Saturday, September 17, 2011

Curriculum Vitae


CURRICULUM VITAE

1.             NAME                                   :               YOGESH SHARMA

2.             AGE                                       :               39 Years

3.             DESIGNATION                                             
                & WORK PLACE              :               Assistant Professor in Education (Teaching of Maths)                                            
                                                                                Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, Punjab
                                                                                (Grant-in-Aid, Estd. 1956, NAAC Reaccredited A Grade)
                                 

4.             AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION   

Mathematics Education, Research Methodology & Statistics

5.             PERMANENT ADDRESS:            455, Urban Estate, Kapurthala - Punjab (INDIA)
 91 - 144601
                ADDRESS                            :               Ramgarhia College of Education
                                                                                Phagwara – Punjab (India)
91-144402                                                                       
         PHONE                                 :            XXXXXX                                                                 
              E-MAIL                              :                   mathematicalcreativity@gmail.com  

6.             ACADEMIC RECORD


Year
Subject and/or Title of Thesis
University
M.Sc.
1998
Mathematics
G.N.D.U. Amritsar
M.Ed.
2001
Education
G.N.D.U. Amritsar
JRF
June 2003
Education
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Ph.D.
2010
Education
Developing Strategy for Fostering Mathematical Creativity among Class IX Students (Guide: Prof. D.N. Sansanwal)
Centre of Excellence
School of Education
D.A.V.V. Indore

7.             TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Course Taught
Year
Subject
Department/College
Undergraduate
(B.Ed)
3 (Adhoc)
Teaching of Maths, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology
Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, Punjab
Undergraduate
(B.Ed)
12 (Permanent)
Teaching of Maths, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology
Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, Punjab
Postgraduate
(M.Ed)
11
(Permanent)
Methodology of Educational Research and Statistics, Advance Educational Psychology
Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, Punjab

8.             PROJECT

UGC-MRP: Prediction of Mathematical Creativity on the basis of Some Selected Cognitive and Affective Domain Variables of Secondary School Students (Completed). Grant Mobilized: Rs. 73,931/-

 9.             PUBLICATIONS

  • Book(s)
  • 1.                Sharma, Y. (Ed.). (2012). Recent Advances and Methods in Mathematics Education. Ludhiana: Nirvaan Publication.  ISBN: 978-81-923919-1-5, pages: 136.
2.                Kaur, S. J., Sharma, Y., Vij, M., & Bala, R. (2014). RCE monograph series –I: Enhancing the knowledge base in education. Patiala: Twentyfirst Century Publication. (ISBN: 978-93-8014-543-3), Pages: 243.
3.                Kaur, S. J., Sharma, Y., & Mathur, A. (2015). New trends in education. New Delhi: Renu Publishers. (ISBN: 978-81-930379-2-8), Pages: 251.
4.                Mathur, A., Kaur, S. J., Sharma, Y., & Padmanabhan, J. (2015). Dimensions of innovations in education. New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers. (ISBN: 978-93-81274-90-3), Pages: 301.
5.                Kaur, S. J., Sharma, Y., Pandey, P., & Padmanabhan, J. (2015). Dynamics of education. New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers. (ISBN: 978-93-81274-94-1), Pages: 255.
·        RESEARCH PAPERS/ARTICLES

Foreign Internationals
1.                  Sharma, Y. (2013). Mathematical Giftedness: A Creative Scenario. The Australian Mathematics Teacher, 69(1), 15-24.  (ISSN: 0045-0685)
2.                  Sharma, Y. (2014). The effects of strategy and mathematics anxiety on mathematical creativity of school students. Mathematics Education, 9(1), 25-37. (ISSN:1306-3030) Available at http://www.iejme.com/012014/d3.pdf
Indian National/Internationals Journals
1.                 Sharma, Y., & Sansanwal, D.N. (2011). Construction of a Standardized Scale for Measuring Mathematics Anxiety in School Children. Experiments in Education, XXXIX(1), 31-32. (ISSN: 0970-7409)
2.                 Sharma, Y., & Bhalla, G. (2011). Effect of Lateral Thinking Techniques on Creativity. Psycho-Lingua, 41(2), 131-135. (ISSN: 0377-3132)
3.                 Sharma, Y., & Neha (2011). Influence of Grade and Gender on Metacognition of Adolescent Students. Researcher’s Tandem, 2(8), 56-60. (ISSN:2230-8806)
4.                 Sharma, Y. (2012). Mathematical Creativity as a Function of Mathematics Anxiety and Metacognition. International Multidisciplinary e-Journal, I(VI), 46-50. (ISSN: 2277-4262)
5.                 Kumar, V., & Sharma, Y. (2012). Marital adjustment in relation to job status and emotional intelligence. Scholarly Research Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, I(II), 213-217. (ISSN:2278-8808)
6.                 Sharma, Y., & Sansanwal, D.N. (2012). Development and Standardization of Mathematical Creativity Test. The Mathematics Education, Vol. XLVI, No. 4 (accepted). (ISSN: 0047-6269)
7.                   Sharma, Y. (2012). Correlates of Pupils’ Mathematical Creativity. The Sadbhavna –      Research Journal of Human Development, 2(3), 85-92. (ISSN: 2249-6424)
8.             Sharma, Y. (2012). Effect of Divergent Mathematical Exercises on Creativity of Class VII Students. VISION-Research Journal of Education, III(I), 77-85 (ISSN: 2230-9071)
9.             Sharma, Y. (2012). Managerial Creativity in Relation to Types of Schools and Biographic Variables of Secondary School Principals. Educational Quest, 3(2), 205-210. (Print  ISSN NO:   0976-7258   Online ISSN No:   2230-7311)
10.          Sharma, Y., & Kumar, V. (communicated). Effects of Jerk Technology and Self Concept on Achievement in Mathematics of Eleventh Class Students. Edutracks (ISBN:0972-9844)
11.          Sharma, Y. (2013). Predicting Mathematical Creativity with Selected Cognitive and Affective Measures. BCM - Research Colloquium, 1(1), 20-23. (ISSN: 2320-9321)
12.          Sharma, Y. (2013). Mathematical creativity: Exploring the effects of divergent mathematical exercises and creativity. Experiments in Education, XXXXI (1), 5-12. (ISSN: 0970-7409)
13.          Singh, J., Singh, K., Sharma, Y. (2014). Resting pulse rate: Exploring applications of pranayama and aerobic dance training. National Journal of Physical Education and Sports Sciences, 1(2), 147 – 150.
Conference Proceedings and/or Chapter in Books
1.       Sharma, Y. (2004). Quality in Student Teaching Evaluation. Proceedings of State Level Conference on Effective Programme of Teacher Education, Organized by Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara.
2.       Sharma, Y. (2010). Educational Introspection. Proceedings of National Seminar on Quality Teacher Education, Organized by SAI College of Education, Jadla (Nawanshahr).
3.       Kaur, S. J., & Sharma, Y. (2012). Influence of Cognitive Style and Attitude towards Mathematics on Mathematics Achievement. In Y. Sharma (Ed.), Proceedings of the UGC Sponsored National Conference: Recent Advances and Methods in Mathematics Education (pp. 33-37). Ludhiana: Nirvaan Publication (ISBN : 978-81-923919-1-5).
4.       Sharma, Y., & Arora, S. (2013). Challenge for Indian Education: Results from PISA 2009+. In K. Kumar et al. (Eds.), Resurgence of Education: Proceedings of NAAC Seminar: Quality Culture of Education (pp. 237-288). Ludhiana: Nirvaan Publication. (ISBN: 978-81-923919-6-0)
5.       Sharma, Y. (2014). Prospective secondary school teachers’ conceptions of giftedness: Input for curriculum for teacher educators. In A. Kauts, D.S. Kauts, & P. Bhardwaj (Eds.), Quality concerns in teacher education: Proceedings of National Seminar organized by M.G.N. College of Education, Jalandhar (pp. 167-172). Patiala: Twentyfirst Century Publication. (ISBN: 978-93-8014-549-5)
6.       Sharma, Y., & Arora, S. (2014). Metacognition: A review of conceptual and methodological considerations. In S. J. Kaur, Y. Sharma, M. Vij, & R. Bala (Eds.), RCE Monograph Series - I: Enhancing the knowledge base in education (pp. 235-244). Patiala: Twentyfirst Century Publication. (ISBN: 978-93-8014-543-3)
7.       Kaur, S. J., & Sharma, Y. (2014). Qualitative expansion of teacher education programme: A distance education scenario. In M. Kaur, S. Arora, M. Kaur, & L. Kaur (Eds.). Future perspectives for excellence in teacher education (pp. 151-156). Patiala: Twentyfirst Century Publication. (ISBN: 978-81-89463-74-8)
8.       Sharma, Y. (2014). Conceptualizing and supporting teacher quality: A need of the hour. In N. Ohri, S. Kaur, R. Devi, & B. Kaur (Eds.). Teacher education: Quality parameters (pp. 555-559). Patiala: Twentyfirst Century Publication. (ISBN: 978-81-89463-95-3)
9.       Sharma, Y.  and Amandeep (2015). The Van Hiele Model of Geometric Instruction: An introduction. In S. Kaur, M. Sharma, H. Kaur, & R. Dail (Eds.). Innovations in education (pp. 123-128). New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers. (ISBN: 978-93-81274-92-7)
10.    Sharma, Y. (2015). Brainstorming: A  strategy to facilitate creativity. In J.A. Opara, N. Sharma, & S. Chaudhary (Eds.). Education and enlightened society (pp. 91-98). New Delhi: New Delhi Publishers. (ISBN: 978-93-81274-93-4)
11.    Sharma, Y. & Singh K. (2014). Motivation: An overview. In J. Singh (Ed.), Sports psychology for peak performance (pp. 38-48). New Delhi: Friends Publications (India)
12.    Sharma, Y. (2014). Stimulating creativity of pre-service secondary school teachers with creative problem solving (cps) training. In K.R. Choudhari & Y.D. Netragaonkar (Eds.), Scholarly Research Journal for Humanity Science & Engish Language: Proceedings of National Conference organized by Abhinav Education Society (pp. 167-172). (ISSN: 2348-3083).
Tools
1.       Sharma, Y. & Sansanwal, D.N.: Manual of S2 Mathematical Creativity Test. Amritsar: Axiomatic Educational Services.
2.       Sharma, Y. & Sansanwal, D.N.: Mathematics Anxiety Scale.
3.       Sharma, Y.: Attitude towards Mathematics Scale. (During Ph.D. work)
10           SEMINARS / CONFERENCES / WORKSHOPS

1.                   Attended NATIONAL SEMINAR CUM WORKSHOP on MICRO TEACHING, Organized by D.A.V. College of Education, Abohar, 26-27 March 2002.
2.                   Attended STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON VALUE EDUCATION, Organized by D.A.V. College of Education, Amritsar, 14 March, 2003.
3.                   Presented Paper, Development of Interpersonal Skills in Teachers in STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON DEVELOPMENT OF INTERPERSONAL SKILLS IN TEACHERS, Organized by D.A.V. College of Education, Amritsar, 10-11 September 2004.
4.                   Participated in NATIONAL WORKSHOP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY & USE OF COMPUTERS IN APPLIED STATISTICS, UGC Sponsored, C.R. College of Education, Rohtak, 09-13 January, 2005.
5.                   Participated in NATIONAL SEMINAR ON PERSPECTIVES IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY, CIET, NCERT, New Delhi, 01-03 March, 2006.
6.                   Participated in GOC, UGC-ASC, GNDU, Amritsar, 10th May to 6th June, 2007.
7.                   Presented Paper, ICT in STATE LEVEL SEMINAR ON TEACHING TECHNOLOGY, Organized by SAI College of Education, Jadla (Nawanshahr), 18 January, 2008.
8.           Presented Paper, Education in 21st Century in NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON IMPARTING QUALITY EDUCATION IN 21ST CENTURY, NAAC Sponsored, Nehru Memorial Government College, Mansa, 23-24 March, 2009.
9.                   Participated in REFRESHER COURSE IN EDUCATION, UGC-ASC, H.P. University, Shimla, 06-25 July, 2009.
10.                Attended NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN INDIA: CONCERNS AND STRATEGIES, NAAC Sponsored, Khalsa College for Women, Sidhwan Khurd (Ludhiana), 03-04 December, 2009.
11.                Presented paper, Nature of Mathematics in UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON RECENT TRENDS IN ALGEBRA AND ANALYSIS Organized by P.G. Department of Mathematics, D.A.V College Jalandhar (Pb.), 04-06 February, 2010.
12.                Presented Paper, Strategy for Fostering Mathematical Creativity in a Classroom in ICSSR SPONSORED NATIONAL LEVEL SEMINAR organized by Moga College of Education for Girls, Moga (Pb.), 17 February, 2010.
13.                NATIONAL SEMINAR ON NURTURING RESEARCH CULTURE, Panjab University Sponsored, B.C.M. College of Education, Ludhiana, 27 March, 2010 (RESOURCE PERSON).
14.                Attended NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CHANGING LANDSCAPE OF HIGHER EDUCATION, Organized by PCCTU, HMV College for Women, Jalandhar, 28 March, 2010.
15.                Presented Paper, Innovations in Teaching Practice in NATIONAL SEMINAR ON INNOVATIONS IN TEACHING PRACTICE, Organized by AIAER, DAN College of Education, Nawanshahr, 04 October, 2010.
16.                Participated in NATIONAL SEMINAR-CUM-WORKSHOP ON MODELS OF TEACHING, ICSSR Sponsored, Chitkara College of Education for Women, Rajpura, 14-15 January, 2011.
17.                Attended WORKSHOP ON PROFESSIONAL EXCELLANCE, UGC Sponsored, Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara, 01-07 February, 2011.
18.                FDP ON RESEARCH METHODOLOGY IN SOCIAL SCIENCES, Organized by PCMA, Bahra University, Shimla Hills, 13 June, 2011 (RESOURCE PERSON).
19.                Workshop for the Development of Mathematics Laboratory at Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalya, Talwandi Madho (Chandigarh Region) on 30 Nov., 2011 (RESOURCE PERSON).
20.                Presented Paper, Anti-doping: Ignorance is not bliss in NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON HEALTH, SPORTS AND SOCIETY, Organized by Indian Association of Health and Fitness at Mehr Chand Polytechnic College, Jalandhar City, 03-04 December, 2011.
21.                Presented paper, Mathematical creativity: Identification through problem posing and problem solving activities at UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE on EMERGING TRENDS IN MATHEMATICS & ITS APPLICATIONS, Organized by P.G. Department of Mathematics, D.A.V College Jalandhar (Pb.), 04-06 February, 2012.
22.                One day National Workshop on Fundamentals of Educational Research and Statistics organized by O.P.M. College of Education, Dyalpur, Jalandhar (Pb.) in collaboration with CTE on 29 March, 2012 (RESOURCE PERSON).
23.                Presented Paper, Teaching-Learning Paradigms in the Globalized World in WORLD CONFERENCE: EDUCON 2012, Organized by GERA, LPU, Punjab, 06-08 April, 2012.
24.                Invited Talk, SPSS – Statistics Made Simple in FDP organized by Mechanical Engineering Department of RIET, Phagwara (Pb.), 18 June, 2012.
25.                Presented Paper, Digitized sources for pre-service secondary school teachers in INTERNATIONAL SEMINAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OF TEACHERS, Organized by The Learning Community, India at Subhash Chandra Bose Institute of Higher Education, Luckhnow, 17-18 November, 2012.      
26.                Presented Paper, Facilitation of mathematical creativity through strategy rich in problem posing and problem solving in NATIONAL MEET ON CELEBRATION OF NATIONAL YEAR OF MATHEMATICS -2012 organized by the Department of Education in Science and Mathematics, NIE Campus, NCERT, New Delhi, 20-22 December, 2012.
27.                Presented Paper, The Situated Learning Model: An overview in National Seminar on LEANING OUTCOMES organized by Innocent Hearts College of Education, Jalandhar (Pb.), 9 February, 2013.
28.                Participated in REFRESHER COURSE IN EDUCATION, UGC-ASC, CPDHE University of Delhi, New Delhi, 01-21 March, 2013.
29.                Invited Talk, The Constructivist Epistemology at Lyallpur Khalsa College of Education for Women, Jalandhar (Pb.), 24 January, 2014.
30.                Invited Talk, Cognitive theories of learning at K.C. College of Education, S.B.S. Nagar (Pb.), 07 February, 2014.
31.                Workshop on Psycho-Social Concerns in Educational Research at Dasmesh Girls’ College of Education, Badal (Pb.) from 05 to 08 March, 2014 (RESOURCE PERSON).
32.                National Seminar on Value Based Education: Issues, Concerns and New Directions organized by Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla on 13 August, 2014 (RESOURCE PERSON).
33.            Presented Paper, Value Education in Teacher training Institutions: A need of the hour in National Seminar on Value Based Education: Issues, Concerns and New Directions organized by Department of Education, H.P. University, Shimla on 13 August, 2014.
34.         Participated in REFRESHER COURSE IN EDUCATION, UGC-ASC, H.P. University, Shimla, 04-23 August, 2014.
35.          Presented Paper, Stimulating creativity of pre-service secondary school teachers with creative problem solving (CPS) training in National Conference on INNOVATIVE PRACTICES IN TEACHER EDUCATION organized by Abhinav Education Society’s College of Education in association with The Learning Community and Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune (Maharastra), 11-12 October, 2014.
36.                Presented Paper, Gender Differences in Mathematics Anxiety: The Role of Parents and Teachers in ICSSR Sponsored 2nd International Conference on Gender, Peace Education and Deveopment organized by Vivek College of Education, Bijnor, U.P. 29-30 November, 2014.
37.                National Workshop on Research Methodology and Statistical Analysis, organized by Balaji Astha Education and Welfare Society at ICSSR – Panjab University Campus, Chandigarh on 01-02 November, 2014 (RESOURCE PERSON).
38.                Invited Talk & Conducted Workshop on Research Process in Education at Sant Darbara Singh College of Education for Women, Lopon, Punjab, 08 November, 2014.
39.                Chairperson of a session (Research and Innovation) in National Seminar on Future Perspectives for Excellence in Teacher Education organized by Guru Nanak College of Education (W), Kapurthala (Punjab), 06 December, 2014.
40.                Presented Paper, Facilitation predicting mathematics anxiety: Focusing on effortful control, gender and types of schools in NATIONAL MEET on MATHEMATICS Education -2014 organized by the RIE, Bhopal, 21-23 December, 2014.
41.                Invited Talk on Role of teacher: Transmitter of knowledge or mediator of learning at Guru Nanak College of Education (W), Kapurthala (Punjab), 07 February, 2015.
42.                Presented Paper, Issues of RTE act 2009 in 6th National Seminar on Review of Right to Education (RTE) Act – 2009: Access and Quality organized by Budha College of Education, Karnal, Haryana, 14-15 February, 2015.
43.                Presented Paper, Role of state in implementation of UEE in National Seminar on Issues and Challenges in Implementation of RTE Act, 2009 organized by Pathankot College of Education, Pathankot, Punjab, 21 February, 2015.
44.                Presented Paper, The creative problem solving model: Fostering creativity and critical thinking in National Seminar on School Education: Universalisation and Quality Concerns organized by Shri Guru Teg Bahadur College of Education, She-ke (Malerkotla), Punjab, 09 March, 2015.
45.                Chairperson of a session in National Seminar on School Education: Universalisation and Quality Concerns organized by Shri Guru Teg Bahadur College of Education, She-ke (Malerkotla), Punjab, 09 March, 2015.
46.                Presented Paper, Effectiveness of creative problem solving in promoting peace and harmony in ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Education for Peace and Harmony organized by Shri Satya Sai B.Ed. College, Karaiwala (Malout), Punjab, 25-26 April, 2015.
47.                Chairperson of a session in ICSSR Sponsored National Seminar on Education for Peace and Harmony organized by Shri Satya Sai B.Ed. College, Karaiwala (Malout), Punjab, 25-26 April, 2015.
11.          MEMBER OF PROFESSIONAL BODIES / EDITORSHIP OF JOURNALS
.               The Association of Mathematics Teachers of India
.               The SITU Council of Educational Research
.               The Learning Community
                .               Global Educational Research Association
                .               The Council of Teacher Education
                .               International Group for Mathematical Creativity and Giftedness
               
                Editorial Board: CONFAB JOURNAL

12                 WORKSHOPS ORGANIZED/CONVENED

  • Organized National Workshop on Research Methodology, Applied Statistics & Use of SPSS, Ramgarhia of Education, Phagwara, 10 – 14 October 2007 (RESOURCE PERSON: PROF. D.N. SANSANWAL).
  • Organized National Workshop on Research Methodology, Applied Statistics & Use of SPSS, Ramgarhia of Education, Phagwara, 04 – 08 May 2009 (RESOURCE PERSON: PROF. D.N. SANSANWAL).
  • Convener of UGC SPONSORED NATIONAL CONFERENCE on RECENT ADVANCES AND METHODS IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION Organized by Ramgarhia College of Education, Phagwara (Pb.), 15-16 February, 2012.  http://mathematicseducationconference.blogspot.com/ Grant mobilized Rs. 1,16,000/-
  • Convener of International Conference of The Learning Community in collaboration with Alpha Global Enterprises on Trends and Innovative Practices in Education: Future and Implications Duration: 03 and 04 March, 2015 Organized by RAMGARHIA COLLEGE OF EDUCATION, PHAGWARA


13           RECOGNITION

APPRECIATION AWARD for setting up Red Ribbon Club in the College for HIV/AIDS Awareness was given by PUSHPA GUJRAL SCIENCE CITY AND PUNJAB AIDS CONTROL SOCIETY.
14   OTHER RELEVANT INFORMATION

1
Supervised more than 45 M.Ed. Dissertations
2
Paper setter of different universities at B.Ed. and M.Ed. level.
3
Evaluated Ph.D. (Education) thesis of Madras University Chennai 
4
Conducted Viva-voce examination of M.Ed. Candidates of Panjab University, Chandigarh


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