Category Archives: Science Education

Chintan Shivir a critical reflection session on re-imagining education

On the occasion of 50 years celebration of Kishore Bharati organization, a two day critical reflection session (Chintan Shivir) is organized by in association with Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune on reimagining education, in the context of resolving the dilemmas and paradoxes of current education, and its role in a democratic republic. Two observations we… Read More »

Celebration of 1000 Days of CUBE Chatshaala & Home Labs

Collaboratively Understanding Biology Program of Kishore Bharati completed 1000 days of its Chatshaala and Home Labs on 14th December, 2022. The Home Labs model was exiting in CUBE even before pandemic however after Covid-19 Pandemic the Home Labs model become dominant in CUBE-KB along with online Chatshaala discussions and on its 1000 days occasion celebration… Read More »

Presentation on Scientific Temper at Comparative Education Society of India (CESI) Conference

Kishore Bharati presented a paper on the topic ‘Extending Community of Practice (CoP) beyond Institutes to Inculcate STEM Habits in Society’ in 12th International CESI Conference at Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Hyderabad, 9th-11th December, 2022. The paper included example of Kishore Bharati-CUBE Home Labs where community of practice of science is created from across… Read More »

Commencement of CUBE National Meet 2022 (28th June to 2nd July 2022)

Popularizing Science Education through HOME LAB Network CUBE National Meet was conducted from 28th June to 2nd July, participants from all across country who are working on several science projects in their home labs joined and presented their work. CUBE national meet gave students the platform to interact and share their work with others and… Read More »

‘Populating India with STEM Spectators: Gully Cricket Model of Spreading STEM Culture’

Conference on Integrating Science with Society, 15-16 December 2018, Jadavpur University, Breakthrough Science Society Session 4: Reforming Science Education The session was chaired by Prof. Narayan Banerjee, Professor, IISER Kolkata. Prof M C Arunan, CUBE Lab, Homi Bhabha Center for Science Education, TIFR, Mumbai In India, there is a serious dearth of spectators for Science,… Read More »

Darwin Day Celebration, 2022

CUBists presenting their work to fresh participants of ZSK National Webinar on CUBE: A new approach in Biology Education as a part of Darwin day celebration, 2022 Please watch this video to know about CUBE’s Gully Cricket Model: An Approach to Biology Education & Research

Transforming Undergraduate Science Education: Collaborative Undergraduate Biology Education (CUBE)

The Biology we teach should authentically reflect the biology we do: In the current scenario of the undergraduate education, colleges and research centres work in isolation with each other. It is not uncommon that individuals within the same institute too do not collaborate and communicate, unlike in the west. Moreover, what goes on in the… Read More »