21st Century Skills: Preparing Student teachers for 21st Century Learners Workshop Conducted by Ms. Jaya Cherian and Dr. Reni Francis Date: 12th January, 2017 Education has focussed on teaching students the “3 R’s” which are reading, writing and arithmetic. In this traditional approach, a teacher taught the content by repetition, making students say or write...Read More

PCER organized Faculty – Exchange Programme with CCYM’s Hashu Advani College of Special Education, Chembur on 4th and 5th January, 2017. Ms. Shahida Mogar, Dr. Gayatri Sirur, Ms. Nisha Kutty and Ms. Kasturi Kulkarni interacted with students conducted various Sessions on “General Awareness on Disability and Liasing for Reciprocal Support of Pre-school Programme and Prevocational...Read More

SUPW (Socially Useful Productive Work) File Making Education at all stages has been regarded as a powerful instrument for social transformation. At PCER we provide opportunities to learn at various levels. SUPW workshops are one mode of learning through creative art. The objective of the SUPW workshop was to bring to use the old articles...Read More

PCER Research Cell organized Action Research Workshop on 2nd December, 2016 for the Student teachers and Teacher-Educators. Dr. Vidya Naik, Former Professor SBM and Dean Open and Distance Education NMIMS, Mumbai conducted the session. Dr. Naik discussed the process of conducting Action Research in detail. The session gave an enriching experience to the student-teachers and...Read More

The environmental education class wore a festive look as the S.Y. B.Ed. (2015-17) flung into action to bring to life topics on environmental projects and movements using innovative practices. The students were assigned topics – Ganga Action Plan, Tiger project, Ralegan Sidhi and Tarun Bharat movement. The innovative practices adopted by the students were Process...Read More

By, Dr. Sneha Raikar, Asstt. Professor Date: 21st September, 2016 Venue: Room 404, Pillais’ College of Education & Research, Chembur As an endeavor to equip student teachers with soft skills and instill confidence in them, PCER offered an Add on Course to enrich the learning experience of the B.Ed. programme. As part of this Add...Read More

Conducted by Dr. Reni Francis Asst. Professor Pillai College of Education and Research, Chembur Date: 28th June, 2016 Event: Workshop on Common Errors by teachers. Event Details: The workshop focussed on identifying the common errors done by teachers in their classroom interactions. The common errors were categorised as – Errors in Communication, Errors in Classroom...Read More

Programme Conducted by Ms. Vinita Desai Date: 16th June, 2016 It is now globally recognized that punishment in any form or kind in school comes in the way of the development of the full potential of children. When adults use corporal punishment it teaches their children that hitting is an acceptable means of dealing with...Read More

Date: 15th June, 2016 Event: Interactive Session with Actor, Director, Producer Mr. Vivek Vaswani Venue: Room No. 401, PCER – Chembur Event Details: The Second year B.Ed. 2015 – 2017 began in full swing with an interactive session by Actor, Producer, Director Mr. Vivek Vaswani. He addressed the student teachers by asking them “why did...Read More

The NAAC Sponsored Conference on Innovative Practices: Pathways to Quality Assurance and Sustenance in Higher Education was held on 21st and 22nd April, 2016 at Marathi Bhasha Bhavan, University of Mumbai jointly organized by Department of Education, University of Mumbai and Pillais’ College of Education. The inaugural session of the conference was presided by Dr....Read More