Shikha Takker
About Myself
I joined Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education as a research scholar in 2009. In the last few years, I have come across diverse research literature, ideas and opinions. My own work is in the field of Mathematics Teacher Education.
Areas of Interest
Mathematics Education, Teacher Education, Students' Thinking, Elementary Education, Child Development, Algebraic and Proportional Thinking
Graduate Courses Attended
I have attended the following Graduate Courses at HBCSE (August 2009- March 2011)
Semester 1: Foundation Course on Physics, Chemistry and Biology, Philosophy of Education, Perspectives in Science Education, Research Methodology (at TISS)
Semester 2: Classics in Mathematics Education and a term paper on Tasks for Teacher Professional Development, Cognitive Development, Early Steps in Educational Research, Statistics (I)
Semester 3: Field Work on Teachers' Knowledge of and Responses to Students' Mathematical Thinking, Field work on Exploring Concept Mapping in Mathematics Teacher Education, Science Education (at TISS), Statistics (II)
Education
Bachelor in Elementary Education from Jesus & Mary College, Delhi University
Masters in (Elementary) Education from Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai
Research Publications in Journals
Takker, S. (2011). Reformed Curriculum Framework: Insights from Teachers’ Perspectives. Journal of Mathematics Education at Teachers' College, Spring Summer 2011
Research Publications in Conference Proceedings
Takker, S. & Subramaniam, K. (2011). Potential of Classroom-based Tasks for Eliciting Teachers' Knowledge about Students' Mathematics. National Initiative on Mathematics Education Western Regional Conference held at IISER, Pune
Takker, S. (2011). Using Classroom-based Tasks as Contexts for Reflection and Situating Teacher Learning. Proceedings of National Seminar on Preparation and Professional Development of Teacher Educators: A Report. Regional Institute of Education (NCERT), Mysore
Takker, S. & Subramaniam, K. (2012). Understanding Teachers' Knowledge of and Responses to Students' Mathematical Thinking. Paper (to be) presented at The 12th International Congress on Mathematical Education, Seoul, Korea: ICME.
Takker, S., Kanhere, A., Naik, S. & Subramaniam, K. (2013). From Relational Reasoning to Generalisation through Tasks on Number Sentences. In Nagarjuna, G., Jamakhandi, A. & Sam, E. (eds.) Proceedings of epiSTEME 5: International Conference to Review Research in Science, Technology and Mathematics Education. HBCSE, India: Cinnamonteal.
Takker, S. (2013). Teachers' Voices on the National Curriculum Framework 2005. Tata Institute of Social Science Reader, March 2013 (in process)