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K J Somaiya College of Education, Training & Research Simhavalokan March, 2015

March Meeting for framing Practicum for 2 year B Ed Program Dr Vasundhara Padmanabhan along with two of the

faculty members, Ms Rupal Thakkar & Ms Hema Peese

got the opportunity to frame the syllabus for Practicum in

the two year B Ed program. The team gave brilliant inputs

on the different aspects of the practicum with inputs by

experts from all the institutions. Looking at the best option

and for the betterment of the students who would be

opting for the two year B Ed Program the team brought

out an enriched practicum curriculum.

“Learning is Experience. Everything else is just information”

Albert Einstein

On March 3, 2015 a „Math Fair‟ 2015, was organized which actually celebrated the event with

an objective of ‘Math Learning by Understanding by All'. Navnirmiti Eduquality had taken

Math Fair series in 3 BMC Schools of Mumbai. Ms Usha Sharma (faculty member) got the


opportunity to visit the fair.Through this project the students of the BMC schools were trained

by Mr Amol Ubale from HBCSE in such a way that they organized all the activities. Many

exhibits were displayed where the students got the opportunity to explain the charts. Even

students got the opportunity to explain the rules of the games. The school gave the platform to

the students to learn through experiential learning. Maths Fair was created where students

actually went to the market and learnt different concepts in Maths. The event was very

beneficial since it threw many ideas for the pre service teachers.

“You can’t bury History ….At one point of time History will surface

again.”

Inter collegiate Festival Pratyush

Truly said. Our Inter collegiate Festival Pratyush which was organized on March 7, 2015 at K

J Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Training & Research. It also aimed at rebirth

of History. It offered a unique opportunity to revisit the Indian History by making it come alive

on stage since the theme for this year was „History Revisited.‟ It was an event of 20 minute

performance which included the following Dance- drama, Role play, Costumes, Props,

Multimedia/Background effect, Narration. The criterion of evaluation of the event was

originality/creativity, co ordination /seamless blending, style/grace/rich historical

experience, overall audio visual impact. Different B Ed colleges participated in the event.

The participant colleges enthusiastically depicted

different dynasties like Maratha dynasty, Haryanka


Dynasty, etc. Out of the participant colleges, K J Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education,

Training & Research bagged the winning trophy. Overall the performances were enthralling &

it actually made the audience sit at the end of their seats.

Celebration of Women’s Day The International Women‟s day which falls on

the March 8 was celebrated. Throughout the

year the student council committee had been

active for each event. Similarly for this

particular event too they worked hard to

collect the articles of eminent feminists who

have led revolutionary movement in the past

.Apart from this even the examples of women

entrepreneurs in the society were displayed in

the form of charts. The aim was to empower the most vulnerable section of the society the

women. Overall the day had the mixture of inspiration, knowledge and value, wherein each and

every member looked out for the role models of the past and aimed to give their best efforts in

future.

Higher Education Forum H E F 6th Annual Convention Program

On March 14, 2015, the faculty and

students got the wonderful opportunity

to attend the Higher Education Forum

6th Annual Convention Program at K J

Somaiya Insitutuite4 of Management &

Research. The primary objective of HEF

has always been to facilitate and promote

excellence in the landscape of higher

education in India. This event was led by Dr A K Sen Gupta, Founder and Convener, HEF.


Themes included „Innovation in Higher Education‟ & „Technology as Enabler of Education‟. Dr

Satish Ailawadi, Director, K J Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research

inaugurated the session .Eminent speakers like Dr Satish Ailawadi, Dr Indira Parekh, Founder

Director, FLAME, Mr Jagdeep Kapoor CMD, Samsika Marketing Consultant, Dr

Ramamurthy Natarajan Former Director, IIT (Madras), Mr Ashok Kalbag, Mentor, Vigyan

Ashram and many more delegates enlightened the audience with wonderful case studies &

research based papers on the different themes were presented.Dr Rajan Saxena, Vice

Chancellor, NMIMS University & Dr Ganesh Natarajan, Vice Chairman & CEO, Zensar

Technologies presided on the valedictory session. Each speaker spoke on the theme and a few

presented papers. All the faculty and students got rich inputs on the latest innovations in

education.

SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work)

SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work for the academic year

2014-15 was conducted successfully in 2 sessions. On March 10,

2015 from 11:00am to 1:00 pm, Ms. Vrushali Ghate, Teacher

educator at our sister institution of S.K.Somaiya D.Ed College

conducted a workshop on Warli painting. She taught the students

the various nuances of the art form, using poster paint and brush.

Students learnt the paintings etching on clay pots, cloth pieces and

tinted paper. The students were very much engrossed in this art form and wanted to do more.

On March 14, 2015, 4 students of B.Ed: Ms. Riddhi Chheda, Ms.

Pooja Lokare, Ms. Krunali and Ms. Sadaf Khan volunteered to

teach their B.Ed colleagues various arts and crafts .The session

was conducted by Ms. Riddhi Chheda.She taught the students to

make Fur Puppet ie bunny rabbits, which they thoroughly

enjoyed. Students participated whole heartedly in this workshop.


Hands on Experiments

Science students of K.J. Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Training and Research,

conducted 2 experiments under the guidance of Dr. Sreetanuka Nath, Science Teacher, in the

Chemistry lab of Vinay Mandir Junior College. The 1st

experiment was “Using standard solution of oxalic acid,

determine the strength of a given solution of sodium hydroxide”

where they had to find the gm/l (result was 3.77g/l) and

molarity (0.09) of the NaOH, while the 2nd experiment was “to

analyze qualitatively the given salt and detect one acidic and one

basic radical present in it” a) “Test for Basic Radical” (Detection

of Groups) and b) “Test for Acidic Radical”. All the experiments

were from Grade XI.

Physics Experiments

The science students of K.J.Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Training and

Research, conducted 4 experiments in the physics lab of Vinay Mandir Junior college under the

guidance of Dr. Sreetanuka Nath. The experiments conducted were as follows:

1. To measure the thickness of metal strip

using a screw gauge.

2. To measure the size of metal ball using

vernier caliper.

3. Find angle of deviation using prism.

4. To measure the flow of current using ohms

law.


Faculty Development Initiatives through syllabus revision meet

Each teacher got the opportunity to attend their syllabus meet for the respective subjects in

order to frame the syllabus for the two year B Ed program .For the Mathematics Syllabus

Revision meeting which was held on March 26, 2015 in Hansraj Jivandas College of

Education, Ms Usha Sharma got the opportunity to give the inputs for framing an enriched

curriculum in collaboration with the Maths teachers form different colleges of Education.

Student & Faculty Development Initiatives - Research Paper reading

sessions The IQAC Cell of K.J. Somaiya Comprehensive College of Education, Training and Research

organized Research paper reading session under series Gyanpushpanjali on the occasion of

the silver jubilee year of the institution. The third phase of the session included three more

presentations from March 23 till March 30, 2015 .The researchers presenting their research

work were the Doctoral Students pursuing PH. D. in Homi Bhabha Centre for Science

Education. The timings for the same were, Saturday 3.30 pm to 5.00 pm. The organizer of the

program was Dr. Kalpana Kharade. The session wise details were as under:

S.No. Presenter Title Date

1 Gurinder Singh,

HBCSE

Question generation by middle school students

during open-beginninged science explorations

23-03-2015

(Mon)

2 Shweta Shripad Naik,

HBCSE

Investigating Teachers‟ Ways of Doing

Mathematics: Looking Through a Lens of

Mathematical Practices

24-03-2015

(Tues)

3 Ms. Arindam Bose, Revisiting transfer of learning in Mathematics: 30-03-2015


HBCSE Insights from an urban low-income settlement

(Mon.)

All the sessions were very interactive. Faculty members and students were present for the

sessions. The presenters elaborated on the procedure for narrowing down upon the title,

development of conceptual framework, using qualitative research technique and procedures for

data collection and analysis. Overall the sessions were enriching and provide an insight into

qualitative research methodologies and social issues.

Campus placement (Oberoi Intl)

Placement Cell has been functioning effectively keeping in mind the objective of student

welfare so that the best students get absorbed by reputed institutions. On March 16, 2015 one

of the esteemed schools Oberoi International was invited for the campus placements. It

carried out the orientation program which helped the students to know about the curriculum &

the functioning of the school. All the students interested gave their interviews.

A step towards fulfilling the dream of being teacher educator: M.Ed.

internship

The Internship programme by all the M.Ed.

students began from March 24, 2015. As a

form of training the aspiring teacher educators,

this was highly emphasized. During this period

they were required to take individual classes

with innovative teaching strategies on one of

the main papers and one special field. They

made necessary lesson observations. In


addition to these they collaborated and helped out in various academic and co-curricular

pursuits of this institution.

M.Ed. dissertation submission

As a part of M.Ed. curriculum the learners have to submit a research based dissertation.

Learners conducted research on an array of topics starting from different innovative teaching

learning strategies to technological innovations, Digital Storytelling Strategy, Task Based

Learning Strategy, ICT Integrated Instructional Module, Learning Cycle Model, Parallel

Education System, Dialogic Teaching and Argumentation, Parental Sensitization Module, Peer

Tutoring, Fostering Higher Order Thinking Skills, Experiential Learning Module, Classroom

Engagement Skills, Game based Learning Strategies. The learner gained much from this

practicum in terms of writing research proposals, aims, objectives, sampling, research design,

methodology, statistical techniques etc. The composition of this exquisite bit took almost four

months at the end of which it was submitted with great pride to the institution on 15th March.

Innovation Festival, at the Nehru Science Centre, Worli

On March 28, 2015 the faculty got a wonderful opportunity to attend the Innovation Festival,

at the Nehru Science Centre, Worli. Participants from fields of art, craft, science and

technology from across the country showcased new and emerging concepts at the event. The

Centre is a National Council of Science Museums (NCSM) establishment and the festival aimed

at providing a platform for the artisans, creators, makers and

innovators to showcase their innovation, talent and creativity

to a large number of visitors especially school children. The

festival projected creativity from scrap projects, „challenge

yourself‟ booths, hands-on opportunity spaces, and design

contests for school and college students, in addition to

lectures/workshops.


Proctor Meet

Like always even in the Semester 2 the mentor teachers met up with their proctorial team to

ease several difficulties in their scholastic as well as co scholastic aspects to create more mature

and efficient individuals who will gradually be able to face the real life challenges successfully

and independently. The session was on March 17, 2015.Here students could discuss the

academic, personal, vocational difficulties. Thus this feature acted as a student support in the

times of difficulties. It acted as a moral support since the students could discuss all their

anxieties related to jobs and academics .In few cases the students were referred to discuss their

problem to the counselor Ms Shweta Padmanabhan.

Book reviews by B Ed Students

“Whenever you read a good book, somewhere in the world a door opens to

allow in more light.”

–Vera Nazarian

Book reviews gave the opportunity to teachers to open the world to the other student teachers.

The books on different subjects Science, Management, Philosophy, Psychology etc were the

main areas of interest. Since the orientation was already done in the month of February the B

Ed students presented the book reviews in variety of subjects. Students made use of ICT to

present the book along with relevant videos if required. The selection of book was as per the

choice of participants so the presentations were very interesting.

Essay Examinations

Essay examinations were conducted for the courses 11 & 12 for giving students a practice on

writing 10 marks questions. Students are given drill on what are the ideal points in a particular

answer. What may be criteria of a good answer for eg introduction, presentations using concept

map, conclusion, focusing on question words such as justify, examine etc. Students are given


feedback of their answers as and when the teachers finish the corrections. Here the teacher

again discusses the ideal answer

“Innovation is the calling card of the future.”

Ms Prachi Singhi from Akanksha –NGO also is one

of the innovators who has taken the responsibility for

“Differentiation and Student Ownership". Ms Singhi

was invited on March 19 so as to set an example for

the pre service teachers. She shared her innovative

strategies and introduced the pre service teachers to

the concept of literature circles .Apart from this she

also shared how the organisation has been using

resources from Aga Khan Foundation. Through the innovative strategies the organisation has

been working for the less privileged students. Thus it set a very inspiring example for the pre

service teacher to be followed.

"Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of

collective intelligence."

--Mike Schmoker

The concept of co teaching introduced in the month of March gave a platform to all the faculty

to collaborate and showcase their collective expertise on the topics of B Ed.It began with Dr

Vasundhara Padmanabhan, Principal of our institution and one of the faculty Ms Usha

Sharma who collaborated to teach a topic of Psychology of Learning .Followed to this Ms

Usha Sharma collaborated with Ms Kruttika Bhat to teach a topic of Sociological Foundations

of Education. Later Dr Sreetanuka Nath & Ms Kruttika Bhat collaborated to teach a topic of

ICT in Education & Finally Ms Rupal Thakkar gave her inputs along with Ms Takshashila

Jadhav on a topic from Educational Management. The faculty proved that they were working


independently toward one goal in unison.Even the students appreciated since they were

benefitted since the faculty actually displayed shared responsibility and did justice to the

different topics.

Research Guidance for B Ed students

As part of B.Ed. curriculum, all the students are expected to complete their research project as

proposed by different teacher in-charges. The guidance went on for the topics as the students

were in different phases. A few of them were doing data collection so they were allowed to

conduct their session in the B Ed class itself as their sample were

B Ed students whereas a few others had to go to the sister institutions as per their topic they

went to collect data. A few students were in the stage of preparing awareness program related

to the topic of female foeticide. Necessary guidance was given to the students regarding proper

implementation of the steps.

Simulated teaching-Concept Attainment Model

After the completion of PT lessons it was time to try out innovative teaching techniques in

simulated setting. Thus the students were initially oriented on March 27, 2015. The Concept

Attainment Model Technique was demonstrated by all method masters in different subjects

followed by student‟s demonstration of the same. The students were guided on the selection of

the topic which would be suitable for CAM.

Intensive study endeavors…

Study circles

The integrity of this institution is to enhance the achievement and competencies of the learners

who enter this sacred doorway. The institution‟s pride becomes multifold when its learners

extent new level towards perfection. To concretize this noble idea the institution conducts

tutorials every year which is backed by remedial teaching. For the tutorials this year, study

circles were conducted. In the study circles the students got idea of writing answers to


university based questions. For a few paper the faculty actually discussed the question bank

which included different type of questions essay and short questions. Through this act the

improvements of the learners was realized.

A helping hand ……

Counseling session by Ms Shweta Padmanabhan

Student support being one of the major features of our institution, we make sure that the

students get counseling at difficult stages of the course. Thus this year we appointed Ms

Shweta Padmanabhan, as a counselor for the students of B Ed, M Ed & PGDME. On every

Wednesday in semester 2 from January 28, 2014, students could avail the facility of counseling

from 9 am to 10 am in the college premises. The students could discuss any kind of difficulty

academic, personal, vocational difficulties. Student‟s records were systematically documented

and stored with strict confidentiality. The counseling cell functioned effectively due to the

support of Ms Shweta. Students had the flexibility of availing the facility of counseling out of

college in case the students hesitated to approach her in the college.

Guest lecture on Family Business

AIFMB (Institute of Family Managed Business Advisor,

Prof. Parimal Merchant Asian visited our Institution on

March 23, 2015 to inspire the women students to participate

and initiate family business. Youngsters of today face many

challenges and often seem to lack direction. This is especially

true for children of Business Families according to him. He

expressed his views and talked about the values of his

organization AIFMB. He elaborated on how AIFMB values

represented a strong belief that the progress of Asian

economies is going to be driven by excellence of family businesses and not by MNCs. The

family businesses are likely to outperform non-family business primarily due to owner


identification, unconventional strategies and skills in managing contradictions. The family

institution in Asia shares a number of similar family values and is tuned for ensuring continuity

of family business. He clarified that it is important to reinforce these values and promote pride

and confidence in joining the family business. It is also necessary to bolster the possibilities of

metamorphosis of a grocery store into Wal Mart. AIFMB looks forward to a day when

companies will proudly announce that they are a family business – as it stands for long term

perspective, relationship and trust. It was very engrossing and students thoroughy enjoyed it.

Sale of books

Over the years library received the books on donation but some

books were included in the library collection. Some books were

left. So Sale of the books had been arranged on March 23 to

March 25, 2015. In order to encourage the faculty and the

students, a special offer was kept. Books were sold on half-price.

All our faculties and students showed great interest in visiting

to know about various books of their interest. In addition to this

some faculties of K. J. Somaiya College of Arts & Science have

also visited the sale. Some students and faculty members purchased the books.

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