Effective and Meaningful Student Engagement Through Service Learning

Dr. Sharon Valarmathi currently serves as an Associate Professor within the Department of Commerce at Christ University, Bengaluru. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, she is the Director of Centre for Service Learning, showcasing her passion to experiential education and community engagement. Her research interests encompass a broad spectrum, with a particular focus on areas such as taxation, research methodology, and management. Her research areas cover topics such as online teaching, University Social Responsibility, service learning experience etc. She is a resource person in research seminars and academic conferences. Her work extends beyond the confines of academia, as demonstrated by her engagement in workshops focused on service-learning methodologies and her receipt of grants aimed at institutionalising service learning within educational settings. Jacqueline Kareem holds a PhD in Education on the topic 'Organizational Culture, Leadership Styles, Personal Commitment and Learning Organization: An Exploratory study'. She completed her MPhil in Individualized learning and cooperative learning: an experimental study. Master's in Education research was on Educational technology. She has over 21 years of work experience. Seven years of working for the corporate in the area of Computer Programming and since 2009 as a Teacher Educator in the School of Education, Christ University, Bangalore, India. She specializes in teaching of Pedagogy of Mathematics, Educational Psychology, Educational Technology, Quantitative Research Methodology, Assessment and learning, and Educational Statistics. Major research interests are in the area of educational leadership and management, Pedagogy of mathematics and physics, educational technology and Inclusive education. She is keenly interested in the latest technological and pedagogical innovations used to empower the student-teachers. She has been the coordinator for Service learning for the department since 10 years. She has presented and published a number of research articles in reputed Universities and Scientific Journals. She is a trainer for implementation of STEM education and ESD, AI in education, ICT in Education, Quantitative research methods and software packages used for teaching learning and assessment. Veerta Tantia is currently affiliated with Christ University. Kishore Selva Babu is currently affiliated with Christ University. Patrick Jude Lucas is currently affiliated with Christ University.