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Conducted Summer Camp Activities for Nutan Vidya Mandir Class 3 Students. The focus of the activities has been to encourage children to observe, write, draw, ask questions. The work can be read from articles in English and Marathi.
Teacher Education
Currently I am working in the area of teacher education. I conduct activity based sessions related to teacher professional development on various topics. In the process, the resource material in the form of questionnaire, worksheets, handouts, etc. for TPD is being developed. I also organize TPD workshops.
Teacher Professional Development
SCERT, Karnataka Workshop: Conducted session on textbook analysis for scientific process by using nature of science themes.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan--ZIET Mumbai: Organized and conducted a workshop on module development on science through investigation for school principals and senior teachers.
DIET, APF, SCERT Uttarakhand: Conducted sessions on textbook anlaysis, research readings, science through investigation sessions.
Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Mumbai Region, Maharashtra:Involved in the teachers' workshop for primary and secondary science teachers. Conducted sessions on textbook analysis, concept mapping, hands-on sessions on science through investigation sessions.
DIET Gujarat: Conducted sessions on textbook analaysis, science through investigation sessions.
Joint Review Mission on Teacher Education
I was involved in theJoint Review Mission on Teacher Education for Punjab. The main objective of the JRM is to review status of progress and to also consider issues related to programme planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation, with respect to each of the programmatic interventions under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme for Teacher Education, in respect of each level of institution. The visit culminated into a detailed JRM Report. More information about JRM can be viewed from its website: http://www.teindia.nic.in/jrm.aspx
Capacity Building Program of the DIET Faculty
I have been involved in the MHRD-HBCSE project on teacher professional development in Bihar and WestBengal. As part of the project, we visited DIETs, SCERTs in-field in Bihar and West Bengal. Later, I was involved in conducting a two week intensive workshop on capacity building program for DIET faculty. Further, as part of the project, I was involved in a follow-up in-field workshop for the DIET faculty.
My areas of interest at the workshops have been -- activity based science experiments, textbook analysis, NCF and teaching of science. I am involved in developing activity based science experiments, developing resources for teacher educators at elementary education level. More information about the project can be viewed from its website: http://teacher-ed.hbcse.tifr.res.in
Ph.D. Project in Science Education
I am also a Ph.D. Studentat the Centre. My research interest is broadly in the area of
knowledge representation in biology education. I am using concept maps
to characterize scientific knowledge, understand students'
representation (understanding) of a domain, to compare novice's
knowledge structure with that of an expert's knowledge structure.
Meena Kharatmal, Nagarjuna G., & M. C. Arunan (2021).Microorganisms at our Doorstep -- Vigyan Pratibha Learning Unit. In Choksi, B., Date, G., Mani, R. & Subramaniam, K. (EDs.). Exploring Science and Mathematics with Vigyan Pratibha Learning Units. Class 8 Teacher Version, Mumbai: HBCSE.
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2013): Representing Change Using Concept Maps. In G. Nagarjuna et.al. (Eds.) Proceedings of epiSTEME 5 -- International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education, p. 124-131. India: Cinnamonteal
Meena Kharatmal, Aaloka Kanhere, K. Subramaniam (2012): Proceedings of the National Initiative on Mathematics Education, National Conference on Mathematics Education, HBCSE, Mumbai, Jan, 2-012.
Nagarjuna G. & Meena Kharatmal (2011): A Proposal
for Developing a Primer for Constructing and Analyzing
Conceptual Structures. In S. Andrews et al. (Eds.), Lecture
Notes in Artificial Intelligence: Vol 6828. Conceptual Structures -
Learning Teaching and Assessment. In International Conference on
Conceptual Structures: Conceptual Structures for Discovering Knowledge
(p. 402-405). Berlin, Germany: Springer-Verlag. Doi:10.1007/978-3-642-22688-5_36
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2010): Introducing Rigor in Concept Maps. In M.
Croitoru, S. Ferre, and D. Lukose (Eds.), Lecture Notes in Artificial
Intelligence: Vol. 6208. International Conference on Conceptual
Structures 2010: From Information to Intelligence (p. 199-202). Berlin,
Germany: Springer-Verlag. Doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-14197-3_22
Nagarjuna G., Meena Kharatmal (2010): Building Dependency Network for Teaching-Learning
of Conceptual Structures, In Polovina, Simon; Andrews,
Simon; Hill, Richard; Scharfe, Henrik; Øhrstrøm, Peter (Eds.)
Proceedings of the First Conceptual Structures – Learning, Teaching
and Assessment Workshop (CS-LTA) at the 18th International Conference
on Conceptual Structures (ICCS 2010), Published by MIMOS BERHAD »
Technology Thrust Areas » Knowledge Technology (ISBN:
978-983-41371-5-1), Kuching, Malaysia.
Meena Kharatmal (2009):Self
PlatformProceedings of National Conference on Open Source
Software, CDAC Kharghar, NaviMumbai, India.
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2009): Refined
Concept Maps for Science Education: A Feasibility Study In K.
Subramaniam & A. Majumdar (Eds.) epiSTEME 3 Third International
Conference on Review of Science, Technology and Mathematics Education.
Mumbai: MacMillan Publishers Ltd.
N. P. Chaubey, K. K. Mishra, Meena Kharatmal & Sushma (2009):
Science Education in India. Peoples Science Education --- Book of Abstracts (Vol. II). India: Peoples Council of Educaiton & Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education.
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2006): A
Proposal To Refine Concept Mapping for Effective Science Learning
In Canas, A. J., Novak, J. D. (eds.) Concept Maps: Theory, Methodology,
Technology. Proceedings of the Second International Conference on
Concept Mapping. San Jose, Costa Rica.
Meena Kharatmal (2006): Concept map on cell structure and
function. At IHMC Public Cmaps Meena (India) Cell Structure and
Function Cell Structure and Function.
http://skat.ihmc.us/servlet/SBReadResourceServlet?rid=1139090479160_113084903_8482&partName=htmltext
Meena Kharatmal & Nagarjuna G. (2004): Understanding
Science Through Knowledge Organizers In J. Ramadas & S.
Chunawala (Eds.) epiSTEME 1 First International Conference on Review of
Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. Mumbai: HBCSE.
Meena Kharatmal, Sandhya R., & Nagarjuna G. (2005): Information
and Knowledge Management Using GNOWSYS Proceedings of Recent
Advances in Information Technology, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic
Research, Kalpakkam, Chennai, India.
Meena Kharatmal (2006): Content of the Curriculum. In S.
C. Agarkar (Ed.) Introductory Course on Curriculum Development. Mumbai,
India: HBCSE.
Meena Kharatmal (2005): Constructivist Approach to Teaching and
Learning of Science. In S. C. Agarkar (Ed.) Introductory Course on
School Science Education. Mumbai, India: HBCSE.
