Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

Events

24-07-2026  Friday

17Fri

NIUS Astronomy

Date: 17 to 28 July, 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:30

Venue: NIUS Building Lecture Hall - G4

Coordinator: NIUS Astronomy

  https://badal.hbcse.tifr.res.in/index.php/s/oX4y4e8cTBFfX7a

The NIUS Astronomy 2026 camp is scheduled from 17-28 July 2026. 41 students from across the country will be attending the camp.
     
  • Workshop/Camp for Students

21Tue

Vigyan Pratibha Teachers' Workshop

Date: 21 to 25 July, 2026
Time: 09:00 - 17:30

Venue: Various Venues in the Campus

Coordinator: Prof. Deepa Chari

  https://badal.vigyanpratibha.in/index.php/s/gaLrYjNP4KfbWbF

5-day Vigyan Pratibha (VP) teachers' workshop for high school science and mathematics teachers from KV, JNV, and AECS school systems from 21-25 July 2026 at HBCSE.

Two invited talks:

1) Thursday, 23 July, 10.30 AM -12 noon by Mahesh Shetti titled 'Celestial Time Keepers'

2) Saturday, 25 July, 1.15-2.15 PM by Sweedle Shivkar titled 'Rekindling curiosity through plants'

     
  • Workshop/Camp for Teachers

24Fri

An open seminar by Ms. Pranshi Upadhyay (via an online mode)

Date: 24 July, 2026
Time: 11:00 - 12:30

Venue: Online Meeting/Video Conferencing

Coordinator: CGSO-HBCSE

  https://hbcse-tifr-res-in.zoom.us/j/96583385236?pwd=bbmEvRsebIzqaFQaHQ82kvbmV0TxZa.1

Speaker:

Ms. Pranshi Upadhyay

Title:

Performative Braiding: an enactive cognition framework to study the way teachers track and change learners' mental models of scientific mechanisms

Abstract:

Science teachers need to constantly track students' thinking, as well as their own actions, to finetune the way their actions change student thinking. This process of modeling and changing student minds is critical for learners to develop new science and mathematics concepts. However, the cognitive processes and performative steps involved in teachers' modeling of student minds, and the way this modeling process brings about conceptual change in learners, have not been characterized systematically. No formal models of teachers' mind-modeling process exist in the education or learning/cognitive sciences literature. Analyzing science classroom data from an enactive cognition perspective, we outline a general framework to capture the processes involved in science teachers' modeling of student thinking. This account, based on case studies, provides an integrated analytical framework to investigate, and augment, teaching practices and teacher training. In this seminar, I discuss the development of this framework, some possible applications and theoretical implications.

Zoom Meeting Link:

https://hbcse-tifr-res-in.zoom.us/j/96583385236?pwd=bbmEvRsebIzqaFQaHQ82kvbmV0TxZa.1

Meeting ID:

965 8338 5236

Passcode:

755440

     
  • Lecture/Seminar/Talk

24Fri

Ph.D. Research Proposal Seminar by Ms. Rani Prasad

Date: 24 July, 2026
Time: 14:00 - 15:00

Venue: Main Building Lecture Room - G1

Coordinator: Dean's Office

Ms. Rani Prasad will be presenting her Ph.D. research proposal seminar titled "Investigating elementary grade students’ meaning-making of their environment and its components" on Friday, July 24, 2026, at 2:00 p.m. in Room G1, Main Building, HBCSE.
     
  • Lecture/Seminar/Talk