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Full Name Toolika Wadhwa
Department Education
Email toolikawadhwa@spm.du.ac.in
Phone Number Office: 01125224499
Address Department of Education, Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women, Road No. 57, Punjabi Bagh (W), New Delhi-110026
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Educational Details

Undergraduate Degree: BCom (Hons)

Undergraduate University: Vivekananda College, University of Delhi

Undergraduate Year: 2001

Postgraduate Degree: MCom

Postgraduate University: Hansraj College, University of Delhi

Postgraduate Year: 2003

PhD Degree: Education

PhD University: Department of Education, University of Delhi

PhD Year: 2013

Other Qualifications: BEd, MEd, MPhil (Education), NET (Education), MA (Psychology)

Teaching Experience

Designation: Professor

Institution Name: Shyama Prasad Mukherji College for Women

Years of Experience: 17

Subjects Taught: Education

Assigned Courses: BEd, BElEd, BA BEd Secondary

Research Interests

  1. Commerce Education
  2. Mental Health
  3. Identity

Publications

Journal Publications:
  1. 2022. Communication in Metamorphosizing Classrooms: Reflections on Teaching During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Fortell, 45, 56-66. ISSN: Print 2229-6557, Online 2394-9244. https://www.fortell.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/July-2022-56-66.pdf
  2. 2022. Deconstructing What Teachers Can Learn From Studying Psychology. Üniversitepark Bülten, 11(1): 24-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.22521/unibulletin.2022.111.2
  3. 2022. Book Review: Misfit Madhu by Divya Anand. The Book Review, 46(11).
  4. 2022. Book review: Janaki Nair (Ed.), Un/Common Schooling: Educational Experiments in Twentieth-century India. Indian Journal of Human Development, 16(3), 627–630. https://doi.org/10.1177/09737030221143845
  5. April 2021. Through the looking glass: A reading of the policy document of NEP 2020 from the lens of mental health. MERI Journal of Education, XVI (1): 96-100.
  6. June, 2021. Book Review of: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Teachers: The Heroes of Real India. The Book Review, XLV (05): 23.
  7. November 2020, Book Review: Fir Milenge by Ahmad Raza Ahmadi; Kya Tum Ho Meri Dadi? by Sanika Deshpande; Chaar Chatore by Virendra Dubey; Neend kis Chidiya ka Naam Hai? by Rajesh Joshi; Ranu... Main Kya Janu? by Asgar Vajaahat; Bhooton ki Baraat by Barkha Lohiya; Kissu Haathi by Manikza Museel; Anokha Sthapati (The Master Builder: A Tragedy in Fourteen Pages) by Nachiket Patwardhan; Kaisa Kaisa Khana by Prabhaat; Biksu by Rajkumari; Jab Main Moti ko Ghar Layi by Proiti Roy; Aankh Khuli aur Sapna Gir Gaya by Shashi Sablok; Tarik ka Sooraj by Shashi Sablok; Khai Daal/Peeth Par Basta by Shivcharan Saroha and Nagesh Pandey ‘Sanjay’; Billi ke Raat-Din, Garmiyon Mein Ek Baar, Raja aur Aam Insaan, Robby—all four by KG Subramanyan; Mor Dungri by Sunita; Bakri ke Saath by Shyam Susheel; Chand Ki Roti, Cheenti Chadhi Pahaad by various authors, The Book Review, XLIV (11), 47-48. ISSN No.: 0970 – 4175
  8. September – December 2020. Teachers’ Identities and Mental Health: Reflections in times of COVID’19. Indian Journal of School Health and Wellbeing, 6(3). (In print) (ISSN: 2349-5464).
  9. January 2020, Revisiting University Education In India: Book Review of ‘Liberal education and its discontents: The Crisis in the Indian university’ by Shashikala Srinivasan, The Book Review, XLIV (1), 27. ISSN No.: 0970 – 4175
  10. January 2019, Mothering a Muslim... Indian... Human (Mothering a Muslim by Nazia Erum). The Book Review, XLIII (1):57-58. ISSN: 0970-4175
  11. August, 2018, ‘Interface between engagement with selfies and psychological well-being of young adult women in Delhi’, International Journal of Social Sciences Review. 9 (8): 1163-1168. ISSN: 2347-3797
  12. Mothering a Muslim... Indian... Human (Book Review of Mothering a Muslim by Nazia Erum).
  13. The Book Review, January 2019, Mothering a Muslim... Indian... Human (Mothering a Muslim by Nazia Erum). The Book Review, XLIII (1):57-58. ISSN: 0970-4175
  14. Book review of Autobiography of an Autism Entrepreneur by Mythili Chari, Jan 2018, The Book Review, XLII (1):58. ISSN: 0970-4175
Conference Papers:
  1. Paper titled Kahan Azad Ruh ki Jhalak Mile?: Women’s Bodies, Rights, and Freedom at Workplace presented at 15thInternational Conference on Empowering Women for A Sustainable Future, Women’s Studies Centre, Punjab University, Patiala, 23rd April 2024
  2. Paper titled ‘Longstanding Conflict in Kashmir and Its Toll on Children's Mental Health’ presented in the two days’ workshop on Depression and Suicidal Trends among Young Female Population of Kashmir, organised by Centre for Women’s Studies and Research, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, 21- 22 May 2024
Books:
  1. Ranganathan, N. and Wadhwa, T. (2024). Guidance and Counselling in Schools: Theory and Practice. New Delhi: Routledge.
  2. ‘Negotiating Identity and Religion: Young adults in Inter- religious families’ 2020, London: Routledge. (ISBN: International Edition: 9780367110918, South Asian edition: 9780367463915)
Book Chapters:
  1. Ranganathan, N. and Wadhwa, T. (2023) Narrative Inquiry. S Kumar (Ed). In Strengthening Qualitative Research in Education. New Delhi: Muktibodh.
  2. The Kaleidoscope of Adolescence: An Asian Perspective, with N. Ranganathan, 2023. In: Lee, W.O., Brown, P., Goodwin, A.L., Green, A. (eds) International Handbook on Education Development in Asia-Pacific. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2327-1_47-1
  3. Interpersonal Processes, 2022. In. Block 1. Understanding the Self. BES 062 Self Development of Teachers. pp. 13- 31. New Delhi: IGNOU.
  4. Demystifying the notions of self and identity. In N Ranganathan (Ed.) 2020. Understanding Childhood and Adolescence. (pp. 330-357). New Delhi: Sage. (ISBN: 9789353882280)
  5. Researching children and adolescents: Approaches and strategies. In N Ranganathan (Ed.) 2020. Understanding Childhood and Adolescence. (pp. 358-385). New Delhi: Sage. (ISBN: 9789353882280)
  6. Use of Qualitative Methods in Evaluation Studies, with N. Ranganathan, 2019. In G. W. Noblit (Ed.) Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education. London: Oxford University Press. (ISBN: 9780190264093)
  7. ‘Heterogeneity and Dynamism in Indian Classrooms’. In V. Kapur and S. Ghose (Ed.s) 2018. Dynamic Learning Spaces in Education. Singapore: Springer. pp. 301-317. (ISBN: 978-981-10-8521-5)