Conference – Rizvi College of Education

Rizvi Education Society’s
Rizvi College of Education
(Affiliated to University of Mumbai)
Organises
National Conference
Titled

Evolving Trends and New Pedagogic Paradigms in Education
(ETNPPE-2020)

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SUB THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE

Subtheme 1- Teaching for social change or Teaching for social awareness

Education Institutes build spaces where students learn to read, write and develop the capacity to change the world. Rather than following a fixed agenda, they must put into practice the changes we want to see in society. Strengthening connections with society requires challenging power relationships through the participation of people of various race, class, gender, national origin, or level of formal education. When each person is valued, stronger institutes are built where all students can succeed. Teaching for Change approach works by drawing direct connections to real world issues to overcome the boundaries between parents, teachers, schools, and communities that can get in the way of creating changes. It must be transformative that must encourage academic excellence embracing critical skills for progressive social change. Teaching for Change encourages teachers and students to question and re-think the world inside and outside their classrooms, build a more equitable, multicultural society, and become active global citizens.

Subtheme 2 –Quality education for all young people: Challenges and new pedagogic paradigm

The education sector is set to see strong expansion globally due to population growth, government support and incentives, inclusion of “Quality Education” as one of the key sustainable development goals of UN, growing importance of adult education and technological and pedagogical changes in teaching and learning. A quality education is one in which the goals set relate to self-identity within the local culture and community interests, and self-fulfilment in relation to the endless possibilities outside the local culture and reality. A quality education promotes and safeguards the rights of all girls and boys alike, within a learning environment that encourages them to achieve of their best in a journey of self-discovery that brings out their full potential. A quality education is one that makes adequate provision of essential resources for learning for all learners and all schools. This includes trained teachers, books, and other pedagogical resources, as well as continuing education, easy availability of multiple learning resources, rapid adaptability of learning resources to learner’s needs, distance education, learning styles and virtual reality.

Sub-Theme 3 – Educational policies and strategies and strengthening the role of teachers.

The Government of India would like to bring out a National Education Policy to meet the changing dynamics of the population’s requirement with regards to quality education, innovation and research, aiming to make India a knowledge superpower by equipping its students with the necessary skills and knowledge and to eliminate the shortage of manpower in science, technology, academics and industry. It is necessary to follow a liberal approach to integrate the rich Indian culture, tradition and knowledge into modern learning, and re-ignite the traditional Indian values of Ahimsa, Seva, Satya, Swacchata, etc. into every learner. To make this a reality, the role of teacher needs to be restructured both at higher and school education with a focus on delivering better education, nurturing students’ skills, and preparing them to deal with real-world problems.

Sub Theme 4 – Teaching for Entrepreneurship

What about becoming a Teacherpreneur? That’s right, you could become an entrepreneur teacher! Entrepreneurial thinking could be the most important skill the world will need in the future. That’s why it is crucial that we define entrepreneurship in the 21st century based on the skills required, not the money we make. Teacher’s Profile is only restricted to class room teaching and seldom do we agree to the idea of teachers being entrepreneurs. Innovative and Entrepreneurial thinking may very well be the key to the future, and it is up to us as educators and parents to make sure our children can use it. In fact, teachers can make the best entrepreneurs because they know how to respond quickly and calmly to changing situations, and understand how to balance love for their work with the practicalities of it. Teachers can use their classroom skills and apply them to entrepreneurial endeavours. Though education and technology so far haven’t come on the common ground, a teacher feels technology can revamp learning. And he is not interfering with the education system, or how teachers have been teaching over the years. His aim is to instil the concept of self-learning among the students. Byju Raveendran is the best example of Teacherpreneur.

Subtheme 5 – Personalized learning: Parents’ role in making their wards confident and strong

Parents play an important role in a child’s world. Parental involvement ranges from helping children in homework, to encouraging them, being role model to them and home-schooling. Acceptance and acknowledgement of the child’s interests and efforts, better communication with repeated positive interactions helps develop confidence. Modelling is another way that children learn from parents. Developmental psychologists have always known children learn by imitating adults. Homeschooling is an emerging trend a process in which family, especially parents, take charge of their child’s/children’s education. Parents and tutors teach their child at home. Education system of homeschooling is adapted to fit the child’s needs with open curriculum and flexible learning schedules in accordance with the agreement between the child/children, parents and tutors.

Sub Theme 6 – Best Practices in Multimedia-based Education and Social Impact of Technology-driven Education

The concept of multimedia technology is broad & it has infinite usage. Multimedia-assisted teaching and learning have become standard forms of education .In Today’s age multimedia is one of the best educational techniques because it addresses more than one sense simultaneously, as it addresses the senses of sight & hearing Due to advances in computers and electronic media, the potential for quality education has been elevated with the appearance of innovative instructional methods employing multimedia equipment and resources. E-learning materials have been developed for a variety of disciplines. The use of multimedia technologies in education has enabled teachers to simulate final outcomes and assist students in applying knowledge learned from textbooks, thereby compensating for the deficiency of traditional teaching methods.

Subtheme 7 – Education for All for learning to live together

This sub theme is integration of two major goals in the field of education: ‘Education for all’ and ‘Learning to live together’. In the 21st century Indian education scenario faces many challenges in realizing the UNESCO’s mission to achieve ‘Education for All’. To take up these challenges policy debates, teacher training and curriculum development are to be revived aiming at providing equity education to all. This century is faced with yet another challenge of rebuilding human communities. Education, being a highly social exercise, aims at complete development of personality by consolidating personal independence and at the same time cultivating concern for others. ‘Learning to live together’ is one of the four competencies identified as important by the International Commission on Education for the 21st century. It aims to provide equity education to all which prepares them for the personal, interpersonal, values and active citizenship aspects of their individual and social lives. Education for life skills, active citizenship, sex and relationships, peace and human rights are some areas in the learning arena that need much more exploration. Quality education and equity education which enables students learn to live together so that they are valued as citizens have great scope for reforms.

Sub theme 8 –

Any other relevant aspect related to the theme of the seminar, not covered in the sub-themes above. The construct of evolving trends and new paradigm in education are large and has many sub-constructs with respect to the field of Education. Any other area, relevant to the main theme and not included in sub-themes can be dealt in this sub-theme

Guests & Speakers

Prof.Dr.R.P.Shukla (Key Note Speaker)
Head & Dean,
Education Department, Banaras Hindu University

Present Position & Address : Consultant Professor, I.U.C.T.E., BHU ,
Varanasi -221005
Mobile No: 09839047029, 7376553837
E-mail ID: rpshuklafoe@gmail.com
Area of Specialization: Teacher Education, Value Education, Culture and Curriculum Development.

Former Head & Dean, Faculty of Education, BHU
Member of High Power Committee, MHRD, Government
Professor In-Charge, RGSC, B.H.U. for more than 02 years
Honorary Director of DDU Kaushal Kendra B.H.U. for 02 years
Head & Dean, Faculty of Education, B.H.U., since July 2017
Former Head & Dean School of Education, Nagaland University
Dean School of Humanities & Education, Nagaland University
Acting Vice-Chancellor, Nagaland University
Nodal Officer of SSA, Nagaland University
Nodal Officer of Education in Human Values
Chairman of University Campus Development
Member of Executive Council
Member of Academic Council
Member of University Court
Member of NCTE
Member of NAAC of India

Publication :

Authored: 06 Books Including Human Values & Human Rights
Edited: 12 Books, including skill India and Reflective Human Teacher

Paper Published: 80
Member in Editorial Board : 06 reputed Journals

Delivered Lectures in FIP & FDP in more than 12 Universities.

Teaching Experience : 41 years.

Research Guidance:

15 Ph.D. Awarded Under Supervision
08 Ph.D. Scholars Under Supervision
01 D.Lit. Scholar Under Supervision

Qualification :

M.Sc (Zoology), M.Ed., Ph.D. (Education)
Teacher Education, Value Eduation, Curriculum Dev. & Science Education.

Dr. Ali Akbar Gabhrani

Dr. Ali Akbar Gabhrani is a Medical Graduate and a Psychiatric Counsellor for the past 18 years. He was a former director of Masina Institute of Psychotherapy and Behavioural sciences. Dr. Ali Akbar Gabhrani is a prolific motivational speaker and a life skills trainer. Currently, he is the director at Dr. Matcheswalla’s Happy Minds, Byculla, Mumbai. The motto of his training is “coaching for transformation”.

Dr. Arpeeta Bhatia Burman

Dr. Arpeeta Bhatia Burman is currently working as Sr. Manager ~ Skill Development at Magic Bus India Foundation. She has an experience of 8 years as Teacher Educator at the Thakur Shyamnarayan College of Education & Research, Affiliated to University of Mumbai. Her varied interests are reflected in her degrees. She has her bachelor’s degree in science i.e. B.Sc. Mathematics, B.A. in English Literature, M.A in English Literature, a Bachelor’s, and Master’s degree (B.Ed., and M.Ed.) in Education, NET in Education and Ph.D. in Education.

M.Ed. Research titled ~ “A Comparative study of Curricular Design, Curriculum Transaction & Evaluation Strategies among SSC, CBSE, ICSE Board Schools & IGCSE Schools.”

Dr. Arpeeta has published several research papers in academic journals in the area of Comparison of School Boards, Education for Peace, Environmental Education and Information and Communication Technology. She has also presented research and conceptual papers in different national and international conferences.

DEEPTI MANKAD, Ph.D

Company Name: MINDSPEAK Designation: Professional Development Trainer and Consultant.
Doctorate in Education (Ph.D) from University of Mumbai in 2013.
A Study on the level of Multiple Intelligences amongst Ninth Graders across Different Educational Boards.

Master’s in Education (M.Ed) from Department of Education, University of Mumbai in 2006. Gold Medalist in M.Ed.

Dr. Gomathi Jatin

Dr. Gomathi Jatin is Associate Professor with the Centre for Education Innovation and Action. Research at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences. With a Ph.D.in Education from the University of Mumbai, she has taught various courses in teacher education institutions and also nurtures keen interest in school and classroom practices. Her areas of interest include teacher education, school education, classroom pedagogy and practices, adolescent psychology, educational leadership and management and research. She has conducted workshops related to classroom management, blended learning, cooperative learning and mentoring for action researches. Her recent work includes research on school management committees across the states in India.

Dr. Smt. Ratnaprabha N. Rajmane

Qualification: M.A.(Eng./Mar.),M.A.(Education),M.Ed.,Ph.D.(Education.)M.B.A. in Education Management.
Work Experience: 36 Years Teachers training (College).

At present working as Principal in Oriental Education Societies ,Oriental college of education and Research , Andheri (w)- Mumbai
Former Prin.-Gandhi Shikshan Bhavans Smt. Surajba College of education, JuhuNorth.

Dr. Rukmini Jamadar

She has 18 years of teaching experience in junior college, and college of education

Currently working for Seva sadan’s college of Education since NOV 2005.Responsibility include teaching subjects like philosophy Educational Psychology ,English, Guidance and counseling, .,Setting of Exam papers and their corrections, Feedback to students on their performance. , Supervising Community Work Programme ,assisting Publicity Dept. and Academic Enrichment Dept.
Teaching Action Research paper for D,Ed students, guiding the project and assessing the same.

Prachi S. Vaish

She is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, Psychotherapist and a Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist. She has completed her MA and RCI certifed MPhil in Clinical Psychology and has been working in the field of mental health for over 15 years. She is the Founder of The Emotional Wellness Initiatives, a venture that provides niche mental health and wellness services. She had also founded India’s first online psychotherapy website in 2009. She has contributed thousands of articles on various aspects of mental health for Web and print media like Femina.in, Child, Better Homes and Gardens, Lifestyle Asia India and Tweakindia.com. She has been interviewed by The Times of India, Hindustan Times and The Week for her pioneering work in digital psychotherapy. She works with clients on the issues of relationships, intimacy, anxiety disorders, and recovery from trauma of emotional abuse.

Ms. Shradha Mehta

Ms. Shradha Mehta: 22 years of experience in the field of teaching. Presently the Principal of Mother Teresa Secondary School and Jr College in Kandivali west.

She is a Managing Trustee in Sankalp Charitable Trust
National Core Committee member of…Campaign for Electoral Reforms in India (CERI)

SESSION CHAIR
TECHNICAL SESSION II
Ms. Asllesha Thakur
CEO,
Lead Innovation,
New Delhi, India.
Asllesha Thakur is a passionate educationist with over two and half decades of experience in the education sector. She is the CEO of Lead Innovation. She specializes in setting up schools, transforming schools into high performing organizations, evangelizing better parenting and empowering educators. Asllesha has conceptualized and implemented large scale training programs for teachers. Over the past two decades she has trained more than 24000 teachers across the whole country in over 1100 schools. She has designed an innovative program called Talk Smart for language acquisition, that has helped many young students to improve their English language skills. She has been involved in developing curriculum based on Reggio Emilia and Harvard University’s Making Learning Visible approach. She has presented numerous papers all over the world-in Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany, Singapore on issues related to education. In India she has spoken in different forums such as the CII, the Wipro Partners Forum, Digital Learning, Gray Matters Symposium etc. Asllesha was awarded the “Woman Super Achiever in Education” by ASSOCHAM in July 2017. She won the “Thought Leader in Education Award” in the World Education Congress in June 2016, “Woman Entrepreneur in Education Award” by DNA Education Awards” in 2016, and “Leading Woman Entrepreneur Award” at the 6th Annual Women Leaders Conference 2015. She is also the recipient of Governor of Uttar Pradesh Award for Meritorious Performance in Education in 1992.

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TECHNICAL SESSION IV
Ms. Varsha Hooja
Special Educator
ADAPT, Mumbai
Varsha Hooja graduated with Psychology Honours and trained as a Special Educator at The Spastics Society of India, now called ADAPT (Able Disabled All People Together). She has been working in the field of disability for over three decades in the areas of teaching, teacher education and Community Services and is at present a Trustee and Chief Executive Officer of the organisation. She has been a team member of the Four Nation Research Project, ‘Developing Sustainable Inclusive Education Policy and Practice’ under Founder Chairperson Dr. Mithu Alur. She was the Head of Inclusive Education and Health Needs Coordinator (IEHNCO) in the Indo German Project, Shiksha Sankalp. She is also General Secretary of the All India Regional Alliance for Inclusive Education (AIRA), convened by Dr. Alur.

A short profile of ADAPT
ADAPT, formerly The Spastics Society of India (SSI) was set up in 1972 by Dr. Mithu Alur to address the educational needs of children with Cerebral Palsy. Following Dr. Mithu Alur’s thesis which found that there was no policy for the education of disabled children, SSI reoriented its goals and objectives and Dr. Alur set up the National and Asian Resource Centre for Inclusion (NRCI), which demonstrated how disabled children could be educated in regular schools through inclusive education. Today, ADAPT provides services that include assessment, treatment, education, support services for inclusion, counseling vocational guidance and training, advocacy and awareness, women’s empowerment programmes and employment training. Over 3,000 children and 10,000 families in Mumbai and over 100,000 around the country have benefited from our services and 18 of the Indian states have services based on our first model. Dr. Alur has played a major role in bringing a shift in the education policy of children with disabilities and has been nominated to many National level Committees including the Central Advisory Board of Education (CABE), which is the highest advisory board on education in India.

SESSION CHAIR
TECHNICAL SESSION IV
Dr. Hutoxi Randeria
English Language Consultant
British Council
Mumbai
Dr. Hutoxi Randeria is a free-lance English Language consultant associated with the British Council in various capacities since the last fourteen years. Her area of specialization is Applied Linguistics and ELT, with special focus on English Language Testing and Assessment. She began her teaching career twenty threemyears ago as a lecturer at MTB Arts College, Surat followed by a lecturership at the Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, PG Dept. Surat and later at the PG Dept. of English, SNDT Women’s University. Besides being associated with the British Council in a freelance capacity, she currently teaches ELT as a Visiting Professor at SNDT Women’s University Mumbai and is on their Board of Studies for English Literature and Language. She has also co-written a television shows called “Angrezi Mein Kehete Hai” for a popular TV channel.
She began her scholastic career at Lourdes Convent High School, Surat and went on to study English Honours at MTB Arts College. She’s a gold medalist English BA honours student and a double gold medalist in MA English honours. Her PHd thesis on a comparative study of Indian Parsi literature and American Jewish Literature won her the best thesis prize at the American Studies Center, Hyderabad.
She’s passionate about reading and travelling.

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ICSSR (MHRD, New Delhi)
sponsored
National Conference
VISUALISING 21ST CENTURY EDUCATIONAL MILIEU:
ACHIEVING SKILL COMPETENCE THROUGH UNCONVENTIONAL PRACTICES

17th & 18th December, 2018

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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
Unconventional teaching practices goes beyond textbooks and four walls to make learning more than a rote sport having limitless possibilities to improve the educational process. It aims to give the students an in-depth exposure of the subjects and fill the educational experience with enlightening values. It brings lessons to life replacing stale traditional methods of conveying information with innovative technologies such as tablets, interactive whiteboards, Panel Discussions, Debates, Role Playing, Film Viewing etc. It helps prepare students become culturally competent, caring and contribute local and global citizens. Unconventional practices are not just about technology driven classrooms but about continuous and comprehensive evaluation, cross-curricular connections, linking curriculum to life, development of skills and values, civic engagement, integrative and social responsibility.

Education is being revolutionised everyday by technology and being made accessible to the untapped masses. It has allowed education to be brought outside the Individual learning is acknowledged. It is constantly opening up the new frontiers in education.

The only question that remains for forward-thinking teachers is what new technologies will emerge and how will they be utilized. The teachers who adopt these unconventional practices are the conceptual innovators laying the groundwork for future generations of teachers. They work on modification of classroom practices to help the learners understand and take charge of improving their own learning processes. Unconventional Classroom is a viable option that will reignite your passion for teaching and send you back to the classroom with tons of new teaching strategies and ideas.

CHIEF PATRONS
Dr. Akhtar H. Rizvi
(President, Rizvi Education Society)

Adv. (Mrs.) Rubina A. H. Rizvi
(Director, Rizvi Education Society)

CONFERENCE DIRECTOR
Dr. Gyanprakash Arya
(I/c Principal)

CONVENOR
Dr. Radhika Vakharia

ORGANISING SECRETARY
Dr. Rakhi Sawlane (9820162524)
Mrs. Spoty Karthik (9869350399)

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
Mrs. Nahida Mandviwala
Dr. Priyanka Pandey
Mrs. Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra

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SUB THEMES OF THE CONFERENCE

Subtheme 1- Strengthening the Workforce through Leadership Development
Leadership in any education organisation plays a very important role. We have often seen that the quality of leadership is attributed to the heads of an institution. However in an educational setup leadership as a quality has to be nurtured amongst staff as well as students. A few ways of empowering one to be leaders of tomorrow is through encouraging them to construct their own knowledge, exploring their expertise through presentations, use of Socratic questioning to ignite the spark of learning through an inquisitive manner, learning and teaching through role models, taking up responsibility, service learning, metacognitive strategies etc. Using different unconventional ways, one can cultivate leadership qualities which will enable the future leaders to face the world with confidence thereby empowering them with skills of global citizenship.

Subtheme 2 – Breakthrough beyond the boundaries by Distance Learning
Distance Learning is accessible, affordable and useful in social, intellectual and workforce development contexts. Through Distance Learning, learners have become global citizens and are exposed to the international and cross-cultural aspects of their studies. It has facilitated unconventional practices in education through students’ authentic engagement with the world class material, improved perception of learning, stronger sense of community among students and reduction in withdrawal or failure. Academic institutions worldwide are expanding their repertoire of developing distance education courses due to its primary positive outcome as the ability to attract learners who would otherwise be prohibited from learning opportunities due to geographic, financial and personal limitations. Learners now have untapped learning opportunities and experiences to strengthen their credentials that would intellectually engage, increase sensitivity and even add skills and knowledge that are attractive to potential employers.

Sub-Theme 3 – Using Quality principles to enhance the fundamentals of learning and performance in K-12 classrooms
The traditional conception of a teacher leading a lesson with a piece of chalk, vigorously scratching formulas, themes or motifs across a chalkboard, is ingrained in most of our minds. We grew up in a classroom where knowledge came from two sources: the instructor and the textbook. Those may never change, but their ability to educate has been made easier with forward-thinking. Unconventional teaching methods used to supplement traditional lesson plans have been made possible by the implementation of technology. What was once thought impossible in collaboration and research has become common place and education as a whole is better for it. Unconventional means of catering to K-12 education can inculcate and go beyond using quality principles to enhance the fundamentals of learning and performance. This shall include continuous improvement strategies and Six Sigma – practical applications and value-based lessons learned by the students. Applying the Baldrige Criteria to improve performance and transform systems and also using Professional Learning Communities as a tool for supporting continuous improvement makes a class unconventional. Further, quality issues and global trends could be explored toward improvements in education of K-12 classrooms.

Sub Theme 4 – Implementation of innovative strategies to promote effectiveness in education
Innovating Education does not only mean seeking innovation for teaching methods, but it means addressing the challenges and concerns of education in a more diagnostic and comprehensive manner. Promoting creativity and incentivizing innovation is the way ahead. As the education segment of the country is in a transition stage, with a large number of schools adopting finest teaching-learning practices from across the world. When we think of innovation nowadays, we usually think of technology. However, in a field such as education, it’s just as important to focus on innovations in areas such as child psychology, learning theories, and teaching methods. There’s quite a bit of evidence that technology, when used in the right way, helps students learn. While technology, in and of itself, does not always spur innovation in the classroom, there are countless innovative ways to use technology to better teach and engage students. Some examples of using technology include and go beyond: Mobile Technology, 3D Learning, Assisting Special Needs Students, Flipped Learning.
Apart from this, focus on STEM, practical education and Soft Skills could be a part of innovative practices. Area of Assessment is equally important andwhat innovations can educationist look at to suggest alternate ways of assessments that are robust yet do not pressurize students and teachers. In conclusion, the goal isn’t Innovation, the goal is Effectiveness. We need to strive for innovation is because we want to be effective.

Subtheme 5 – Social Justice and Psychological wellbeing in Inclusive Education
The scope of this sub theme is to unveil the interconnection among social justice, psychological wellbeing and inclusive education. It is important in unconventional teaching practices that educationist should understand that social justice and psychological wellbeing are very complicated phenomenon and as such we need to describe the importance of both content in inclusive education. Educational researches suggest that the core of wellbeing is the subjective experience of social sufficiency of individual existence. On the other hand, the practice of the inclusive education is loaded with many social expectations, one of the main being to support psychological development and social consistency of the person. In the basis of exclusion stands the social diversity of the person. Negative feelings in the excluded individual provoke a decrease of psychological wellbeing. Thus, if we educationist wants to increase the effectiveness of the inclusive education, we would need to improve the psychological wellbeing of the individual. The improving would be realized through social justice and psychological support, mainly in classroom and in the family.

Sub Theme 6 – Undertaking Research practices for quality enhancement
Educational research can play important role in bringing new ideas and understanding related to their developing practices. Research based ideas also brings arguments, between ideas and arguments must be carefully selected and strategically integrated with in our course. Classroom practices as a process involves multiple agents and their interactions with in the classroom as a system. The process can be manifested in diverse format and structure and its effectiveness can be influenced by numbers of factors both internal and external to the classroom. Research on various fields such as Curriculum and its implementation, Instructional context, Theoretical and methodological part, Teaching-learning strategies, Questioning and responses in classroom can give better perspectives. Thus systematic and strategic research practices bring high quality of framework to reflect on these practices taking into account of our cultural and national diversity.

Subtheme 7 – 21st Century Assessment in Education: Moving Beyond the Conventional Methods
Reforming assessment is essential in enabling any systemic change in education. So the conventional modes of assessment in education need upgradation in this 21st century knowledge based society. This is essential to ensure that learners are prepared for a rapidly changing and ever-connected community, society and world. With the wide spread adoption of 21st century skills in our schools it becomes imperative that we shift assessment strategies from measuring discrete knowledge to measuring creativity, critical thinking, problem examining and information gathering as well as making informed, reasoned decisions while using technology. So, alternate assessment strategies which are authentic, comprehensive and performance based need to be adopted. Assessment should measure the gap between standards and students’ competencies through multiple strategies. This spectrum of strategies should be flexible and contextualized so that it becomes relevant for the learners as it is recommended in NCF 2005. A balanced approach including assessment for learning, assessment as learning and assessment of learning is ideal for optimizing teaching as well as learning. In addition to the conventional strategies, alternate strategies like rubrics, performance-based assessment; portfolios and technology based student response systems provide a great platform for the transition in assessment process. Acknowledging the learners’ stake in her/his learning through self-assessment and peer assessment is also significant. Papers critically evaluating the assessment and selection procedures adopted in competitive exams like NEET, JEE etc. are also invited.

Sub theme 8 – Any other relevant aspect related to the theme of the conference, not covered in the sub-themes above
The construct of Unconventional practices in education is large and has many sub-constructs with respect to the field of Education. Any other area, relevant to the main theme and not included in sub-themes can be dealt in this sub-theme.

Guests & Speakers

CHIEF GUEST
Dr. Shivendra Gupta
Hon. Vice Chancellor,
Veer Narmad South Gujrat University,
Surat, Gujrat.
His Educational qualifications include: B.E. (Civil), M.A, Ph.D. (History), M.B.A. (Marketing), M.A. (Distance Education), Post Graduate Diploma in Journalism, Post Graduate Diploma in Higher Education, Post Graduate Diploma in Distance Education, Post Graduate Diploma in Human Resource Management and Diploma in Jyotish (Astrology & Palmistry) Dr. Shivendra Gupta was elected Fellow, Institution of Engineers, India on Nov., 2017. This is the highest qualification in engineering in India. He worked for more than 20 years in ‘Roads & Building Department’, Govt. of Gujarat before opting for V.R.S. He has taught as a visiting faculty in prestigious institutions. His other interests include, Cricket, Weight training, Reading Hindi, Urdu & English poetry. He has two published works on cricket. Dr. Shivendra Gupta was appointed as a member of the ‘Governing Council’ of the state of Gujarat in June, 2018. This is the highest decision-making body in the state in Higher Education.

GUEST OF HONOUR
Shri. Ramendra Gupta
Ex Chairman & MD,
Uranium Cooperation of India ltd,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Mr. Ramendra Gupta served as the Chairman and Managing Director at Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. since June 2000. Mr. Gupta started his career in gold industry of India and later became Managing Director in Kolar Gold Fields. He serves as an Independent Director of SMS Infrastructure Limited. As a part of Indian delegation, Mr. Gupta has visited many countries like Sweden, Australia, UK, South Africa, Canada, France and Poland. With many strategic assignments of Indian nuclear industry, he has represented the country in IAEA, Mongolia, Russia, Kazakhstan, South Africa and Nambia. He is a member of Mining, Geological and Metallurgical Institute of India (MGMI), Indian Nuclear Society (INS) and fellow of Indian Geophysical Union. Mr. Gupta has presented a number of technical papers in national as well as international conferences. He is the recipient of “National Design Award in Mining Engineering – 1999” for his “Outstanding contribution in the field of Engineering design” from Institution of Engineers (India). Mr. Gupta is B.Sc.(Hons) in Mining Engineering in 1972.

Shri. K.S Mishra
Commissioner,
GST and Central Excise,
Surat, Gujrat.
Mr. Mishra is MA History and LLB. Mr. K.S. Mishra joined civil services in 1986 and his journey as an IRS officer commenced since then. Mr. Mishra has taken over several offices across India in the spam of his service of 32 years. He has been regularly invited by Doordarshan as a special guest speaker for their shows. He has also conducted several shows on Akashwani. He is well known for his path breaking cases in the GST Tribunal of Mumbai (previously known as Customs and Central Excise) against law breaking corporate companies on India. Besides is passion for his job, Mr. Mishra is a very renowned Poet and a writer. His poetries in Hindi and Sanskrit are published in several books.

Dr. Srivaramangai Ramanujan
Scientist and HOD,
Department of Information Technology,
University of Mumbai.
Dr. Srivaramangai is a Scientist and presently the Head department of Information Technology, University of Mumbai. She is a M.Sc. in IT along with SET and Ph.D in the same subject. Her benchmark research is in the field of Machine Intelligence. Dr. Srivaramangai has been recipient of several awards and holds key positions in many committees of University of Mumbai like member of RRC, Member of Academic Council, Member of BOS and Chairman M.Sc. IT Examinations. Besides her profound passion for teaching, Dr. Mangai is a renowned Bharatanatyam dancer of India.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Dr. Coomi Veviana
Founder Director
Centre for Connection Education and Management,
Mumbai, Maharashtra
Retired Professor and Head of the Department of English,
University of Mumbai.
Dr. Vevaina has two Ph.D. degrees to her credit – one in Literature and the other in Education. She has published 9 books and 58 papers that have appeared in peer-reviewed national and international journals and critical anthologies. Several students have completed their Ph.D., M.Phil. and M.A. thesis and dissertations under her guidance. She has been declared as among the ten best Canadian critics in the world by the International Journal of Canadian Studies, Ottawa and has facilitated the establishment of Canadian Studies Centres in India and Europe. Her current areas of interest in literature include Post-structural theory, Gender Studies, Children’s Literature, Ecocriticism, Ethical Criticism, Cultural Studies, Spatial Criticism and New Literatures in English. In the field of Education, she is deeply involved in innovative, learner-centric curriculum designing, teaching pedagogy and evaluation techniques. In 2013, her book on Education, Source full Intelligence: Understanding Uniqueness and Oneness through Education was selected as among the eighteen best books published in the U.S.A. in 2013. Her most recent book What Children Really Want has been hailed as a path-breaking innovation by educationists, parents, writers and psychologists from across the world.
She is the recipient of several awards and positions like:
Member on the English Advisory Board of the Sahitya Akademi; selected among 35 global educationists involved in changing educational paradigms; Foreword Reviews, U.S.A. declared her book Source-full Intelligence: Understanding Uniqueness and Oneness through Education as among the eighteen best books published on Education in the United States; the Higher Education Forum honoured her with the G.S. Rao Memorial Award for her outstanding contribution to the teaching of English in India;The University of Mumbai selected her as one of the best teachers and researchers in the University; Faculty Enrichment Fellowship from the Shastri Institute, for syllabus designing and exchange programmes with Canadian universities.

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Abstracts (maximum 300 words) and full papers (maximum 3000 words in MS Word.docx format) should be sent to rizvi.college.education@bed.rizvi.edu.inFormatting guidelines are as follows:
Page Size	A4
Font Style	Times New Roman/Krutidev
Heading Font Size	14
Content Font Size	12
References	APA

Abstracts (maximum 300 words) and full papers (maximum 3000 words in MS Word.docx format) should be sent to rizvi.college.education@gmail.com Formatting guidelines are as follows:
Page Size	A4
Font Style	Times New Roman/Krutidev
Heading Font Size	14
Content Font Size	12
References	APA

Conference Registration link will be sent via email once the Abstract of the paper is selected. Last date for registration is 10th December, 2018. Registration fees include:
Registration Kit	per participant
Breakfast, Lunch and Tea	per participant
Proceedings Copy	per paper
Certificate	per participant and presenter

Teachers, Teacher Educators, Principals and Other Delegates	Rs. 1500/-
Research Scholars and Students (B.Ed. and other colleges)	Rs. 800/-
Delegates have to make their own travel arrangements. Accommodation could be arranged on prior intimation.