TARA KIRAN K

Passionate teacher educator with 13 years of experience successfully contributing to Chemistry curriculum development and delivery. Driven to contribute to program outcomes by facilitating engagement and supporting learning objectives. Organized, dependable and successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude.

• Winner of Sir C V Raman Experiential Science Teacher (REST) award-2019 under Chemistry category (Title of the project submitted: Chemcipe(chemistry recipe): teaching chemistry through cooking). It is a national event conducted by Raman Research Institute in association with ISPF and Thinktac.
• Secured national 4th rank in Senior Secondary Chemistry and 4th rank in Secondary Chemistry in National Teacher's Olympiad conducted by CENTA in December, 2019.
• Secured national 13th rank in Senior Secondary Chemistry and 17th rank in Secondary Chemistry in National Teacher's Olympiad conducted by CENTA in December, 2018.

• Certified National Geographic Educator
• Cambridge International Examinations Professional Development course (Extension Cambridge International As and A level Chemistry 9701)

• Kurre,T.K. (2024) Bringing cognitive neuroscience into the classroom: Some challenges and many opportunities. Impact journal. Issue 22. https://my.chartered.college/impact_article/bringing-cognitive-neuroscience-into-the-classroom-some-challenges-and-many-opportunities/
• Patra, T. & Kurre, T. K. (September, 2023). Tales of the Jungle – An attempt to integrate art and science. IndiaBioScience. https://indiabioscience.org/columns/education/tales-of-the-jungle-an-attempt-to-integrate-art-and science
• Kurre, T. K. (2023, May 4). Mind maps to support students’ learning in Chemistry: Case-study approach. Social Publishers Foundation. https://www.socialpublishersfoundation.org/knowledge_base/mind-maps-to-support-students-learning-in-chemistry-case-study-approach/

• Presented the following 3 papers at UNESCO's Reimagining Teachers and Teacher Education for Our Futures held in Helsinki, Finland on June 18-20, 2024.
• a. Strengthening Pre-service Teacher Education in India through Capturing PCK of In-service Teacher
• b. Enhancing In-service Teachers Pedagogic Content Knowledge: Recommended Practices for Low-resourced context
• c. Nurturing Inclusion through Art-based Pedagogy in Higher Education
• Presented ‘Journaling as a reflective practice in initial teacher education' at Indo-Finnish Research Seminar on Education: Charting Collaborative Pathways, on 23rd and 24th September, 2024.
• Annual presentations at Azim Premji University's research conclave to share work on ongoing research projects

• Monthly ‘Science Teaching Capacity Enhancement' workshops for middle school science teachers from public schools in Bengaluru, for a year and a half duration (2023-2024) as part of a research project based on capturing Pedagogical Content Knowledge of teachers.
• 3-day workshop for Karnataka PUC (grade 11 and 12) Chemistry teachers on contextual and hands-on learning methodologies in June 2023.
• Classroom management and general pedagogy workshop for private school teachers in Nellore, India.
• Annual toolkit workshops for pre-service teachers before their field induction on journaling, making observations, language issues in teaching and learning Science, etc.