About

Dr Pushpa Devi is currently working as an Assistant Professor with The School of Education, Sharda University, Greater Noida. Her academic qualifications include a Doctorate in Education from Choudhary Devi Lal University Haryana, along with an M.Phil Education, M.sc in Botany and Masters in Education. In addition to the above-mentioned degrees; she also qualified NET in Education. She has the experience of various teacher training institutions like S.B.D.S College of Education, Fatehabad, University College of Education, Kurukshetra and Jan Nayak Ch. Devi Lal College of Education, Sirsa, Haryana. Since 2020, she has been teaching to the B.Ed. & M.Ed. students in the various Teacher Education Institutes. Her areas of specialization are Pedagogy of Life Sciences, Educational Technology and Research.

In her multi-faceted educational career, she presented papers in National Seminars and Conferences on various aspects of Education and Teacher Education in India.  She also published many articles and research papers in National and International Journals. She also developed two Psychological Tools for Prospective Teachers that are published with APRC.

Her fields of interest include, but are not limited to, Research, Pedagogy of Life Science and Educational Technology. She is stern believer of discipline and dictum in her classroom.

Experience

• 12 years

Qualification

• Ph.D. Education
• NET (Education)
• M.Phil.(Education)
• M.Sc. Botany
• M.Ed

Award & Recognition

• Merit Certificate in B.Sc.Medical

Research

• Guided 47 M.Ed. Students for their Research Dissertations
• Published two Psychological Tools for Prospective Teachers with APRC
• One Chapter in ISBN Bearing Book and four Research Papers in peer reviewed and referred Journals

Chapter in Book

• One Chapter (An exploration of Work Life Balance in Relation to Work Family Conflict and Work Life Enrichment among Teachers of Higher Educational Institutions in Haryana) is published in a book on “Management Insight- A Glimpse of Contemporary Research” bearing ISBN 978-93-84710-4-8.

Psychological Tools

• Perceived Stress Scale (for Pupil Teachers), AGRA PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH CELL (APRC:2019)
• Coping Strategies Scale (for Pupil Teachers), AGRA PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH CELL (APRC:2019)

Journals (Print)

1. A paper (Self- Reflective Learning of Teacher Educators: An Essence for Development of Teaching Profession) is published in ‘Jan Nayak Ch. Devi Lal Multidisciplinary Educational Journal having ISSN: 2349-5510. Vol. 1, No. 1, July-Dec. 2014.
2. A paper (An Exploration of Perceived Stress among Prospective Teachers in relation to their locality and academic streams) is published in ‘Emerging Trends in Social Sciences having ISSN: 2277-8624. Vol. 7, No. 7, March-2018.
3. A Paper (Perceived Stress in Relation to Pedagogy, Practice Teaching, Teaching Aids and Generic Stress among Prospective Teachers) is published in ‘Educational Quest – International Journal of Education and Applied  Social Sciences having ISSN No.: 0976-7258.  Vol.9, No.1, April 2018.

Journals (Online)

1. A paper (Authentic Problem Based Collaborative Learning Practices for Professional Development in Teacher Education) is published in ‘International Journal of Movement in Education and Social Science having ISSN No. (O): 2321-3779, ISSN (P): 2278-0793. Vol. 07, No. 01, Jan-June 2018. IF- 4.318.

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Certifications

• Two Certificates from SWAYAM ARPIT ONLINE COURSES,INDIA
• Certificate of Orientation Programme from HRDC, GJUS&T Hisar, Haryana
• Certificate of Faculty Development Programme from Bharat Group of Colleges, Sardulgarh, Punjab

Area of Interest

• Pedagogy of Life Science,
• Educational Technology
• Research