Yashwantrao Ramma

Professor Yashwantrao Ramma is the holder of an M.Sc (Physics), M.A (Education), Ph.D (Physics), and a Post Graduate Certificate in Professional Education Studies (Mentoring). He is currently the Head of Teacher Education at the Mauritius Institute of Education. He has published various articles on science and physics education and is also the author of local textbooks for Grade 9 Science. He has also initiated a number of research projects in science and physics education at primary and secondary levels of education. His main research areas nowadays focus on technology integration in science teaching and learning, and misconceptions in physics. He has recently completed three inter-institutional projects, funded by the Mauritius Research Council on ‘students’ transitions from secondary to tertiary education and ‘indiscipline and school violence’ at the primary level and a local research project on the use of the ‘Pedagogical Technological Integrated Medium’ in teaching and learning of Biology, Chemistry and Physics at Grade 9. He has also collaborated on an international research project on Bio-Crime. Currently, he is leading a joint research project with Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education, Tata Institute for Fundamental Research on critical thinking in STEM subjects, titled “Understanding the level of critical thinking internalised by science student-teachers, and the associated misconceptions. An international perspective.” He is currently the Head, Teacher Education at MIE and is engaged in developing a paradigm for integrating research findings in programme design and development.