservice teacher to know about the
different in concepts ie Continuous Comprehensive Evaluation, Attendence , making
records of the students, using anecdotal records etc. This year with a new vision we not
only aimed to teach our students about the subject areas, but we also aimed to prepare
them to fill the gaps in the existing schools by giving them hands on experience to be an
actual class teacher but well coached to sail successfully. The shadowing concept
enabled the students to know actual functioning in the school situation.
Content Enrichment Programme
'It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.'
--Albert Einstein
Content knowledge is a must in teaching -learning process. Hence, Content test followed
by content enrichment programme was conducted for a week from 10th September
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onwards. Our institute aims at collaborating for providing the nurturing inputs. For this teachers
field experts are invited from Junior colleges to deliver content for certain subjects Here Mr
Ravikant Sangurde shared his expertise to nurture the Commerce students. This programme was
very much beneficial to the students.
Experimenting Innovations
Shadow Teaching -an intermediate between learning and teaching
Every student enters into the B.Ed course with an intention to come out as a wellpolished and a learned teacher. Marching forward with this intension, the institute for the
first time introduced an innovation called Shadow Teaching. This programme was
organised with an association of Podar School, Santacruz from 11th September
onwards. Shadow Teaching bridges the gap between the learning process and actual
teaching in schools. In Shadow Teaching, as the word shadow says, the studentteacher follows a teacher that has been allotted to for the entire day.
The student teacher practically learn how a teacher manages everything, her style of
teaching, her method of teaching, the devices she uses as well as the evaluation
process she conducts. It also includes the understanding of the functioning of school
management. This following or Shadowing of a teacher gives a hands on experience to
a student teacher to handle the situations by themselves. It makes working in a school
much easier from day one itself. Apart from acquiring theoretical knowledge, a student
teacher also has practical experience of handling situations as a teacher yourself.
Setting an example Demo classes by the Alumni
--Nostalgic reminiscences of college days
On 7th and 10th of September, demo classes were conducted by the alumni of our
college. Demonstration was conducted on a commerce topic by Mr. Shakti Jhala of
2012-2013 batch. He focused on the different aspects of the economic environment of
India. This was followed by Ms. Aditi Agarwal who conducted the classes in both
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English and Science. Her way of handling language lessons and relating them with the
suitable games was remarkable. The third class was highlighted on Maths by Ms.
Meghna which focused on prime numbers. The entire content was first related to the
concepts already known to the students and was well constructed to cater to the
maturity level of the class. Demonstrative class on history was effectively carried out by
Ms. Divya, who gave an interesting start to the lesson with an appropriate video.
Demonstrative class was conducted on commerce by Ms. Rajeshwari whose main
focus was on the monitoring mechanisms. The unique way of presenting the contents
through mind map was the most remarkable feature. Inculcation of the play way method
was the sole ingredient in these subjects.
Block Teaching ---An experience
Block teaching was conducted from 23rd September to 28th September to give an
overall experience of all the activities involved in functioning of a school which includes
administrative roles also. This helps the students to develop into a complete teacher.
Lesson planning workshop
Lesson planning workshop was conducted successfully by Ms Hema Peese which was
done as a team teaching activity thereby giving the students the exposure to concept of
lesson plan, content analysis, objectives and specifications, support system and
exhibition of teaching aids etc.
Evaluation workshop
Evaluation workshop was conducted by Ms Hema Peese from 7th October to 12th
October by staff members. Year planning, unit planning, blue prints, weightage table,
scoring key, answer key, question bank, achievement test were covered during the
session.
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B.Ed Internship Programme
In order to get a personal feel of becoming a teacher in a real school set up, a 6-day
internship programme was organized in the respective practice teaching schools. This
helped the students to understand the real responsibility of a teacher in moulding the
lives of children. Through this programme, along with the completion of practice lessons
all the team members had to plan for a literary, creative, topic centered teaching and
even had to complete a whole chapter and conduct a unit test on the same. The path
was quite patchy and tough but the motivating words of the mentors increased the zest
for learning and provided the right direction to look into. Apart from the intensive
emotional and intellectual workout and daily hassle all the learners got the valuable
experience of taking up a responsible profession. Some learners got an opportunity to
complete the internship programme at Nareshwadi Learning Centre near Dundhalwadi,
Dahanu Taluka, about 130 km from Mumbai, where almost five hundred children from
underprivileged families are getting education and living in the campus. Some more
B.Ed learners got the privilege to complete their internship program at Sameerwadi, a
CBSE affiliated K. J. Somaiya English Medium School located in an eco-friendly, serene
and sylvan rural surroundings of Sameerwadi away from the humdrum of daily life, 8
Kms from Mahalingpur. The sprawling campus spread over an area of 5 acres is
aesthetically and imaginatively designed to meet the academic, sports and cultural
requirements of the students and staff. Particular attention has been paid to blending
buildings with the evergreen and picturesque surroundings. It is a co-educational school
with special emphasis on nurturing the vast latent human resource available in the
villages who are often denied the opportunity.
CAP Presentations
As Education demands innovation in every aspect of teaching, the use of technology
has become the sole aspect of the teaching aid. Keeping this in view, all the studentteachers gathered their expertise in creating their own computer assisted presentations
with the ultimate aim of initiating a techno driven instruction which would ensure a better
understanding of the basic concepts. Though the CAP presentations were conducted as
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part of the syllabus, it had a more enthusiastic participation wherein everyone with or
without the basic computer education went that extra mile by generating rich and
meaningful scripts for content development in the form of a storyboard.
Science club activity
"Learning by doing" is the cardinal principle of Science. It not only intends to develop a
scientific attitude but also a deep sense of curiosity and inquiry. Traditional methods
emphasized more on lab experiments but now the modern version demands a br oader
outlook towards all the activities happening around us. With an increase in the
application of science, a deep insight into the magic and trick of science is the need of
the hour. Thus under the supervision of Ms. Sreetanuka Nath various activities were
conducted to develop a rationale outlook towards the processes approach of Science.
For this, first an exposure to the chemistry laboratory was given and then the students
were asked to perform magical tricks involving science. All the students enthusiastically
participated in the programme and conducted various activities such as the floating egg,
centre of gravity, experiments on air pressure, optical illusion, candle experiments etc.
The activities were put up in an exhibition.
Environmental club Activity
Students who participated in the environmental event conducted by the Trailblazers
Group organized an extremely interesting workshop. By first introducing the group and
its activities, they started the session by sharing their experiences and then proceeded
to the various issues relevant to the present day such as poaching, illegal fishing,
killing, hunting etc.
This was followed by a small activity wherein they invited a few students to collect water
from leaking taps across the 3rd floor and 4th floor within a span of 5min each. Then
they measured the quantity by using a measuring cylinder and concluded by presenting
the calculated amount of water wasted in a minute from a single tap. This was quite
surprising as the loss was enormous. After this the entire class proceeded to the ground
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wherein several games on food chain and food web were played. This required the
students to take up the roles of specific animals and search and catch their prey. Last
was a small demonstration wherein the cause of soil erosion was explained with a
comparative demonstration of soil in an open ground and a pasture by using a stick with
a white paper. The workshop thereby turned out to be not only a fun filled activity but
also but also an educative process aiding in effective presentation and organization.
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Activities
Cultural Activities
We at Somaiyas aim at preparing the leaders for 21st century without leaving the
cultural values. The responsibility of the future leaders would be to transmit the Indian
culture to the future entrants of the society. So year after year we give due importance
to cultural transmission through a well chalked cultural activities.
The year began with celebration of Teachers Day on 5th Sept where students & faculty
members stepped away from their regular classes to take part in a ground breaking
event including a couple of cultural activities presented by the students It consisted of a
group song in Marathi & Hindi, solo songs & a dance sequel which was a culmination of
all the major dance forms across India.The presentation on the life of Dr. S
Radhakrishnan & some great leaders like Vivekananda & Mahatma Gandhi, struck a
chord with the entire crowd. Teachers‘ day is celebrated as a tribute to the valuable
contribution made by teachers in imparting knowledge and enlightening and shaping the
career of students. For students, teachers ‗day is an occasion to pay reverence &
gratitude to teachers for their selfless effort in shaping their career & enriching the
education system in the process.
Before commencing anything auspicious Lord Ganesha comes to give his blessings
Thus after the teachers day program to lay down the foundation of a strong future of the
prospective teachers, Ashtavinayaka entered to give away the blessings to the group of
students on the eve of Ganesha Chaturthi . To mark the occasion and add festive touch,
beautiful Rangoli patterns were made on porch. Following this the Asthavinayak.
Following this, some of the students reverberated the atmosphere by singing devotional
song and making the environment livelier. After this, was an informative PowerPoint
presentation which explained the meaning of Ashtavinayak and its significance.
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Towards the end, Principal Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan recited a thought engaging
poem on Ganesh.
The auspicious occasion of Navaratri began from 5th October, Saturday. The Navratri
commences on the first day (pratipada) of the bright fortnight of the lunar month of
Ashwin. The festival is celebrated for nine nights once every year during the beginning
of October. Students of the class irrespective of their cultural or religious differences
enthusiastically engaged in the festivity. The occasion was celebrated with great vigor
and gusto. Devotional song was sung by groups of students on the stage. This was
followed by the teachers as well as students performing the aarti of the Goddess.
Students and teachers performed Garba dance on the last day of Navratri which was
thoroughly enjoyed by all the students and teachers alike. The day and the celebration
of the festival ended on a joyous note with each student though tired but happily left the
class.
On the 12th of October, the college celebrated Eid to drive home the fact that one
should not only preach but also practice the sanctity of Secularism. Our students
enlightened everyone about the occasion through a PPT, wherein pictures were shown
of the religious journey to the holy cities. Following the information provided, everyone
moved on to poetry mode. A group of the students sang out a Naat, which is poetry
sung in praise of the prophet. Eid celebration without sher-o-shayari would just not be
assumed complete hence session of sher-o-shayari was organised. There might be
differences in the way each one practices their religion, their beliefs but at the end we
know, all religions impart the same values and lead to one Supreme God. On this
spiritual note everyone ended the day at the college.
The month of October ended with a glorious event with Diwali celebrations. Diwali
actually signifies the victory of good over evil. People celebrating this victory indicate
that truth and goodness would always triumph. It also indicates that people would never
forget goodness and greatness over time. Deepavali also known as Diwali is one of the
festivals in India that is celebrated throughout without any bias in religion, region, cast or
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creed. Diwali is an example of our concept of Unity in Diversity. Diwali was celebrated in
the college with pomp and fervor. At first there was goddess Saraswati Vandana and
welcome speech, this was followed by cultural and thematic dance by our students and
power point presentation on relevance of Diwali. Poster making competition on the
themes of women's safety and ecofriendly Diwali was conducted. Rejuvenating theme
based Antakshiri was conducted towards the end followed by declaration of results of
the winners.
The month of December brought Santa Claus with gifts of happiness and goodluck for
future.The Christmas celebration was an event which the students awaited after giving
their exams and it acted as a platform for bringing all of them together in a joyous mood
after a long time.
The event started by a welcome speech followed by lighting of the lamp by Dr.
Vasundhara Padmanabhan. A cultural program was organized by the students to
elucidate upon the importance of Christmas with Carol singing and dancing
performance by the students. A game of musical chairs was arranged for the teachers
followed by a game for students.
Broadening the Horizons by Educational visits
As a part of B Ed curriculum students have to visit a place of educational importance.
With this aim this year the educational visit was organized at Nehru Science Centre for
science method students and at Nehru Planetarium & Discovery of India for remaining
students on 8th January 2014.The science centre had the following
programs
conducted
Over 500 hands-on and interactive science exhibits on energy, sound,
kinematics, mechanics, transport, etc. installed in the science park & different
galleries,
different models of science and its application.
3D presentations & educational videos.
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MacGillivray freeman's Grand Canyon adventure show at science oddessey
Shows about astronomy and night sky.
Students participated and showed curiosity in all the activities .Here every student had a
distinct experience. Viewing the interactive exhibits was in itself a reality. Therefore it
resulted in a more clarified understanding of the concepts and theories of science.
For the students of other groups at Nehru Centre there were different programs and
displays. It included
A show on 'Who are WE' for about 20 mins
Displays related to Evolution of man ,
Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro Civilization
Information about contemporary religions - Buddhism and Jainism.
A systematic display of the entire Freedom Struggle against the British
An art exhibition on 'Life of Mumbai'
At the end of the visits the students were asked to write a report on the same.
A conversation with nature through Picnics
All the B.Ed. students had an excellent opportunity to connect with the nature as part of
the annual picnic organized on 13th January 2013 at an eco-friendly farm house,
Saguna Baug, located in the Malegaon village, Neral around 2 hours' drive from
Mumbai. It is a real farm, set up by a freedom fighter who was very passionate about
Indian agriculture. Everyone even got to witness the procedure for making the
vermicompost pit and the gobar gas plant which was undoubtedly the most economical
way to eco-friendly agriculture. This provided all with a leisure learning experience in
Agro tourism and a pollution free environment as compared to the urban cities wherein
everyone were in contact with nature, so serene and pristine!!!!
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Sports:
'Health is wealth'. Inspired on these lines, K.J.Somaiya Comprehensive College of
Education, Training and Research, organized its annual athletic meet on the 17th of
Feb, 2014 at the Somaiya Sports Ground with great zest and enthusiasm. The programme
commenced with the march past by the students followed by the oath. This was followed by various
events
100m & 400m race,
4x100 m Relay Race
Marble and spoon race,
Potato race,
Short put,
Javelin throw
long jump
All the students participated with true sportsmanship and made the session a lively
event.
Apart from the outdoor sports the institution also focuses on the indoor sports .For this
two events were organized Carrom & Chess for both boys and girls.Whole hearted
participation was seen under the sports activities. With the spirits held up high, none
could deter the students from showcasing their level best during the course of the
events. And most importantly, it was the message of sports that maintained the active
atmosphere, "participation is more important than winning".
(For the winners refer to the achievements section.)
Inter collegiate festival -Pratyush
Pratyush, our annual college festival, envisages a stage to provide an opportunity for
the practicing teachers, teacher educators and prospective teachers to display the
talents which enhance the teaching learning process. This year the theme for Pratyush
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was thoughtfully selected by the organizing secretary Ms Usha Sharma as 'Des
Rangeela' and was successfully conducted on the 22nd of March, 2014.It also
harnessed the organizing and event management skills in the student-teachers,
especially in a world which demands innovation in everything we do. The event kick
started with the arrival of the chief guests at 11.00 am and continued till 3.00 pm. After
the prayer & lightening of the lamp by the principal and the distinguished guests, the
spirits of the participants got boosted up through a ground breaking welcome dance.
This was followed by the rendition of rules & regulations of the event .The event
witnessed hardcore dance representations from different states of India by the students
of K.J.Somaiya comprehensive college of education, training, and research, Thakur
Shyamnarayan College of Education, Hansraj Jeevandas College of Education, Gandhi
Shikshanbhavan and Pillai College of Education and Research. They showcased the
various traditional dance forms and practices of Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra and
Kerala respectively. All the participants participated with sheer spirit of enthusiasm and
cooperation. There were a few spot prizes organized to keep up the spirit of the
audience. The concluding part witnessed a fashion show of different brides of India and
valuable inputs from the judges. One of the renowned judges, Mr Prakash graced the
occasion by rendering a beautiful song by Manna Dey, followed by vote of thanks.
Among the five participating colleges that vied for the prestigious Pratyush rotating
shield our college emerged as the winner and reclaimed the rotating shield.
A Visit to the Mangrove Forest, Vikhroli
Only an experience can enrich a learning atmosphere. Laying emphasis on this view,
an educational visit was organized on 29th March, 2014 to the Godrej mangrove forest
at Vikhroli. It all culminated in a joy filled ride in the tourist bus arranged from the
Vikhroli station. And by 9:20 am students were already on the creek side watching
nature at its best. With its entire splendour, the enchanting mangroves welcomed B.Ed.
and M.Ed. students with a cool and comforting breeze that rejuvenated everyone's body
and mind. After having an amazing interaction with the educational officer of the
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mangroves, students were divided into a batch of two and taken to experience a thrilling
view of a different world, through the watch tower which provided a glimpse of the
importance of having a sustainable development. With real mangroves beside students
thoroughly enjoyed and learned the different important adaptations it had in order to
exist. This was followed by a visit to the Udayanchal School, which showcased some of
the amazing video adaptations of the mudskippers and flamingo. Neither the burning
sun nor the fatigue could deter the enquiring spirit of the nature enthusiasts. Apart from
the knowledge gained, the prospective teachers and teacher educators were also
enlightened with the sheer understanding of the real importance of a teacher in the
society. The visit was organized by Ms. Kruttika Bhatt, a Ph. D aspirant and Visiting
Faculty of this institute.
Visit to Oncology Centre
A visit to Somaiya Ayurvihar, Sion was organized which was held on 29th March
2014.This visit was to have a look of the new center related to oncology . At the center
,B.Ed. and M.Ed. students had an opportunity to look for the stoma centre and then
moved on to have an observation related to new high tech instrumentation such as
sonography, Digital X-ray etc .Detail information were given related to the causes of
cancer, the detection therapy and prevention of cancer by Dr Bhawin Parmar .Later on
students were further upgraded by Miss Pooja Singh, biomedical engineer of Somaiya
hospital .She informed about a detail of medical technology such as infusion pump,
ventilator, PCT, CT, MRI etc. Dr.Bhatia, a cancer specialist gave his knowledgeable
inputs on various types of cancer and which is more prevalent among which age groups
and why. Students asked various questions which were clarified. . The students were
taken to the pathology lab where in the pathologist explained how the tests were
conducted for blood and urine. They also had a gross room for onduction tests on
organs. Overall an informative visit was organized which would definitely help the
teachers and teacher educators to spread awareness and instill right attitude about the
various causes, prevention and treatment related to cancer.
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Annual day- certificate and memento distribution on 23rd April
On 23rd April being annual day all the stakeholders expressed their emotions through
speech. Certificates and mementos were distributed amongst the learners. The annual
day saw learners moan for the alma matter in a nostalgic manner, expressed deepest
emotions and reflected aloud how institution has made them what they are today.
SUPW workshop
As prescribed in the B.Ed course SUPW workshop was organized by Ms Takshashila
Jadhav .It comprised of four activities such as Warli painting, Thermocol modelling and
Lantern making, Mehandi making and Puppet making. Students selected activities as
per their interest and therefore wholehearted participation was seen among them.
Stakeholders of the institution like the teachers, students and the non-teaching staff
came together and made beautiful productive, educative and socially useful products.
Teacher educators from D.Ed college (sister institution of the college) were specially
invited to train warli painting to our aspiring teacher educators. Thermocol modelling
and Lantern making was taught by Mr. Umesh, the non-teaching staff of our institution.
Puppet Making and Mehandi Making were trained by Ms Priya Thakar and Ms Rizwana
Malik, B.Ed students of our institution.
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News
Makers
Seminar -cum- Workshop on Peace Education
--'Knowledge shared is knowledge gained'
Two of the major news of the year was by our leader Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
who set an example by bagging a major research grant amount of Rs 11` Lakh from
ICSSR & UGC.Her first research project was related to fostering peace culture
among the students .Coinciding with the event of Teachers' Day celebrations IES
New English School & Junior College, Bandra (E), carried out a quality enhancement
Seminar -cum- Workshop on 5th September 2013 with the attendance of 53 teachers
in its Junior College premises. Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan conducted the
programme on Peace Education to enrich the horizon of knowledge catering to
learning needs of 21st Century. Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan addressed the
teachers as deliverers of knowledge and the most respected ones, 'Peace Education'
she said, is a skill for excellence in education empowering teachers to bring about a
radical change in the mind- set of the students; fostering peace culture by certain
parameters like learning to live together, nurturing the ego, converting the situation to
one's advantage, empathy and positive thinking. She urged the teachers to be
technosavy in the 21st Century, so new teaching system in class rooms like the
Flipped Classroom Concept, Shadow Teacher Concept help bringing the intelligence,
emotional and spiritual quotients all together.
Connect
Collaborate
Create
--with teamwork and collaboration wonderful things can be achieved
Workshop on 'Promoting Institutional Effectiveness: Development and Evaluation of
an Instructional Leadership Training Program for the Leaders of Higher education'
was organised on 26th November 2013. This workshop is a part of the UGC
sponsored research project on the above mentioned title. This project consists of
three phases namely Diagnose Phase, Develop Phase and Deliver Phase. On 26th
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November 2013 the first day of workshop was conducted. The other two days
scheduled for workshop to be conducted are 9th Dec 2013 and 4th Jan 2013. There
were 21 participants attending the workshop. The Facilitators for the workshop were:
Mr.Bhaskar Natarajan, PCC, Head - School of Leadership Coaching
Mr. Jay Kumar Hariharan, CEO & Chief Coach - Blue Fire Coaching
Consultants
Dr.Vasundhara Padmanabhan, Principal, K J Somaiya Comprehensive
College of Education, Training & Research
The second day of the Workshop on 'Promoting Institutional Effectiveness:
Development and Evaluation of an Instructional Leadership Training Program for the
Leaders of Higher education' was organised on 9th December 2013. This workshop
is a part of the UGC sponsored research project on the above mentioned title. This
project consists of three phases namely Diagnose Phase, Develop Phase and
Deliver Phase. The first day of workshop was conducted on 26th November 2013.
2nd day of the workshop too was filled with various activities. The workshop began
with recap and sharing of experiences to ensure learning mind-set and continuity
from day 1. This was followed by experiential activities like '6 A Framework' i.e.
Awareness, Acknowledgement, Aspiration, Abilities, Action and Acknowledgement,
'Johari Window' to allow the participants to use self-discovery and communication to
build trust and respond to the value of understanding oneself better and how others
view us.
Then effective feedback skills, 'Ask-HowFramework
to
demonstrate
the
importance of 'Asking' powerful questions in 'Empowering Conversations', essentials
of being a 'Conflict Competent Leader' was arranged. This enabled the participants to
learn various aspects of conflict and finally, to discover personal
preferred style and effective means of handling the same.
Day 2 concluded with the discussion of progress made by Project Teams in Action
Learning Project and support needed, if any and the 'Next Steps' on the project was
also discussed at length. At the end of the 2nd day of the workshop the educational
leaders were prepared to formulate evidence-based approaches to transforming and
improving teaching and learning Adopt innovative approaches to instructional and
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student learning and school management and Communicate effectively with staff,
students and parents
The Day 3 of the Instructional Leadership Workshop conducted on 4th January,
2014, was a much anticipated event as it was the culmination of the Instructional
Leadership Workshop. The occasion was graced by Shri. V. Ranganathan, IAS, Hon.
Secretary & Chief Advisor, Somaiya VidyaVihar as the chairperson and Mr. Gaurav
Gupta, Associate Director, Human Resources, Rolta India Limited, as the special
guest.
The session began with a short recap of the journey so far. It then moved onto
learning Coaching Principles, followed by a practice session to ensure practical
application of the principles. As a final learning exercise, steps to create Coaching
culture and strategies to adopt at work were shared with the participants, which
provided them with a blueprint for successful implementation of coaching culture. In
Post-lunch session, the delegates presented their Action Learning Projects
documented by them and shared their experiences with everyone.
This session was chaired by Shri V. Ranganathan and Mr. Gaurav Gupta and ended
with valuable comments and inputs given by the chairpersons which motivated the
delegates further to pursue Instructional Leadership in their respective institutes.
Thus the 3 day workshop on Instructional Leadership for Leaders of Higher
Education effectively brought many educational leaders under one roof and was
successful in achieving the set objectives as it prepared the educational leaders to
Formulate evidence-based approaches to transforming and improving teaching and
learning, to Adopt innovative approaches to instructional practices, student learning
and school management and to Communicate effectively with staff, students and
parents to ensure and enhance institutional effectiveness and students success.
Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan also added another feather to the institution when
she presented paper at World Conference on Science and Technology Education
2013 at University Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) in, Malaysia from 29th September 3rd October 2013 on "Concept Mapping Strategy Of Learning Science To Enhance
Conceptual Clarity Among Secondary School Vernacular Medium Students
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Another moment of achievement for this year was when Dr. Kalpana Kharade was
nominated as a committee member for M.Ed. curriculum revision organised by NCTE
on 16th- 17th of September 2013 and 27th -28th of September 2013 in Delhi.
Touching the sky
Dr. Kalpana Kharade and Ms. Hema Peese presented a joint research based
paper: Touching the Sky: An Exploration of Possibility of Making Astronomy
Accessible to Visually Impaired Learners" in the UGC sponsored national
conference on Research Spectrum in Education conducted by BTTC College of
Education on 6th and 7th September 2013.
Leading through a journey to the planets
Dr. Kalpana Kharade and Ms Hema Peese presented a research based paper "A
Journey of Visually Impaired Learners towards Planets" A welcoming Promise
of Technology based Inquiry Learning Approach" in an international conference
UNIDAT organised by the Department of Assistive Technology of ISIC New
Delhi on 19th -21st December 2013.
Dr. Kalpana Kharade along with Mr. Amol Ubale presented a research based
paper Empowering the visually impaired learners for facing the disasters: An
Educational Intervention in the international
conference
on
"Disability and
Disaster management" organised by NAPSIPAG a body of UNESCO and hosted
by Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi on 7-9th of December 2013.
Training Program in ICT--for In-Service Language Teachers
Another major news of the year was by Ms Rupal Thakkar who made the institution
proud by bagging a major research grant amount of Rs 7 Lakh from ICSSR. She
conducted a training program in ICT integration in language teaching for N-Ward
vernacular medium English language teachers on 4th January. The training program
pg. 24
was designed to train the teachers for using ICT in English and also to teach them
about how to use ICT in developing the four language skills (Listening, Speaking,
Reading and Writing). 30 teachers from 18 schools attended the Training program.
The Principal of college, Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan and Vice Principal, Dr.
Kalpana Kharade inaugurated the program by lighting the lamp. They also gave keynote address and motivated the teachers with their influential words. The participants
were taught the basics of MS PowerPoint. They were also taught the following
functions, How to insert video, pictures, audio in PPT and how to use animation and
slide transitions in PPT. After the teaching session the participants were given time to
have hands-on experience where, they made their own presentations. The teachers
were very excited and enthusiastic to learn new things.They were also taught the use
of Edmodo which is a teaching and learning online interface. The participants started
interacting on the Edmodo website; they also posted their first PPTs on the same.
Participants were given assignment work from their English textbook to be submitted
during the week, before the next training session. They were also provided with
refreshments and lunch. The training session ended with a doubt solving session.
The second day of the training was on 11th January. The session started with a
recapitulation of the previous session and a warming up activity about listening skill.
After the introduction session Ms. Nancy Varkey- Project Director of 'Spoken Tutorial'
at IIT Powai taught the participants how to use Audacity, Camstudio and Windows
Movie Maker. She also taught them how to record a lesson by preparing a lesson
script and also the voice modulation techniques required for recording a good lesson.
After the teaching session the participants were given time to have hands-on
experience where, they recorded their own voice made their own lessons.
The third day of the training was on 18th January. The session started with a
recapitulation of the previous session and they also made their on movies on Window
Movie Maker. Ms. Rupal Thakkar, Assistant Professor of this institution oriented the
participants about the use of ICT in developing writing skill. She also showed them
some specimens of worksheets made for Story writing, essay writing, comprehension
and letter writing. After the introduction session Mr. Shakti Jhala, alumnus of B Ed
College, taught the participants how to create attractive worksheets, concept maps
and comprehension worksheets with the help of 'Microsoft Word'. Accordingly
participants made various worksheets during the hand on experience session.
pg. 25
Ms. Rupal Thakkar and Ms.Pradnya Bansod, another alumnus of B Ed College
facilitated the teaching sessions.
After the previous session Ms. Pradnya Bansod taught them the use of 'Prezi', which
is online presentation making software. All the participants had to create an online
account to register in Prezi. Participants were very excited to use this software as it
was user- friendly. During the hand-on session the participants made their own
presentation in groups on topics of their choice. After this session Mr. Shakti Jhala
and Ms.Pradnya Bansod oriented the participants about Mind Mapping software
called as 'Mind Maple'. The paricipants were very comfortable with this software and
made very attractive mind maps. A hand on session on mind mapping was facilitated
by Ms. Rupal Thakkar and Mr. Shakti Jhala where they guided participants wherever
needed. Participants were given assignment work from their English textbook to be
submitted during the week, before the next training session. They were also provided
with refreshments and lunch. The training session ended with a doubt solving
session.
The fourth day of the training was on 25th January. The session started with a
recapitulation of the previous session. Ms Hema Peese began with the orientation of
participants regarding quiz making software like 'Wondershare Quiz creator',
storybook creating software like 'Storyjumper' were given. Orientation about 'Tikatok'
which is an online story book making software and 'Powtoon' which is an online video
making software were given. Participants created their own story book, question
paper and video during the hands-on session. Participants also posted their question
paper and story book on Edmodo.
The fifth day of the training was on 1st February on orientation of web based
resources. The session started with a recapitulation of the previous session. Ms.
Rupal Thakkar oriented the participants about the use of Orell Language Lab
software.
After the language lab session, Ms. Sheenu Shekhar who works with Google
explained the participants the importance of ICT in teaching. She also created
awareness about the Google search engine. She taught them the use of Gmail and
Google drive. Ms. Sheenu Shekhar also explained the importance of 'Sharing
pg. 26
Knowledge' through various activities. The participants seemed very engaged and
motivated to learn from her. Ms. Pradnya Bansod and Ms. Rupal Thakkar facilitated
all the teaching sessions. She also taught them the use of Google Story Builder
which is online Story Building software to develop silent reading skill. After the
teaching session the participants were given time to have hands-on experience
where, they created their own story on Google Story Builder.
After the hands-on session, the Valedictory function started. Shri. B.D.Puri,
Education Officer of N-Ward was invited for the function. Dr.Vasundhara
Padmanbhan (Principal) felicitated him with a bouquet and a token of love and
appreciation. Shri Puri gave a motivational insight on 'Why is ICT important in
Teaching Learning processes to the participants. After his inspiring words few
teachers spoke about their experience of this training program. The overall feedback
of teachers was positive.
Participants were given assignment work according to the Standard wise to be
submitted before 25th of April. They were also provided with refreshments and lunch.
The training session ended with a doubt solving session.
ICT Mediated Language Workshop
Emanating from the clutches of traditional teaching methods, a new strategy was
employed to create a better learning experience by developing the language lab in
the campus. All the students were formally introduced to the new concept and were
given hands on training by Ms. Rupal Thakkar, Assistant Professor, to enhance
better clarity of the procedure. They even got the exposure to various modes of
creating teaching and learning materials.
pg. 27
Outreach
Social Responsibility (Community Work)
To bring in value transformation and attain satisfaction the students of B.Ed are
given the platform of community work .Through the selfless service to the society we
at Somaiyas enable the pre service teachers to understand that you make a living by
what you get, but you make a life by what you give.
The program gave an opportunity to the would be teachers to develop civic
responsibility through community engagement. The prospective teachers are
expected to serve the community and complete their practicum of 30 hours
community service. Thus the students initiated on the road to eternal satisfaction by
developing an awareness of various problems prevalent in different disadvantaged
groups of the society.The program began with identification of disadvantaged
groups.This was followed by chalking out the activities to cater to the needs of the
disadvantaged groups.The following are the list of programs conducted at the various
institution for the year 2013-14.
pg. 28
Sr
Name
of Date
no
institution /NGO
Activities conducted
No
of
stu
1
Cheshire Elder
Nov 27,2013
Cleaning & serving elder home
Home&
members
orphanage
Preparing ground for their sports
,Andheri
activity
16
Arranging their school teaching
aids
2
King George
Oct 29,2013
Memorial
Antakshari, card making ,games
20
(Housie )
Mahalaxmi
3
King George
Nov 27,2013
Memorial
Antakshari, card making ,games
17
(Housie)
Mahalaxmi
4
Good Samaritan
Oct 27 & Oct 28, Yoga exercises, narrating
18
Mission, Vikhroli
2013
moralstories,teaching
Nov 27, 2013
motivational and patriotic songs,
playing games, organizing
origami and clay modeling.
5
Good Samaritan
Sept 27 & Sept Yoga exercises, narrating moral
Mission, Vikhroli
28,2013
stories,
Nov 27,2013
and
teaching
patriotic
7
motivational
songs,
playing
games, organizing origami and
clay modeling.
6
Anugraha Seva
Nov 9, 2013
Prayer, skit with value to protect
Mandal,
the environment, Tree
Ambernath
Plantation Program , interview of
14
supervisor, drawing, games,
making greetings &envelops
celebrating Children‘s Day
Quiz Contest, discussion on
movie clips based on Unity&
pg. 29
about deforestation(Delhi Safari)
7
Swagat Ashram
Nov 27, 2013
Dancing, painting and drawing,
Charitable trust,
serving breakfast, helping with
Malad
completion of school homework,
17
cleaning the ashram.
8
Vatsalya Trust,
Oct 28, 2013
Kanjurmarg
9
Drawing
,confidence
building
5
vocational
15
,writing skill, diction ,etc
Don Bosco
Oct 28 & Oct
Development
2013
29, Advertisement
for
courses for women ,collecting
society, Matunga
information
,filling
forms
,attestation ,creating awareness
about dowry system and female
foeticide, support system for
domestic violence
10
Behramjee
Oct
28
Jijabouy Home of
29,2013
&
Oct Devotional
songs,
games,
8
drawing, yoga session, origami,
Children, Bandra
pg. 30
Development
Faculty Development Programs conducted
Faculty development programs were conducted under different areas like Research,
use of ICT, etc.Various field experts were invited here with an aim to develop various
skills and expertise related to the new innovations of 21st century Somaiya college of
Education, Training and Research invited Ms Prachi Dalal, a Museum Educator, an Artist and
a Dancer. She is well known for her art in India as well as abroad. She is a Dance
director at Indo- American Arts Council and is also a freelance consultant working on
cultural resources projects ranging from museum education and interpretation,
sustainable tourism development, heritage interpretation and education, preservation
of intangible heritage, and community development to promotion of arts (performing
and visual) and crafts. She gave a proficient lecture on Site Based Learning in which
she explained how a blend of narration and natural sights can foster students'
interest and enhance their understanding which would enable them in higher order
thinking and critical appreciation. She illustrated this by showing power point
presentations on the work she conducted on school children of K.J. Somaiya English
Medium School, Sameerwadi, Bhagalkot.
A highly interactive workshop on "Thinking Skills for Exceptional Learners: Gifted &
Slow learners" &"Integrating Thinking Skills in the Curriculum" was conducted on
7.01.2014 for prospective teachers & student-teachers of the institution and others
too. It was a privileged experience to have Miss. Vidushi Chaudhry as the guest
speaker for the day. Miss Vidushi Chaudhry is a special educator and public speaker,
specializing in working with children struggling with reading, writing, language and
learning difficulties. She has been working with struggling learners for the last six
years, in both Mumbai and Delhi. She envisages a world where individual learning
pg. 31
differences are celebrated and all schools have resource rooms to meet the needs of
struggling learners. She is committed to spreading awareness about learning
differences amongst educators, parents and policy makers and becoming an
advocate and a spokesperson for learning disabilities. All the topics ranging from the
current trends to the learning outcomes were discussed through the use of
appropriate analogies. She emphasized on the various thinking strategies and great
thinkers too.
The consecutive programme was conducted by Mrs. Usha Pandit from who is the
author of the textbook series "Empowering English" from grade 3 to 8 and a one-ofits-kind writing resource book titled "Writing with Ease", that have been acclaimed by
educators and teachers as unique and effective. Mrs. Usha Pandit is an educational
consultant, specializing in curriculum development, gifted education and the
academic and administrative management of educational organizations. She has had
over twenty years of teaching experience in four countries. She brings to consulting a
deep understanding of the educational needs of students from a range of cultures
and age groups. The entire day was divided into two parts wherein a mini lesson
planning workshop was organized with focus on all the mandatories and
requirements on planning & executing an effective lesson plan. She had an
exceptional quality of not only capturing the attention of every participant, but also in
the use of the finest vocabulary. Her simpler way of representing the herculean tasks
aided in emancipating the prospective teachers from the cloud of introspection to the
light of uniqueness of every single child. It was very fruitful as the second half was
utilized in another important aspect of the teaching process, i.e.; preparation of the
question paper.
Workshop on Blended learning was conducted on 18th January 2014 by Miss Soma
Bajpai from Zaya Foundation . She introduced the concept of blended learning to the
present scenario. Her confident way of presenting and interacting with the students
made the session more of a practical utility rather than a mere lecture. Blended
learning which encompasses a hybrid learning atmosphere by the inclusion of classroom teaching with the online instruction aims at providing a collaborative learning
experience to the students. There were a few discussions and a flow of free opinion
pg. 32
wherein students and teachers participated with great zest. This was followed by the
presentation on Zaya Model which was highly appreciated.
Consultancies
The institution provides various platforms to the faculty to prove that they are capable
of something better. As usual the faculty members upgraded their knowledge through
extension activities. The institution encourages the faculty to share the expertise to
other institution in order to bring quality education across all the institutes. Dr
Vasundhara Padmanabhan ,Dr Kalpana Kharade & Ms Hema Peese got the
opportunity to be the resource person and an expert guide under various institution.
Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
Learning Styles and Cooperative Learning Strategies at the ISTE approved short
term program M.H. Saboo Siddik Polytechnic, Byculla, Mumbai. July 6, 2013
Resource person for "Active
learning strategies, Co
operative
learning
techniques and Web resources in Teaching and learning" at Somaiya
Sameerwadi School on April 15 and 16,2014
Dr Kalpana Kharade
Resource person for "Active learning strategies for Visually blind students" at
The Victoria Memorial School for the blind on March 1 and 8, 2014.
Ms Hema Peese
Resource person for "Active learning strategies for Visually blind students" at
The Victoria Memorial School for the blind on March 1 and 8,2014.
pg. 33
Resource person for "Computer Applications in Research" at K J Somaiya
College of Science and Commerce, on 22nd september,6th October and
11th December,2013.
Resource person for
Statistical Analysis – Hands-on Experience(Using
Excel) in ICSSR Sponsored workshop on Research Methodology in Social
Sciences at MES‘s Pillai College of Education & Research, Chembur on July
24,2013.
Resource person for ―New techniques of Evaluation‖ at K J Somaiya College
of Science and commerce on July 22, 2013.
Resource person for ANOVA ,z-test for comparison of r‘s, Biserial and PointBiserial r, Chi-square (Equal Probability and Normal Probability Hypotheses),
Contingency Coefficient and Chi-square and Statistical Analysis – Hands-on
Experience(Using Excel) in the ICSSR Sponsored Five Day
Workshop On Statistical Analysis In Social Science Research-July8-12, 2013
Organized By K J Somaiya Comprehensive College Of Education,Training
And Research
Resource person for "Active learning strategies, Co operative learning
techniques and Web resources in Teaching and learning" at Somaiya
Sameerwadi School on April 15 and 16,2014
Teacher Training In Sameerwadi
Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan and Ms Hema Peese visited on 15th April to
Sameerwadi to train teachers. Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan oriented them to the
concepts of flipped classroom, blended learning as active learning strategies, how to
ask thinking questions. Teachers were also trained in writing the specific objectives in
the form of learning outcomes, writing evaluation questions matching the objectives
and devising activities to achieve the objectives.
pg. 34
Ms Hema Peese demonstrated the teaching of an English poem through a simple
jigsaw cooperative learning method, preparation of mind maps. She also gave ideas
about various web resources for Science and Mathematics & how things could be
translated to Hindi or Marathi with the help of web resources. Dr Vasundhara
Padmanabhan demonstrated a History lesson based on visuals which required the
teachers to hypothesize.
Faculty Research Initiatives
The mighty leaders of the institution Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan & Dr Kalpana
Kharade encourages the faculty to write papers which would aim at bringing a
change in the existing system of education .They set an example year after year
which enables the other faculty members to follow
Publications
Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
Reflection and Practice as a Strategy for Developing a Culture of Peace
among Students: Paper published jointly with Dr Hemalata Marathe in
proceedings National Seminar on Education For Peace organized by PVDT
college of Education for Women – SNDT Women‘s University , Mumbai April
19, 2014 …ISSN 2278-9308
Concept Mapping Strategy of Learning Science to Enhance Conceptual Clarity
among Secondary School Vernacular Medium Students -peer reviewed and
accepted for presentation at International Council for Associations of Science
Education‘s 4th World Conference on Science and Technology Education
(WorldSTE), Kuching, Malaysia: October 1-3, 2013. ISBN 973-0-9875500-1-9
Dr Kalpana Kharade
‘Honouring the Silent Voices of Pre-Service Warli Teachers in Culturally
Responsive Early Childhood Education’ Joint paper with Ms Hema Peese -
pg. 35
Aarhat
Multidisciplinary
International
Education
Research
Journal
(AMIERJ),Volume :2 ,Issue:5, Oct-Nov 2013, ISSN 2278-5655 pp101-120.
‘Reaching
the
Digital Natives:a
New
way
of
Partnering
at
Digital
Interfaces’ Published in an International Journal of Education Transacademia ,
Joint paper with Ms Hema Peese Bi-Annual Journal Vol.01-2,No.1 (JuneDecember,2013), ISSN 23193492,pp.1-9
Problem-Based Learning: a promising pathway for empowering pre-service
teachers for ICT-mediated language teaching Policy Futures In Education
Volume 12 Number 2 2014 ISSN 1478-2103
www.wwwords.co.uk/pfie/content/pdfs/12/issue12_2.asp
Ms Rupal Thakkar
Scaffolding Vernacular medium English Language Teachers in creating ICT
mediated learning environment , International Journal of Education Trans
academia Vol3,No:1,January-June,2014.pgno.74-81, ISSN 2319-3492
Ms Sunita Britto
‘Mentor : Guiding the Journey of Adult Learners’ in An International Journal of
Education Transacademia published by Pillai College of Education and
Research , Jun – Dec 2013, Vol. 2 No: 1 (ISSN – 23193492)
Ms Hema Peese
―Construction and Measurement of Effectiveness of Educative Tool in
Electromagnetism‖ with J. K. Pendharkar and M. N. Nyayate GRA - Global
Research Analysis, Volume : 2,Issue : 7 July 2013,ISSN No 2277 – 8160 pp
174.
“Variation of Cognitive Beliefs and Hemisphericity Dominance in
Undergraduate Science Students‖ with J. K. Pendharkar. Published in IJSR International Journal Of Scientific Research,Vol.2,Issue.7(July 2013) pp 3233,ISSN:-2277-8179(Impact factor:0.3317)
‘Honouring the Silent Voices of Pre-Service Warli Teachers in Culturally
Responsive Early Childhood Education’ Joint paper with Dr Kalpana Kharade-
pg. 36
Aarhat
Multidisciplinary
International
Education
Research
Journal
(AMIERJ),Volume :2 ,Issue:5, Oct-Nov 2013, ISSN 2278-5655 pp101-120.
‘Reaching
the
Digital Natives:a
New
way
of
Partnering
at
Digital
Interfaces’ Joint paper with Dr Kalpana Kharade Published in an International
Journal of Education Transacademia , Bi-Annual Journal Vol.01-2,No.1 (JuneDecember,2013), ISSN 23193492,pp.1-9
Ms Usha Sharma
‘Sweeping cobwebs off young minds : An attempt towards gender
sensitization’
Research paper proceedings in ‗Women Entrepreneurship
Empowerment & Development‘ BIVIMAR New Delhi ,First Impression 2014
Pg no 214 to 217, ISBN:978-03-83842-23-0
Student Development -Women Development Cell
The main aim of the institution is to empower students with right skills so that when
they move in the society they are able to live in harmony with others. Since the major
lot of B Ed being women which is the most exploited one when in society and to bring
them at par with men the responsibility is taken by teacher education to equip them
with skills & knowledge essential through a carefully chalked Women Development
Cell Activity. The WDC activities were planned by Ms Usha Sharma under which she
invited different resource persons who know about the Women issues. The following
is a list of activity conducted with a clear objective to benefit the women leaders of
future.
pg. 37
pg. 38
Sr
Date
Activity
Target Group
Jan 18,2014
Guest
lecture
Sexual
Harassment students
Resource person
No
1
on B Ed & M Ed Ms.
Encountered
Women
by
at
Work
Kavita
Bhatia
&
Shabana
Nair
Ms.
from
Chetna Foundations
Place'
Objective : Strategies
of Self defence
2
Feb 7,2014
Development
module for
of
a B Ed
Ms Usha Sharma
Gender Students
Sensitisation
Program
for
Vernacular
Medium
School Students of a
particular school
Objective : Gender
Sensitisation among
Vernacular
Medium
School Students
3
Feb 22,2014
Paper
Presentation M Ed
Ms. Divya Kodoth,
‗An
Ethnographic students
doctoral student of
Study of Devadasi in
TISS
North Karnataka'.
Objective
:
Awareness
of
Women Exploitation
4
Feb 22,2014
Guest
legal
lecture
on B Ed & M Ed Ms
provisions students
under Indian Law
from
39
Charu pg.
Bharti
Tilak
Police Station
Nagar
Objective:
Women
Empowerment
5
March 8, 2014
Cultural
program B Ed & M Ed
including
dance, students
drama and Speech
for
Women
--
Achievers
Objective:
Gender
Equality
&
Awareness
of
Women achievers
6
March 8,2014.
Paper
Presentation M Ed
'Utilization
of students
Maternal Health Care
Services
Mr.
Pandurang
Sontakke, a doctoral
scholar from TISS
in
Maharashtra: RightBased Approach to
Public Health'
Objective : Sensitize
towards
Women
health issues
7
March 29,2014.
Session
on B.Ed.
and Dr Bhawin Parmar ,
Prevention of Cancer M.Ed.
Ms
organised
Singh(biomedical
Oncology
by students
Centre,
Somaiya Ayurvihar
Pooja
engineer),Dr Bhatia
Somaiya Ayurvihar ,
Sion
Objective : Creating
awareness
related
to types of cancer ,its
pg. 40
prevention with the
help of Technology
Presenting research expertise from TISS
In order to nurture the M Ed students with the right inputs Dr Kalpana Kharade
collaborated with TISS to get the best paper presenters to present as a model before
our students. The following is a list of papers presented along with the topics.
Sr
Date
Name
Topic
No
1
1st February 2014
Mr. Ajay Saini,
'The
Post-tsunami
Teaching Associate
Humanitarian
Aid
and Doctoral research Nicobar
scholar at TISS
in
the
Archipelago:
Governmentality,
Subjectification
and
Socio-
cultural Change'
2
8th Feb 2014
Mr.Ashutosh
Bishnu 'Labour Market Flexibility and
Murti, doctoral student of Skill Shortage : A Study on
TISS
Management
Graduates
in
the politics
of
India'
3
15th
February Ms. Arpita Das, Doctoral 'Living
2014
4
22nd Feb 2014
research scholar at
floods: A study in the Dhemaji
TISS
District of Assam.'
Ms.
Divya
Kodoth, 'An
doctoral student of TISS
5
1st March 2014.
with
Ms.Sadhvi
doctoral
Kalra,
student
Ethnographic
Study
of
Devadasi in North Karnataka'.'
a ‗Child Sexual Abuse and
from Mental Health of Vulnerable
pg. 41
TISS
Adolescents:
children
A
on
study
of
the streets
of
Mumbai‘
6
8th March 2014.
Mr.
Pandurang 'Utilization of Maternal Health
Sontakke,
a
doctoral Care Services in Maharashtra:
scholar from TISS
Right-
Based
Approach
to
Public Health'
Apart from the experts from TISS even one of the Alumni presented research paper
Sr
Date
Name
Topic
No
1
21st
December Ms. Rosemary Dolphy Using Digital Technologies for
2013
(Alumni K J Somaiya creating
College of Education )
learning
experiment
student
environment
among
centric
–An
Junior
College Commerce Students
Pre-Phd prog
Pre-Ph.D programme organized by Dr. Kalpana Kharade commenced on 27th May
and continued upto 31st May. Seven students participated in this programme. Dr.
Sugra Chunawala and Dr.Pooja Birwatkar both from HBCSE, Mumbai were invited
as resource persons in this program.
Guest lectures /Workshops conducted:
With an aim to enable each one of the students to march ahead towards success the
institution leaves no stone unturned in providing the students with the expertise from
pg. 42
the fields. To achieve the target we began with a different add on components for our
student community. Under this we had following workshops
Empowering future leaders with counselling skills Ms.Sweta Padmanabhan
Guest lecture by Miss Sweta Padmanabhan was organized on the 25th December,
2013 to facilitate the understanding of counselling & basic work etiquettes. She is a
practising counsellor at a clinic in Chembur and was at great ease handling all the
queries of the students. She concentrated on the most important topics such as
counselling, anger management, work place harassment and improving teaching
methodology which are of great relevance at this juncture, where mere theories and
training do not help. The session was extremely valuable for the students as they are
novices in the field of teaching & handling stress. All the misconceptions regarding
counselling were cleared & it proved to be an interactive event. She not only
emphasised on various problems prevalent in the work place but also the efficient
ways to tackle them, so as to prevent any kind of problem arising from the same.
Meanwhile she also gave insights on the ways of handling the temper tantrums, which
can act as the barrier in the professional development of teachers. She concluded
her speech by discussing various current issues followed by a question and answer
session.
Workshops: Orientation on Geogebra & Gchempaint
--an IIT Mumbai Initiative
Representatives from IIT Mumbai on 24th December 2014 enlightened on Geogebra and
Gchempaint. Participants were given a brief introduction on how to use Geogebra ,a
mathematical software including Algebra, Geometry and Calculus Application and
different purposes for which it could be used and were told to practice it individually.
They taught how to use an input bar, polygon tools, segment tools and told about two
lines on geogebra - first is algebra view and second is graphic view. Representatives
from IIT, Powai also provided a structured presentation on the use of Gchempaint. It
allows us to draw and display a 2D chemical structure which facilitates a better
pg. 43
learning experience with chemistry. Its use also ensures better understanding of the
concepts and provides a platform for the study of complex chemical structures and in
devising efficient learning materials.
Preparing teachers for International schools
Ms. Shrividya, Project Director, Somaiya Schools enlightened us about the different
boards of education. She presented detailed information about SSC, CBSE, ICSE
and IGCSE. The difference in the curricula of these boards, the scope of each board
and the working style of each board, all these facets were touched in the discussion.
Stress management workshop
Prof. Girish, conducted workshop on Stress Management on 12th March 2014. He is
an excellent and well known speaker spoke on stress, causes of stress and ways to
overcome stress which was attended by all the B.Ed. students and some faculty
members. He said "the key to manage stress is SMILE". He envisaged that World
without stress will be like a paradise, where everyone will be happy and satisfied.
One must earn happiness and peace in life and to generate peace for yourself, one
must follow meditation-which changes yourself and discipline your mind. In the
conclusion he emphasized that we must have to believe in ourselves and success is
in our hands. Inner peace is the key manta of every success. it's not important what
you do, it's how you do it!!!!!
Empowering the pre service teachers to face interviews
Ms Biju nambiar
On 20th Jan, 2014 the primary coordinator of the Somaiya School, Miss. Biju
Nambiar presented some of the important aspects of an interview and the basic
essentials of the same. She concentrated on the specific questions like, "how would
you handle an intelligent child?" There was an orientation to the functioning of the
Somaiya School and its basic requirements. Her well composed nature and an
approachable attitude eased the tension around paving way for a clearer
understanding of the recruitment process.
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Sacred or Secular History
--lecture by Dr. Samuel Wineburg
Somaiya College of Education, Training and Research along with Buddhist
Centre of Education were overwhelmed to receive Dr. Samuel Wineburg for
delivering an interesting Lecture on History. He is a Professor at Margaret J acks
College of Education and of History (by courtesy) at Stanford University. Professor
Wineburg has volumes of achievements to his credit, his interdisciplinary scholarship
sits at the crossroads of three fields: history, cognitive science, and education, and
has appeared in such diverse outlets as, Journal of American History, Smithsonian
Magazine, and the Los Angeles Times. His work has been featured on C-SPAN,
NPR, WBUR-Boston, and stories about his work have appeared in newspapers
across the nation, including the New York Times, the Washington Post, and USA
TODAY. We are fortunate enough to have called Dr. Wineburg who through his
profound lecture on the Topic "Sacred or Secular History? Must they be at Odds?
contributed to our knowledge of History, through his unique blend of knowledge of
Psychology and History; he elucidated on how History is created, taught and
learned. Through his profound lecture he tried to bridge a gap between sacred and
secular History by giving real life examples ranging from day to day life to religion to
science. His humour, easy language and childlike gestures made the lecture lively.
Though being a history lecture all were glued to their seats and listening attentively;
enjoying every word of it.
Upgrading skills related to Psychological testing
As the M Ed students needed to be empowered with the skills of administering the
different psychological tests for doing research, a session on administration of latest
psychological tests was conducted. Ms Rupal Thakkar & Ms Usha Sharma
conducted a session where the students were shown the list of psychological tests so
as to create an awareness of different categories of tools - inventories, scales, battery's
etc. A few of the latest tests were actually administered on the students which
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followed scoring and interpretation of results.the session was beneficial as the
students could use the same tools in further researches
Session on Quality Management in Higher Education: Some Practical
Tips
In order to develop an understanding of the need for quality in the educational
system, a guest lecture by Dr. G. N. M. Dixit, chief mentor and director of SMS
Foundation was organized for the teachers and aspiring teachers of the K.J. Somaiya
Comprehensive College Of Education, Training And Research. His speech initially
focused on the quality in education of different countries like France, Korea etc. and
then proceeded to the explanation of the Kolb's cycle. He also stressed on the
important topics like social connectivity and cooperative learning. Even the different
learning styles were emphasized on and the ways to accommodate the same were
clearly explained.
Programme on Sustainable development
The environmental studies took a giant leap towards technology with the introduction
of the concept of blended learning. This required the students to attend the online
classes from their comfort space at home from 8:30pm -9:30 pm and complete
worksheets, assignments and interactive activities at college. The online learning
through WizIQ provided a new platform to teach and learn a particular subject. The
chat option available at the online learning platform paved way to easy clearance of
all the doubts. As this programme was conducted as part of a research activity, it
required a pre-test and a post-test. The programme was conducted by Ms. Kruttika
Bhatt, Ph. D aspirant of this institute.
Budding change agents (Research )
It is our job to help our students understand that they can do more than was ever
imagined and to be active citizens who participate and contribute to their workplaces
and communities. It means exposing them to new technologies, diverse opportunities
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offered locally and globally, and relevant research experiences.As a part of B Ed
practicum the students were guided by the faculty members to conduct researches
under different areas .
The following is the list of research based topics of B Ed students for the yr 2013-14
Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
A Study of The Learning Styles of Secondary School Students
Dr Kalpana Kharade & Ms Hema Peese
Using Mobile Learning for Developing Writing Skills among Vernacular
Medium Upper Primary School Students
Ms Rupal Thakkar
Fostering Empathy among Secondary School Students: An Experiment
A Study of Environmental Awareness among Secondary School Students
A Study of Secondary Schools‘ Teachers‘ Attitude towards use of ICT
Development and Evaluation of an Instructional Module for enhancing the
English Listening-skills of Pre-Service Vernacular Medium Teachers
Ms Sunita Britto
Truncating, Investigating and Conjecturing Movies for Education – an
Operation
Ms Usha Sharma
Embracing Diversities in Classrooms : Perceptions of pre service teachers
towards multiculturalism of mathematics
A Study of Impact of Gender sensitisation approach on the students of class
VIII of vernacular medium schools
Fostering empathy among the adolescents of S K Vinaymandir students
Creating techie classes with classroom 2.0 :Perceptions of pre service
teachers
A Study of Family Environment of Secondary School Students of Class VIII
Ms Sreetanuka Nath
Development Of Activities And Testing Their Effectiveness With Respect To
Achievement In Economics In Secondary School Students
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Impact Of An Inquiry-Based Mathematics Program On Secondary School
Students‘ Achievement In Mathematics
Impact Of An Inquiry-Based Science Program On Secondary School Students‘
Achievement In Science
Ms Takshashila Jadhav
A Study of Secondary School Students Interest in History
A Study of Secondary School Students Interest in Economics
A Study of Secondary School Students Reading Skills in English
This proved that our students have the power to make a difference, to influence, to
connect, and to shape the world as teacher leaders
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Milestones
Aiming towards a change ….
Quality Round up
As had been the culture of this institution to continually improve upon the quality of
output, IQAC meeting was organized on 22nd October where Dr Satish Ailawade
(Director, K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research) showed us
the light for further quality enhancement keeping in mind institutional vision/mission.
The session enabled to come out with a revised vision and mission of the institution.
For Grant of academic autonomy
A committee comprising of five members from various prestigious institutions visited
the college on 24th Dec, 2013. The objective was to review the effective functioning
and infrastructure availability, so as to grant academic autonomy to the institution.
The committee interacted with the staff members to gauge the preparedness towards
attainment of academic autonomy. An interactive session was held with the students
wherein the need & importance of granting autonomy was discussed. It was an
informal interaction where all the students were free to express their views and
opinions. It was a highly appreciated effort on part of the committee members to have
maintained such a composed nature which not only facilitated a stress free
discussion but also paved way for many new viewpoints regarding the grant of
autonomy.
One more feather in our cap!!!!
An ICSSR Sponsored two day National Seminar on “INNOVATIONS IN 21ST
CENTURY EDUCATION‖
As part of senior scholar seminar series the institution organized an ICSSR
sponsored seminar on 4th and 5th April, 2014, on Innovations in 21st Century
Education which is 21st in its rank. The two day poignant and impressive stirring
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would remain afresh for long. The Chairperson of the inaugural function was the Honorary
Secretary of Somaiya Vidyavihar, Shri V Ranganathan. He expounded the fact that
education needs to be practical and life based. He further added that Holistic Education must
nourish all the three domains: cognitive, affective and psychomotor and strengthen the
learner‘s emotional integrity. Apart from this Ms Kavita Anand,Director, Adhyayan Quality
Education Services Pvt Ltd., conducted an interactive discourse on the use of Twitter, a
social networking site, and how it could revolutionize the quality, reach, depth and pace of
education. Some of the eminent speakers included Dr Vijayam Ravi as the chief guest and
the key note speaker of the day Dr Chitra Natarajan Professor and Dean, Faculty of Science
Education at HBCSE as the ‗Guest of Honour‘ for the day. Keeping in mind under different
sub themes different speakers were invited & they included Dr Sybil Thomas (Principal, St
Xavier‘s institute of Education), Ms. Elizabeth Mehta (founder director, Muktaangan), Ms.
Parveen Shaikh (Head, primary section, Somaiya School, Ms. Vidushi Chaudhary (Founder,
Mind springs enrichment center). It was suggested that there was a need for creative
strategies to be used in classrooms along with an intensive on field training of the teachers to
bridge the disconnect between teacher education and the school requirements. Not only this
it was suggested that teacher education and the school had to be integrated. Apart from this
performance mastery, competition with self, generative and graduate exercise etc. should be
our aim as it would result in humanized individuals. Overall the seminar was a fruitful one as
it addressed the gathering on the issues pertaining to the system of Education.
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Achievements
Faculty
Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan presented papers in international conferences in Dublin,
Ireland, Nepal and Malaysia : was an Academic Visitor to the School of Education, Oxford
University ( April, 2013)
Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan awarded ICSSR grant of Rs 50,000/- for Research
Methodology Workshop UGC grant of Rs 7.36 lacs (2013) for a major research project on
training undergraduate teachers, supervisors and Principals in academic leadership; Rs 4
lacs awarded for ICSSR major research grant on Peace Education(2013)
Dr.Kalpana Kharade & Ms Hema Peese awarded major research project sponsored by
ICSSR entitled ‖Enhancing Conceptual Understanding about Astronomical Concepts
among Visually Impaired Students: A Technology Based Inquiry Approach"
Ms Rupal Thakkar awarded Rs 7 lakhs for major research project sponsored by ICSSR
entitled ,"Scaffolding ICT integrated English language teaching (L3) of Secondary School
Vernacular medium teachers: A blended learning Approach."
Ms Hema Peese awarded ICSSR grant of Rs 50000/-for 5 Day Workshop on Statistical
Analysis in Social Science Research- July 8-12, 2013
Dr.Kalpana Kharade was invited by NCTE as the core committee member for the revision
of National Curriculum Frame work at M.Ed. level.
Dr. Kalpana Kharade received state level ‗Best Employee Award‘ by Ministry of Social
Justice and
Empowerment.
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Ms. Rupal Thakkar and Ms. Hema Peese attended refresher courses and Ms. Sreetanuka
Nath attended orientation course organised by Academic Staff College
Faculty members presented papers in various seminars and conference inside as well as
outside Maharashtra- Goa ( Dr. Vasundhara Padmanabhan), Chennai (Ms. Rupal
Thakkar), Delhi(Dr. Kalpan Kharade & Ms. Hema Peese) Jaipur (Ms. Usha Sharma)
Ph D degree awarded to Dr. Hemalata Marathe and Dr. B. Bhuvaneshwari
Secured 3 ICSSR and 1UGC major research grants amounting to Rs. 23.36 lacs
Students
Placements:
One of the achievements of the institution is placements of the 40 students till the month of
May 2014.As a support system to the students we at somaiyas give prime importance to
placement of the students. Here with this aim under campus recruitment for our B. Ed as well
as M Ed students 13 schools were invited for placements Schools like Hill springs ,R N Podar
School,Universal High School, Avlon Heights, Udyanchal school, R B K International ,Datta
Meghe World Academy, Podar International , Garodia International, Vibgyour school etc.
visited our campus to pick their best. The responses from various schools were inspiring. Apart
from this many opportunities for the students were displayed under the placement cell.
Students were offered pay from Rs. 10,000/- to Rs. 30,000 /-According to the caliber the
students got various opportunities at different levels.
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Sports: Indoor Competition
Sr
Event
Winner
Carrom
1st
No
1
Girls : Ms Pawar Poonam
Boys : Mr Pravesh Kumar Singh
2nd
Mr Sanjay Kumar Yadav
Mr Rajesh Viswakarma
2
Chess
1st
Girls : Ms Priya Thakkar
Boys :Mr Sanjay Kumar Yadav
Outdoor competition
Sr
Event
Winners
Marble and spoon
Girls 1st Ms Mamta Singh
No
1
2nd Ms Anita Jaiswal
3rd Ms Nuzhat Sayyed
Boys 1st Mr Sanjay Kumar Yadav
2nd Mr Rajesh Vishwakarma
2
short put
3
Javelin throw
4
4x100 Relay Race
1st Ms Neetu Kumari
1st Mr. Sanjay Kumar Yadav
1st Ms Jui Sawant ,Ms Poonam Pawar ,Ms Sana
Shaikh ,Ms Priyanka Singh
2nd Ms Kusum Rawat ,Ms Sneha Kadam,Ms Neetu
Kumari ,Ms Anita Jaiswal
5
3 legged Race
1st
Ms Kusum Rawat & Ms Anita Jaiswal
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2nd Ms Sadaf Khan & Ms Jaya Panjwani
3rd Ms Priyanka Singh & Ms Kiran Gupta
6
400 m Race
1st
Ms Kusum Rawat
2nd
Ms Umme Habiba
3rd
Ms Kiran Gupta
Apart from this two prizes won were as follows
Best Sportswoman of the year –Ms Kusum Rawat
Best Sportsman of the year –Mr Abhinandan Prasad
Co curricular activities
Sr
Date
Competition
Winner
Oct 26,2013
Rangoli Competition
1st Group
No
1
Ms Sharma Neetukumari, Ms
Kadam Nilima, Ms Sadhwani
Seema Chandru, Ms Farheen
Samnani
2nd Group
Ms Rizwana Malik,Ms Sabina
Daradia,Ms Jaya Panjwani,Ms
Saba
Koya,Ms
Pooja
Mahensaria
Poster Making Activity
1st Ms Riddhi Nitin Nagda
2nd
Ms
Elamthuruthy
Usha
Gopinathan
2
Feb 28,2014
Poster Making Activity
1st Ms Nimisha M.
2nd Ms Umme Habiba
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1st Ms Khushbu Shah
3
March 1,2014
Personality contest
4
March 1,2014
Hum Tum Duet Dance 1st Ms Poonam Pawar & Ms
Competition
Two of our students won prizes at
Inter collegiate
Sanyukta Mhatre
competitions Poster making held at
Gokhale College of Education.
Ms Nimisha M & Ms Kusum Rawat (both I Prize )
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Photo Gallery
Workshop & Seminars Conducted
Workshop on ‘Promoting Institutional Effectiveness: Development and
Evaluation of an Instructional Leadership Training Program for the
Leaders of Higher education’
-Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
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Workshop on Blended learning
-Ms Soma Baj pai from Zaya Foundation .
Workshop on „Geogebra & Gchempaint.‟
-an IIT Mumbai Initiative
Seminar -cum- Workshop on Peace Education
-Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan
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Workshop on Goal setting towards the vision
and mission of the institution
-Dr Kalpana Kharade
Training Program in ICT for in service teachers
- Ms Rupal Thakkar
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Workshop on "Thinking Skills for Exceptional Learners: Gifted & Slow learners"
&"Integrating Thinking Skills in the Curriculum"
-Ms Vidushi Chaudhary ,Cathedral School
Workshop on „Concept Mapping as a teaching and testing tool; Its
significance in planning and Management of Education‟
-Ms Usha Pandit, Educational Consultant , CBSE
Schools
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'Web tools in Teaching and Learning'
Ms. Hema Peese
„ICT Mediated Language Workshop for students‟
-Ms Rupal Thakkar
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Pratyush 2013-14 Intercollegiate Competition
„Des Rangeela’
pg. 61
Women‟s Day Celebration
Poster Making Competition
&
Rangoli Competition
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Sports Day 2013-14
Winners of Sports
Competition
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Guest session on Role of Indian Police towards Women Safety –Ms Charu Bharti ,Mahila Up
Adhayshika, Tilak Nagar Police Station
-Women Development Cell Initiative
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