Workshop announcement

[Neelu Raja]

Dear All,

Our Centre is organizing a five day workshop on Cognitive Science in Education from 5th-9th May, 2014 timings 9:30am to 5:30pm at C V Raman Auditorium.

ALL ARE INVITED

UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD

CENTRE FOR NERUAL AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES

Five Day Workshop

“Cognitive Science in Education”

Sponsored by Rajya Shiksha Kendra of the Madhya Pradesh Government

From

5^th – 9^th May^, 2014 from 9:30am to 5:30pm

VENUE

C V Raman Auditorium, University of Hyderabad

We are pleased to announce the five days’ workshop titled “Cognitive Science in Education” to be held at the C V Raman Auditorium, University of Hyderabad. The workshop is being sponsored by the Rajya Shiksha Kendra, Government of Madhya Pradesh and several Teacher Trainees from SCERT, Madhya Pradesh are attending this workshop. The workshop will focus on the implications of cognitive and neural sciences for education and development and is intended to expose the teacher educators in new developments in Cognitive Science. The relevance of Cognitive Sciences for education and overall intellectual development is an emerging area of research. The workshop will have several prominent speakers from the University and outside the University representing the domains of Neurosciences, Cognitive Science, Cognitive Psychology, Teaching innovations. Apart from the teacher educators, the workshop will also be useful to persons wishing to understand how different areas of Cognitive Science can have direct and important implications on day-to-day learning and teaching. The workshop will have lectures, discussions and also hands-on training as part of its everyday proceedings.

We are opening limited registration for up to 15 other participants. No accommodation is available for attending the Workshop but Registration fee covers food, tea breaks, and registration kit. NO TA/DA is provided.

Speakers:

D Vasanta (Osmania University)

Jayanthi Sivaswamy (IIIT Hyderabad)

Jayashree Ramadas (TIFR, Mumbai)

Shruti Sircar (EFLU)

Usha Raman (S N School, University of Hyderabad)

Vasuki Belavadi (S N School, University of Hyderabad)

Convener: Dr. Ramesh K Mishra, Associate Professor, Centre for Neural & Cognitive Sciences, University of Hyderabad, Gachibowli – 500046

Email: rkmi...@uohyd.ac.in Ph: 9451872007; CNCS Office: 040-2313 4490