Ruchi Mathur

Areas of Interest & Expertise

  • Theory-practice connect in teacher education
  • Curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment for field-based courses
  • Curriculum, pedagogy, and assessment for classroom-taught courses
  • Pedagogy in higher education
  • Child development and learning
  • Environmental education: cultivating relationships with the natural world

Biography

Ruchi is a member of the Teacher Education team in the School of Arts and Sciences. She teaches core education courses and designs her classes to be active and relevant for her students, drawing on research-based practices for effective learning. 

She anchors and edits ​‘Chalk Out’ and is the outreach representative for Teacher Education.

She led the design, launch and running of the BSc BEd professional practice course called ​‘Induction into Teaching’, liaised between schools and the University, and supervised student-teachers during their teaching internships. 

Ruchi completed her MEd in Developmental Psychology and Education in 2019 from OISE at University of Toronto, Canada. She taught diverse children at the primary level across schools in Toronto. She also worked with outreach programmes to promote math learning, supported refugee children’s transition into the Canadian school system, and engaged with indigenous approaches to relating with nature.

Ruchi taught at Rishi Valley School, Andhra Pradesh from 2014 – 2016. She anchored a mixed-age group of young children and supported their transition from home to school. She collaborated with parents and colleagues to facilitate each child’s academic and social-emotional growth. She developed and taught curricular units in Environmental Studies for Grades 2 – 3 to engage with the local community and landscape in socially and ecologically responsible ways. 

Ruchi completed a Bachelor’s of Combined Honours Double Major in Humanities and Biology in 2014 from Carleton University, Canada. 
 

Courses

Publications

Magazine Articles

  1. Achinthya, V., Lalitha, B., Gauri, G., Kumar, S., Prakash, B., Mathur, R. & Seventra, A. *(Eds). (2024). Chalk Out — a student-led Edzine: Brainwaves and Butterflies, 8. Azim Premji University.
  2. Achinthya, V., Gauri, G., Kumar, S., Prakash, B., Mathur, R. & Seventra, A. *(Eds). (2023). Chalk Out — a student-led Edzine: School Shenanigans, 7. Azim Premji University.
  3. Akhila P., Mohammed, A., Nimkar, J., Nissie, J. S., Sriram, J. A., Mathur, R., & Seventra, A. *(Eds). (2023). Chalk Out — a student-led Edzine: Study Buddies, 6. Azim Premji University.
  4. Giri, S. K., Jain, J., Maskey, V., Perlapu, D., Vaidya, R., Mathur, R. & Parashar, S. *(Eds.). (2022). Chalk out a student-led edzine: Teaching Tales, Learning Lore — II, 4. Azim Premji University.
  5. Giri, S. K., Jain, J., Maskey, V., Perlapu, D., Vaidya, R., Mathur, R. & Parashar, S. *(Eds.). (2022). Chalk out a student-led edzine: Teaching Tales, Learning Lore — I, 3. Azim Premji University. 
  6. Barmecha, M., Kalluri, M., Kolkunda, J., Ramachandra, M., Mathur, R. & Parashar, S. *(Eds.). (2021) Chalk out a student-led edzine: Care in the Times of Corona, 2. Azim Premji University.
  7. Barmecha, M., Jagadish, L., Kalluri, M., Kolkunda, J., Ramachandra, M., Mathur, R., Oza, V. & Parashar, S. *(Eds.) (2020) Chalk out a student-led edzine: Online, but is it in-line?, 1. Azim Premji University.

Workshops and Talks

  1. Mathur, R. (June, 2024). Moderator of panel discussion on Voices of Student-Teachers. Third Annual Summer School on Teacher Education: Curriculum and Pedagogy in Teacher Education. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India.
  2. Mathur, R. and K. Pandya (June, 2022). Supervising/​ Mentoring student teaching during Internship. Summer School on Teacher Education: Designing School Internship in Teacher Education Programmes. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru, India.
  3. Mathur, R. and Silverstein, A. (November, 2018). Kolams! Decolonizing approaches to teaching mathematical thinking and skills through kolam art. Mathematics Conference. Dr. Jackman Institute of Child Study. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada. 
  4. Todd, K., and Mathur, R. (November, 2018). Panel member for dialogue on Place of Spirit in the Academy. Decolonizing Conference. Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada.

Research

 Study

  1. Dynamics of feedback between university-supervisors and student-teachers during practice teaching (2024-present). Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. 

Presentations

  1. Mathur, R. (September, 2024). Role of University Supervisor Feedback in a Pre-Service Teaching Internship. Indo-Finnish Research Seminar: Charting Collaborative Pathways. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru. 
  2. Mathur, R. (January, 2023). The Scope of Mentoring during Practice Teaching in Teacher Education. Annual Research Conclave. Azim Premji University, Bengaluru.