ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
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ZHCES organises a seminar by Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
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Zakir Husain Centre for Educational Studies
School of Social Sciences
ZHCES Seminar Series
National Curriculum Frameworks and Mathematics Education in India: A critical commentary
Prof. Jayasree Subramanian
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, SRM University AP
Abstract: NCF2005 was accompanied by 21 National Focus Group Position Papers, one of which was on teaching of mathematics. Coming nearly two decades later, the 600 pages NCF2024 devotes 36 pages on mathematics education. This presentation seeks to discuss how the two treat the nature of mathematical knowledge, emphasize the importance of the history of mathematics, and address the question of equity and what approaches to teaching and learning they suggest. This Talk will be organized online and the link to join is shared below.
Bio: Jaysree Subramanian has an interdisciplinary background. Her PhD was in Algebraic Number Theory from University of Hyderabad. After a couple of postdoctoral fellowships in Mathematics, she started reading a lot of literature on Feminist Science Studies and carried out an empirical work to understand how gender makes a difference to doing science in India. In 2005 she joined the Curriculum Research and Material Development Unit of Eklavya Foundation, Bhopal and worked with them on Mathematics Education at the grassroot level for seven years, before joining the Azim Premji School of Education at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Hyderabad.