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Prof. Gaysu R. Arvind

Prof.
  Professor
     Dept. of Education,
University of Delhi,
Delhi-110 007
 
     
9810539852
     Arvind.gaysu@vsnl.com

Educational Qualifications

Ph.D.

Department of Education,Delhi University

             1988

 

M.Phil.

Department of Education, Delhi University

1984

70%

M.Ed.

Department of Education, Delhi University

1982

University Topper; Gold Medalist; 70%

B.Ed.

Department of Education, Delhi University

1981

Distinction; 69%

M.Sc. (Zoology)

Department of Zoology, Delhi University

1980

 

B.Sc. (Hons-Zoology)

Delhi University

1978

 

Career Profile

Department of Education, University of Delhi

 

Professor

November 2008

Teaching, Research, Administrative Responsibilities; Supervising M.Ed.; M.Phil; and P.hd. Students; Undertaking Research Consultancy

 

Reader

 June 1998

Teaching, Research, Administrative Responsibilities; Supervising M.Ed.; M.Phil; and P.hd. Students; Undertaking Research Consultancy

 

Lecturer(Permanent)

June 1991-May 1998

 

Teaching, Research

 

Lecturer(Temporary)

June1987- April 1989

Teaching

Areas of Specialization / Interest

Elementary Education; Cultural Studies ; Study of Marginalized ; Cognitive Psychology; Pedagogy of Environment Studies

Subjects Taught

M. Phil.:Social Equity and Education; Learning and Intelligence; Research Methods                                          

M.Ed.:Psychology of Learning and Intelligence; Culture, Cognition and Pedagogy                                

B.Ed.:Educational Psychology; Pedagogy of Environmental Studies                        

CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION/PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentation(Last One Year)

Fifth International Conference on Public Policy and Management, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore, August 8th to 11th, 2010.

 International Conference on Knowledge Globalization 2010, Organized by Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts; Knowledge Globalization Institute, Boston and School of Business Studies, North South University, Dhaka, May 8-10, 2010.

Fourth International Conference on Public Policy and Management at IIM-Bangalore, August 9-12, 2009.

International Dialogue on ‘Citizenship and Civic Education: Pedagogy, Process, Practice’, Department of Sociology and the Developing Countries Research Centre, University of Delhi, February 11-13, 2009. 

National Seminar on Small Schools in India: Access and Participation Contexts, NUEPA, February 4-6, 2009.

Paper Presented

“Neoliberalism, Social Ordering and Educational Inequality: Understanding the Discourse from the Critical Perspective”

‘‘Democracy, People’s Agency and Prospects of Change”

"Democracy, Participatory Governance and Prospects for Change”,

 ‘‘Local Democracy, Rural Community and Participatory School Governance”

 “School Culture, Classroom Discourse and Children’s Thinking: Pedagogic Possibilities in Small School System’

Awards and distinctions

Delhi University Gold Medal in M.Ed. (1982)

Post Doctoral Commonwealth Fellow at University of Manchester, UK from October 2, 1989 – October 1, 1990.

University Grants Commission (UGC) Research Scientist in “Category ‘A’  equivalent  to  that  of  a  Lecturer  in Department of Education, University of  Delhi  from  December, 1990 to July, 1991.

Other Activities

Conference Proceedings: Seven

Public Service / University Service / Consulting Activity (Last Two Years)

Base Line Survey of Two Municipal Corporation Primary Schools Under Humayun’s Tomb-Nizamuddin Basti Urban Renewal Initiative, Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN-India), January- July, 2009.

Final Evaluation of Snehal Project, Gujarat”, CARE-India, January- May, 2009.

An Evaluative Study of Early Childhood Education; and Learning Achievement in Language and Mathematics of KATHA Children at the Elementary Level, KATHA – New Delhi, 2008.