Amit was working as a Mentor teacher and Trained Graduate Teacher in the Directorate of Education, Government of National Capital Territory (GNCT), Delhi, during the course of his doctoral work. His Ph.D work focused on ‘Teaching and learning of science amongst students with visual impairments, and inclusive education’. One part of his study looked at the aspirations of the visually impaired students while another study explored the questions raised by students while observing diagrams and how students with visual impairments represent their visualization. Currently, Amit is an Assistant Professor (Curriculum and Pedagogy) in the District Institute of Education and Training, Daryaganj, Delhi.
To know more about Amit’s Ph.D work at HBCSE, see Research section.
Email: amitsh281[at]gmail.com
Publications
In Journals
Sharma, A., Chari, D., & Chunawala, S. (2017, December). Exploring teachers’ attitudes towards inclusive education in Indian context Using ‘type of disability’ lens. International Journal of Technology and Inclusive Education, 6(2), 1134- 1143.
In Conference Proceedings
Sharma, A., & Chunawala, S. (2016). Science learning and visualization: A case of students with and without vision, learning the atomic structure. In G. J. Vitus and C.Praveen (Eds.), Standards and benchmarks for excellence in learning and tecahing research: Conference proceedings of annual-cum-international conference of All India Association for Educational Research INTCONF 2015 (pp. 12-22). Kerala: University of Kerala.
Sharma, A., & Chunawala, S. (2015). Using diagrams in inclusive learning situations. In S. Chandrasekharan, S. Murthy, G. Banerjee and A. Muralidhar (Eds.), Proceedings epiSTEME 6: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (pp 117-124). Mumbai: Cinnamonteal.
Sharma, A., & Chunawala, S. (2013). Students with disabilities and their aspirations in sciences. In Nagarjuna G., Jamakhandi, A. and Sam, E. (Eds.), Proceedings epiSTEME 5: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (pp. 74-80). India: Cinnamonteal.
Sharma, A., & Chunawala, S. (2013). Marching towards inclusive education: Are we prepared for inclusive science education?. In G. Nagarjuna, A. Jamakhandi and E. Sam (Eds.), Proceedings epiSTEME 5: International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (pp. 314-320). India: Cinnamonteal.
Sharma, A., & Chunawala S. (2011). Teachers’ understanding of nature of science, and their views about the primary school environment studies curriculum. In S. Chunawala and M. Kharatmal (Eds.), Proceedings of epiSTEME 4 – International Conference to Review Research on Science, Technology and Mathematics Education (pp. 75-80). India: Macmillan.