Research & Development

As the institution deals with the service teacher education, the major areas of research are related to teacher education. The thrust areas are

1) Innovative practices in Teaching

2) Advanced pedagogy

3) Standardization of tests

4) Integration of Technology

5) Curriculum Development

6) Recent issues : Environmental awareness

Sr. No.	Researcher	Title of the Project	Funding Agency	Duration
1.	Dr.N.D. Bharucha	Development & Tryout of selected concept Maps of Science at class IX.	GCERT	2010 – 11
2.	Dr.A.B. Patel	Preparation & Tryout of tasks for enhancing creative expressions in Gujarati for Secondary students	GCERT	2010 – 11
3.	Dr. J.B. Patel	Construction of Standardized Aptitude test in Chemistry & Physics for class X students	GCERT	2008 – 09

Dr. J.K. Dave

Preparation & Validation of tasks for teaching sanskrit content at B.Ed.

level

GCERT

2010 – 11

Ms. D.A. Mahida

Enhancing reading comprehension skills by implementing reading strategies at seco. level

GCERT

2010 – 11

· The ongoing status of Research projects undertaken by the faculty is as follows.

Sr.

No.

Researcher

Title of the Research

Funding Agency

Year

Dr. A. J. Macwan

Preparation & Tryout of a Task package for Teaching Language functions to std 8 students

GCERT

2011 - 12

· The faculty members offering their experties in Doctoral Researches in the following areas.

Sr. No.	Name of the Guide	Research Area	No. of Students Completed Working
1.	Dr. N.R. Patel	Measurement & Evaluation	01 02
2.	Dr.A. K. Shah	comparative Education	01 --
3.	Dr. R. M. Diwan	Test constructions and standardization	02 03
4.	Dr. D.G. Patel	Environmental Education Adolescent Education, Teaching – learning practices	03 04
5.	Dr. M. R. Patel	Job satisfaction, Testing of Psychological attributes	01 03
6.	Dr. U.K. Kher	Philosophy of Education	02 03
7.	Dr. B.N. Pandya	Educational Psychology, Teaching- Learning Practics	- 06
8.	Dr. I.N. Vaghela	Test construction & standardization	01 04