Dr. Shama Norien Major

Academic Qualifications 

  •  Ph.D (June 2023), I.A.S.E, Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia, New- Delhi.
  •  M.A.in Applied Psychology from South Campus,University of  Delhi                    
  • Master in Education, from Jamia Millia Islamia, New-Delhi
  • Bachelor of Education from  -Jamia Millia Islamia, New-Delhi
  • Bachelor in Arts B.A.Programme, University of Delhi  
  • Diploma in ECCE -IGNOU        

Research Interests

  • Broad areas-Psychology and Educational Studies: Educational Psychology,Social Psychology,Positive Psychology and developmental Psychology.
  • Specific areas- Disability studies ,Inclusive Education ,Early Childhood education ,Teacher Education and Guidance and counseling.

Bionote

She has been working as Assistant Professor(Adhoc) at the Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram College for Women,University of Delhi since the past seven years.Prior to joining LSR she has taught at schools as pre-primary,primary and secondary school teacher. She was also associated with Early child education project of CECED,Ambedkar University, Delhi as research assistant. At LSR, has been engaged in teaching-learning, coordinating various theory papers  like Basic Concepts in Education, Curriculum studies, child development, Human relation and communication,Cognition and learning and practicums like Observing Children, school contact programme,Self development workshops, Story telling, classroom management, guiding students in research project work, mentoring and and counseling  for Intra personal  and Interpersonal areas.She has been actively engaged with students editorial team for Depatment’s Newsletter ‘Sehar’ and students Union of Department as Association -Incharge,contributed to the corporate social life of the college in various capacities- Staff advisor to various societies including dhyaana, Prakriti ,college placement Cell,and NSS.

Publications in National and international Journals

  • A Study of stigma and its correlation with the self-Esteem on Socially excluded group: People living in leprosy community of Delhi in  IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences,5(2), pp 310-313. ISSN: 2343-3797
  • Alternate Education: Some Experiences and reflections from the field in International Journal of Education and Management Studies, Vol 7(2), pp 229-231, ISSN: P2231-5632-2321-3671
  • A study of Psychological strengths and weaknesses of children and Adolescents from leprosy community: A case study of south Delhi in Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, Vol 8(7), pp 575-577, ISSN-P229-5356-232-3698
  • Influence of Media on Women’s Construction of Psycho-social  Identity-body Image: Reinforcing Stereotypical  Attractiveness  in IAHRW International Journal of Social Sciences Review, 2022, Vol 10(2),  pp 107-111, ISSN-2347-3797
  • A Case Study of Leprosy Affected People and Children in South-Delhi: Socially Excluded Community of the Society in Indian Journal of Health and Wellbeing, 2022,  Vol 13(4), pp 550-553, ISSN-P229-5356-232-3698

Books

  • Major, S.N.(2015).Situational analysis of National ECCE Policy2013 and its Implementation on children living in Socially Excluded Leprosy colony- A case study Leprosy colony in South Delhi In care for young children: health, nutrition and protection, under the theme :Early childhood development knowledge series-iii, ISBN:978-93-80570-98-3

Invited lectures

  • Talk delivered as resource person  in the webinar organized on the occasion of International Day of Persons with Disability 2020 on topic “Rethinking Disability :From Exclusion to Empowerment “ jointly by  the school of Education and NSS, Apeejay Stya University on December3,2020

Workshops conducted

  • Contributed as resource person in workshop organized by department of IASE, Faculty of Education Jamia Millia Islamia , New-Delhi on “ mental health of students -ADHD”

Paper presentations

  • Presented a paper on (virtual mode of presentation) title: “An exploratory study of discipline in primary classroom : Some reflections and experiences from the field” at Second International Conference on Multidisciplinary Research, held on May 3-4, 2023, organized  by Department of Education, Aligargh Muslim University.
  • Presented paper on (virtual mode of presentation)title:‘Influence of media on women’s construction of Psycho-Social Identity and reinforcing stereotypical attractiveness’ at  International Conference on “ World Women Conference-IV” held on March 8-9,2022 at Mata sundri College for Women ,University of Delhi.
  • Presented paper on (virtual mode of presentation)title:‘An exploratory study of Psycho-Social Challenges of Women Living in Leprosy Affected Communites in Delhi’ at  International Conference on “ World Women Conference-IV” held on March 8-9,2022 at Mata sundri College for Women , University of Delhi.
  • Participated and Presented paper in the third international conference in International Education Conference 2016 on Teacher Education: Challenges, Opportunities and Strategies held on December 7-8, 2016 at Faculty of Education, Jamia Millia Islamia,     New-Delhi. Title of Paper:’Innovative Practices in Teacher Education-Experiences and Reflections from the field’.
  • ‘A Study of Psychological analysis of strengths and weaknesses of students and its relationship with their academic motivation’in International Conference on -Positive schooling:A heaven for holistic development, organized by Indian Association of Health ,Research and Welfare, Nuvem, Goa, India on 16/01/2016–18/01/2016
  • Participated and Presented paper in the third international conference on Early childhood Development: Emerging world, policies and practice for Early childhood development held on 19th and 20th November2015 at Centre for Early childhood development and research, Jamia Millia Islamia, New-Delhi. Title of paper “Situational Analysis of National ECCE Policy2013 and its implementation on children living in socially excluded Leprosy colony in south Delhi.”  

Participated in conferences/ workshops/and Faculty Development Programmes

  • National conference on ‘Stress management’ Held on 10 th October,2012 at All India Institute of Medical Science, New-Delhi .
  • Faculty development programme on ‘research skills’ Held on 16th and 17 th January 2015 at Guru Nanak dev college, New-Delhi.
  • Conference-‘Education in Delhi :marginalization ,diversity in schools at Ambedkar University Delhi ,from 18 to 20 March, 2015.
  • Workshop on-school mental health organized by psycho Matrix (NIMH).New- Delhi, on 30 th August,2015.
  • National Seminar on ‘Pedagogical Discourse in Teacher Education: Using films as a pedagogic tool’ organized by Department of Elementary Education, Lady Shri Ram college, University of Delhi, held  on 7th September,2015.
  • Participated in the Faculty development workshop on ‘Theatre of the Oppressed’ organized by RRCEE, CIE from 9-11 Dec, 2015
  • Three Day workshop on Essentials of Academic Writing organized by School of Education (PMMMNMT, MHRD) at Department of Educational Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, New-Delhi from November 7-9,2016.
  • 7th National Stocktaking Convention on the implementation of “Right to Education Act” On 30th March, 2017New-Delhi.
  • Two days Pre-conference workshop :28th Annual Congress of National Academy of Psychology and International Conference with the theme “Towards Building Inclusive Societies”. Organized by Department of Applied Psychology, Ramanujan college, University of Delhi, New- Delhi, India (December 18-19,2018).
  • Three Days UGC Sponsored National workshop on “Educational Psychological Assessment “, organized by Institute of Teachers Education, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.) on 09,10,11 March 2019.
  • The Annual International Conference of  the Comparative Education Society of India  (CESI) held on 9-11 December,2019, hosted by Zakir Hussain Centre for Educational Studies,School of Social Sciences,JNU,New-Delhi,India.

Faculty Development Programmes

  • Successfully completed One Week Online FDP with A- Grade on “E- Content Development” organized by Guru Angad Dev Teaching Learning Centre, a Centre of MHRD under PMMMNMMT from 27th- 31st July 2020.
  •  Completed successfully the short term training progggram on “ Open Educational Resources in Higher Education: Prospects and challenges” for the teachers of Universities and colleges organized by Faculty Development Centre under the PMMMNMTT Scheme of MHRD,Govt.of India at HNB Garwal University,Srinagar Garwal, Uttarakhand, held on December 17-23,2019.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • Member of Comparative Education Society of India

Other Professional Activities

  • Member of the Core Committee for the Review of the Bachelor of Elementary Education (B.El.Ed) Course-cmmd constituted by the Central Institute of Education, University of Delhi

Honours/Distinctions/Awards

  • University Gold Medalist, Master in Education, Jamia Millia Islamia ,New- Delhi in 2013